I'm very tired of being Learning Material for men on their self-improvement journeys, but I also have no idea how to ✨stop doing it✨

#actuallyautistic #autisticadult #socialanxiety #thingstodiscussintherapy #therapy #genderquestioning #genderdysphoria #AuDHD #agender #bisexual #mpdg

What is the earliest example of the manic pixie dream girl trope? Wikipedia says the term was coined in 2007 but mentions Katharine Hepburn's character in Bringing Up Baby (1938) as one of the earliest examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl

Can we not find something earlier, or is there something about modernity necessary for the #MPDG to exist?

I was going to ask if Maria from The Sound of Music counts, but the Atlantic already answered (yes, basically): https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/03/maria-von-trapp-the-original-manic-pixie-dream-girl/386606/