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She was inspired by a character of the same name, a schoolgirl with pigtails, who appeared on the covers of Korean textbooks in the ’70s and ’80s.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
Harris enlisted actress Molly Shannon, who revived her beloved Saturday Night Live character, Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
When Greta Thunberg first downloaded Instagram in June 2018, the Swedish schoolgirl used the app to post pictures of herself posing with her rescue dog, Roxy.
—Amelia Tait, WIRED, 6 June 2019
The imagery is intended to mock and reflect modern Japan in some way — from the overworked salarymen gleefully staging suicidal leaps off of buildings to the schoolgirls (who, in the dream, have cell phones for heads) exposing themselves to perverts (who also have cell phones for heads).
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
Harris enlisted actress Molly Shannon, who revived her beloved Saturday Night Live character, Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
When Greta Thunberg first downloaded Instagram in June 2018, the Swedish schoolgirl used the app to post pictures of herself posing with her rescue dog, Roxy.
—Amelia Tait, WIRED, 6 June 2019
The imagery is intended to mock and reflect modern Japan in some way — from the overworked salarymen gleefully staging suicidal leaps off of buildings to the schoolgirls (who, in the dream, have cell phones for heads) exposing themselves to perverts (who also have cell phones for heads).
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolgirl. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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schoolgirl
noun
school·girl
-ˌgər(-ə)l 
: a girl attending school
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