{"id":73,"date":"2024-05-17T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/?post_type=chapter&p=73"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:50:57","slug":"girlhood","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/chapter\/girlhood\/","title":{"raw":"Girlhood","rendered":"Girlhood"},"content":{"raw":"Girlhood\r\n\r\nby Koraleigh Ahearn<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou played with Barbies\r\n\r\nMaking up foolish scenarios:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nKen cheated on Barbie,\r\n\r\nBarbie became an astronaut.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou dressed her up,\r\n\r\nCut her hair, changed her shoes.\r\n\r\nYou made her new.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBarbie was always there.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThere when you got home from school\r\n\r\nOr when your middle school crush rejected you.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUntil one day\r\n\r\nYou picked her up\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd played with her\r\n\r\nFor the last time\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTossed aside,\r\n\r\nHer novelty has\r\n\r\nFinally worn off.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNo shoes or clothes or accessories\r\n\r\nCould make them want her anymore.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nShe lay there lost,\r\n\r\nSearching for her girlhood you tossed aside.\r\n\r\nCobwebs collect on her delicate head\r\n\r\nIn some dusty corner of the basement.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe place\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUnwanted<\/em>\r\n\r\nUnappreciated<\/em>\r\n\r\nUnloveable<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nObjects get discarded,\r\n\r\nDonated for someone else's use.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis<\/em> is girlhood.","rendered":"

Girlhood<\/p>\n

by Koraleigh Ahearn<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You played with Barbies<\/p>\n

Making up foolish scenarios:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ken cheated on Barbie,<\/p>\n

Barbie became an astronaut.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You dressed her up,<\/p>\n

Cut her hair, changed her shoes.<\/p>\n

You made her new.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Barbie was always there.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There when you got home from school<\/p>\n

Or when your middle school crush rejected you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Until one day<\/p>\n

You picked her up<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And played with her<\/p>\n

For the last time<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tossed aside,<\/p>\n

Her novelty has<\/p>\n

Finally worn off.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

No shoes or clothes or accessories<\/p>\n

Could make them want her anymore.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She lay there lost,<\/p>\n

Searching for her girlhood you tossed aside.<\/p>\n

Cobwebs collect on her delicate head<\/p>\n

In some dusty corner of the basement.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The place<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unwanted<\/em><\/p>\n

Unappreciated<\/em><\/p>\n

Unloveable<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Objects get discarded,<\/p>\n

Donated for someone else’s use.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This<\/em> is girlhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["koraleigh-ahearn"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[69],"license":[],"class_list":["post-73","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-koraleigh-ahearn"],"part":22,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/revisions\/74"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/22"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}