Books How To Be A Girl In an extract from her latest book, The Witches Are Coming, Lindy West explores what culture taught her about womanhood and how we can change ourselves by changing what we make. By Lindy West Published 18 November, 2019 Books How To Be A Girl In an extract from her latest book, The Witches Are Coming, Lindy West explores what culture taught her about womanhood and how we can change ourselves by changing what we make. By Lindy West Published 18 November, 2019 Previous article Play To Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses Next article Just A Thought: The New Gender Pay Gap Stats Will Make You Eyeroll It’s become a national sport to stereotype millennials— we’re lazy, we’re entitled, instead of saving for retirement we’re forever getting trampled by bison while trying to take selfies—because, sure, when you’ve set the world on complete fucking fire, why not spend your twilight years roasting your own grandchildren over the smoldering debris of their dreams?But people always miss the number one most typical classic one weird trick about millennials, which is that older millennials like me, people who were born during Ronald Reagan’s first term, have a singular great, passionate love above all else. Greater than avocado toast, greater than the DuckTales theme, greater than gender-swapped Game of Thrones characters reimagined as Disney princesses, greater than never owning property, greater than selling our plasma so we can make our student loan payments, greater even than being called a special snowflake for asking not to be raped by future Supreme Court justices. This is an extract from The Witches Are Coming. Purchase a copy here. Book extract Best Of Future Women Culture He cut her off from the world By Melanie Dimmitt Culture He met her success with abuse By Melanie Dimmitt Culture This support system is being weaponised By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Have you heard of sexually transmitted debt? By Melanie Dimmitt Culture What kind of world are you building? By Sally Spicer Culture ‘Carry her strength forward’: What legacies ignite By Odessa Blain Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By Melanie Dimmitt Culture It’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six women By Melanie Dimmitt Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.