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Talk about a #girlboss. It only took one tweet from writer, Alison Segel, to prompt Merriam-Webster to change their sexist example sentence of the word femininity.

She first came across this definition when one woman submitted a screenshot of it for Segel’s zine. Afterwards, Segel decided to tweet out the example sentence, which she thought was “nuts,” and the tweet quickly gained traction as users started tagging Merriam-Webster in response to the tweet. They eventually responded:

What are your thoughts on how Merriam-Webster responded? Weigh in on the comments below!

xx, The FabFitFun Team