(CBS News) Katherine Hepburn, Jean Seberg and Jane Birkin all have that unidentifiable sort of je ne sais quoi. Well now, writer Lizzie Garrett Mettler has categorized that certain something as ...

This may sound surprising to some, but Juno, released in 2008, was probably the first time I saw an unashamed tomboy take center stage on the silver screen. Since watching the movie for the first time ...

For years, L.A.-based author Lizzie Garrett Mettler thought “tomboy” was a dirty word. “I was a definite tomboy when I was a kid,” she says. “It was a nightmare for my parents to get me into a dress ...

The ‘90s were pivotal to the evolution of streetwear by the way of hip-hop, with trends like Kangol hats, track suits, Starter jackets and baggy pants being woven into the genre’s cultural makeup. Rap ...

Growing up, Lizzie Garrett Mettler was the textbook definition of a tomboy. She avoided frilly dresses and joined her local Little League team. She eventually got past her fear of frocks, but she ...

Butch and tomboy style is hard to pin down. It spans from the utilitarian, functional styles of the working class butch labourers who were fundamental to the lesbian bar culture of the 20th century, ...

One woman wrote in about acting like a boy when she was younger in the hope that it would shield her from sexism. Another proudly noted that she still applies the term “tomboy” to herself as a badge ...