Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere | 
pickIn this essay, Perry analyses the trope, stereotype and insult of the label of Essex Girl and posits an historical trend of Essex (and women from further afield who earn the title) women breaking convention, doing good, making history and contributing to positive societal change, while perhaps dressed or looking or acting in a manner not deemed socially acceptable. (Continued in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)
i.z.booknook This was a really interesting read, I remember the Essex girl insult being thrown around when I was a child, but had forgotten it and never considered what it was implying. Perry‘s work is a reclamation and a head-on tackle of historic misogyny. 11mo
