Death of the ‘chill girl’ myth: Why woman no longer hide being ‘bats–t’

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over in a now-viral TikTok clip, which has amassed over 376,000 likes.“It was cool to be ‘that’ girl: minimalist, with a polished and pretty clean girl aesthetic,” said Rallo, who believes guys seek out “chill” girls.“And it feels like squeezing yourself into a pair of pants that don’t fit.

That’s never been who I am.”But Rallo isn’t the only one fed up with being a certified chill girl.For TikToker and college student Maalvika Bhat, 21, ditching the “chill girl” expectation was freeing – and, after her TikTok calling for the “death of the chill girl” went viral, she discovered that more women want to be freed, too.“I don’t care if you guys are hooking up and you want to know if he’s seeing other people, you can ask him that,” she says in the clip that now has over 103,000 likes. “You don’t have to worry about being chill.”The societal need for the “chill girl” persona stems from negative depictions of women being “annoying, overly emotional and controlling,” explained sociologist Jennifer Gunsaullus, Ph.D. – but now, she’s seeing a “f–k it” attitude amongst younger women.“[I’ve seen] this bigger picture of women who are rebelling from the BS ‘feminine training’ we’ve received, what it is to be a good woman or a good girlfriend, how you’re supposed to be sexy or pretty,” she said.Jareen Imam, 33, was shocked her dating app prospects specifically requested “chill girls” only.“I didn’t really understand what that meant,” Imam, who works in tech, told The Post.