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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...