There are a LOT of idiotic articles out there. Not all females are girlie girls. Or should even aspire to be. Because if that's not who you are, authenticity will forever elude you. So, if an article tells you that you should do/be/wear x, y and z, then tells you to be authentic, it's BS. The ONLY person who can say what is authentically you, is YOU. No one else can define that for you, least of all articles written by people who not only don't know you, but put everyone in boxes.

This is not to get on some soapbox like I've got it totally together and confident. Lol, far from! I can very much relate to comparative issues. BUT, I can tell you it's TOTALLY ok to not be a girlie girl. I'm not, never have been, never will be. And have never found a lack of guys who are totally fine with that.

You wonder if you are just repressing. I can't say for sure of course, but you're probably not. It sounds like you're just having a disconnect between who you (authentically) are and what these articles say we all "should" be.