The Tide It is time to kill the cool girl trope
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In 2012, Gillian Flynn released a novel titled Gone Girl. In the book, a woman, Amy, gives a speech to the reader on why she feels her seemingly perfect marriage was in reality a failure. Amy’s speech was popularized in 2019 when a movie adaptation was released. The two minute monologue has over three million
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The Cool Girl Trope, Explained, Watch
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juliadh – Gender, Sexuality, and Media
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BEST OF 2021: Top Picks by Trope – Jeeves Reads Romance
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Let's kill the cool girl trope – The Concordian
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The Cool Girl Trope: Why It's Ruining Our Reality — Strike Magazines
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The Tide It is time to kill the cool girl trope
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Gone Girl (Literature) - TV Tropes
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How Do We Beat the 'Cool Girl' Trope? – The University Times
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My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey
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I used to scorn 'cool girls', but now see they don't really exist
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Literature) - TV
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92 Standalone Novels to Read When You're Not Feeling a Series
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