Limited first edition: Printed cover featuring exclusive photos by photographer Christian Werner. While supplies last. With "Pick Me Girls," Sophie Passmann has not only written her most personal book but also a thoughtful exploration of the male gaze. Her memoir traces a representative female life and poses the question: What version of herself could Sophie Passmann have been if patriarchy did not exist? "I'm not like other women" is the typical phrase of a pick me girl. Most women have probably thought this at some point, not only in an unconsciously misogynistic distinction from an entire gender but also as a devaluation of their own self – feeling not as thin or having skin as good as other women. When born female, self-doubt comes as standard. By puberty, one is confronted with the unwritten golden rule that is considered universally valid: The male gaze, being desired, is the highest currency. Why we are all pick me girls and the impossibilities Sophie Passmann, and most likely every other woman, must endure throughout her life is dissected by Sophie Passmann with unparalleled sharpness and intelligence.