Confession: when I was a teen Little Women’s title made me cringe. It made me wince, clench my jaw, and even grind my teeth a little. Something about it was so…diminutive. Little Women? It felt demeaning, and a little insulting even. As if these women, whoever they were, were shrunk down and jammed unceremoniously into a dollhouse. Like they were nothing more than teeny tiny little trinkets to be tossed about, played with, and then promptly forgotten about.