If you’ve seen basically any teen romantic comedy from the late ’90s to early 2000s, you’re likely already familiar with the pick-me girl. You know, the girl who likes to drink beer and gets along ...

You know her, you (probably don’t) love her: She’s the pick-me girl. She’s not like other girls. In fact, she isn’t really friends with girls, and she definitely isn’t a “girl’s girl.” Instead, she ...

Pick Me Girl discourse is everywhere online. On TikTok alone the hashtag “pick me” has 7.6 billion views and “pick me girl” has another three billion and counting. At its core, the term is a critique ...

A ‘pick-me girl’ wants nothing more than to set herself apart from other women, even if that means embracing the male gaze and denouncing the parts of herself that are inherently associated with ...