Fleabag era

plural Fleabag eras

1. InternetA period in a woman's life characterized by cynicism, despondency, and self-destructive behaviour.

   Coming out of my own ‘Fleabag era’ was the best thing I’ve done for my mental health.

   2022 January 25, Saskia Kirkegaard, “Why Being In Your 'Fleabag Era' Isn't A Flex: The Romanticisation Of Women's Suffering On TikTok”, in That's What She Said

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   A cheekily named “era” undercuts whatever hardship gives it shape: Why say you’re overwhelmed by grief, money troubles or loneliness (sad, embarrassing) when you could be in your “Fleabag era” (chic, cool)?

   2022 August 22, Jessica M. Goldstein, “Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new ‘era.’”, in The Washington Post

   I will no longer be in my Fleabag era, and I refuse to be a woman deranged. I will love this world. I implore you to do the same.

   2023 February 6, Menal Siddiqui, “The End of My Fleabag Era”, in Unpublished Zine