Why Waif Girl is one of pop culture’s most insufferable characters - The Independent

10:30pm PDT - May 24th, 2022    entertainment - Independent

In contemporary culture, the ‘Waif Girl’ is a barrel of contradictions: normal but extraordinary, socially awkward but the centre of attention, drab but hot, sexless but sexy, virginal but seductive. Roisin O'Connor unpacks the origins of the character and wh…