I find it insufferable when I hear adult women described as girls

This obsession with the word ‘girls’ is a by-product of a preoccupation with youth in women, writes Louise O’Neill

Ben Affleck has a new girlfriend. I know, I’m delighted for him too. Her name is Lindsay Shookus and she’s just a ‘regular girl’.

According to sources, Ben has ‘never really dated a regular girl before’, leading me to wonder what sort of alien life forms he’s been copulating with up until now. (No judgment Ben, you do you.)