BooksHow To Be A GirlIn 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 jitendermittalPublished 10 July, 2025 BooksHow To Be A GirlIn 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 jitendermittalPublished 10 July, 2025 Previous article Play To Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses Next article Just A Thought: The New Gender Pay Gap Stats Will Make You EyerollIt’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. bookextract Best Of Future Women CultureThe impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian womenBy rosa707225 CultureIt’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six womenBy jitendermittal CultureHow Toto’s* ex-husband used their children to keep her poorBy jitendermittal Culture“Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbonBy jitendermittal CultureJanine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friendsBy jitendermittal Culture“Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe homeBy jitendermittal CultureMiranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking beganBy jitendermittal LeadershipWhy Jamila Rizvi wants us to talk about menBy rosa707225Your inbox just got smarterIf you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.