I was delighted when the term “'pick me girl” sprang into popularity, as I was with other slang terms like “aura farming” and “performative male,” because they were able to succinctly identify a ...

TikTok’s greatest trick is its ability to rebrand things that have always existed. A walk around the block is now a hot girl walk. A person who hits the gym before work and takes vitamins is now that ...

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 ...

Where there is a pick me girl, a pick me boy is not far away. While the phrase is less viral than its predecessor, it’s picking up steam online among women who are tired of being the sole butt of the ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, the phrase “pick me” was just a reference to a vulnerable 2005 monologue from Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy. Online, it gained a clear, commonly used meaning around 2016, as a ...

So-called “pick me” girls have quickly become the internet’s favorite punchline. The subject of countless TikTok parody videos, the now-viral “pick me” girl trend pokes fun at straight women who ...

In November, Billie Eilish accepted an award at a ceremony honoring Variety’s Power of Women. "It's really hard to be a woman out here guys," she said. "I have never felt truly like a woman. And I've ...

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 ...