A video essay deep dive on being "not like other girls" by discussing the history of feminism as well as feminism in the modern era, society, internalized misogyny, manic pixie dream girls, and femininity.
Manic pixie dream girl article mentioned: https://www.theunfilteredmagazine.com/blog/the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-trope
The Miss America Protest: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-ago-protestors-took-on-miss-america-pageant-electrified-feminist-movement-180967504/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America_protest
Some creators that fit the vibe of supporting girlhood/ meme-ing the not like other girls trope:
http://www.youtube.com/@UCPiesyDjkZUm8kSVdeRZhfg
http://www.youtube.com/@UCIfdf90ctybSVAL3x1-2cZw
http://www.youtube.com/ @chrissychlapeckaa
http://www.youtube.com/ @riribibi_
https://www.tiktok.com/@tiny_tobasco?_t=8neHn50BG8p&_r=1
Another video essay on the topic (mentioned at the end!): https://youtu.be/7nL-kgbbcBA?si=FtJKTFEmvVAcpFC2
All stock videos are from pexels.com
Other sources: https://www.genzwearethefuture.org/articles/all/a-look-into-the-not-like-other-girls-phenomenon
https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2019/10/im-not-like-other-girls
https://elle.in/article/im-not-like-other-girls-toxic/
https://studybreaks.com/culture/not-like-other-girls/
https://medium.com/write-like-a-girl/the-problem-with-saying-youre-not-like-other-girls-8ce0bf94d768
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotLikeOtherGirls
https://writingcooperative.com/not-like-other-girls-how-to-avoid-this-toxic-trope-in-your-writing-29025a3d3b06
https://www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism#:~:text=The%20wave%20formally%20began%20at,movement's%20ideology%20and%20political%20strategies.
https://medium.com/@sophiasb/the-misuse-of-manic-pixie-dream-girl-is-only-furthering-sexism-in-media-c723594ee013
https://www.google.com/search?q=scott+meets+ramona&oq=scott+meets+ram&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIKCAcQABiABBiiBKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d121ae66,vid:RLWXoMci0YE,st:0
https://www.reddit.com/r/notliketheothergirls/