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Girlfighting
Offers a developmental explanation for girlfighting and
pathways to build girl allies For some time, reality TV,
talk shows, soap-operas, and sitcoms have turned their spotlights
on women and girls who thrive on competition and nastiness. Few
fairytales lack the evil stepmother, wicked witch, or jealous
sister. Even cartoons feature mean and sassy girls who only become
sweet and innocent when adults appear. And recently, popular books
and magazines have turned their gaze away from ways of positively
influencing girls' independence and self-esteem and towards the
topic of girls' meanness to other girls. What does this say about
the way our culture views girlhood? How much do these portrayals
affect the way girls view themselves? In
Girlfighting , psychologist and educator Lyn Mikel
Brown scrutinizes the way our culture nurtures and reinforces this
sort of meanness in girls. She argues that the old adage \"girls
will be girls\"-gossipy, competitive, cliquish, backstabbing- and
the idea that fighting is part of a developmental stage or a
rite-of-passage, are not acceptable explanations. Instead, she
asserts, girls are discouraged from expressing strong feelings and
are pressured to fulfill unrealistic expectations, to be popular,
and struggle to find their way in a society that still reinforces
gender stereotypes and places greater value on boys. Under such
pressure, in their frustration and anger, girls (often
unconsciously) find it less risky to take out their fears and
anxieties on other girls instead of challenging the ways boys treat
them, the way the media represents them, or the way the culture at
large supports sexist practices. Girlfighting
traces the changes in girls' thoughts, actions and feelings from
childhood into young adulthood, providing the developmental
understanding and theoretical explanation often lacking in other
conversations. Through interviews with over 400 girls of diverse
racial, economic, and geographic backgrounds, Brown chronicles the
labyrinthine journey girls take from direct and outspoken children
who like and trust other girls, to distrusting and competitive
young women. She argues that this familiar pathway can and should
be interrupted and provides ways to move beyond girlfighting to
build girl allies and to support coalitions among girls. By
allowing the voices of girls to be heard, Brown demonstrates the
complex and often contradictory realities girls face, helping us to
better understand and critique the socializing forces in their
lives and challenging us to rethink the messages we send them.
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Chicken soup for the girl's soul : real stories by real girls about real stuff
From Barbies to your first bra, from holding your teddy bear to slow dancing with your first boyfriend, from knowing everyone in elementary school to trying to make new friends in middle school ... When dealing with these changes, it's no wonder preteen girls can freak out from time to time.
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The hidden life of girls
Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds. - Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other - Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups - Documents the language practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully others - Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
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Why Girls Fight
In low-income U.S. cities, street fights between teenage girls
are common. These fights take place at school, on street corners,
or in parks, when one girl provokes another to the point that she
must either \"step up\" or be labeled a \"punk.\" Typically, when girls
engage in violence that is not strictly self-defense, they are
labeled \"delinquent,\" their actions taken as a sign of emotional
pathology. However, in Why Girls Fight , Cindy D.
Ness demonstrates that in poor urban areas this kind of street
fighting is seen as a normal part of girlhood and a necessary way
to earn respect among peers, as well as a way for girls to attain a
sense of mastery and self-esteem in a social setting where legal
opportunities for achievement are not otherwise easily available.
Ness spent almost two years in west and northeast Philadelphia to
get a sense of how teenage girls experience inflicting physical
harm and the meanings they assign to it. While most existing work
on girls' violence deals exclusively with gangs, Ness sheds new
light on the everyday street fighting of urban girls, arguing that
different cultural standards associated with race and class
influence the relationship that girls have to physical
aggression.
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I am an emotional creature : the secret life of girls around the world
Presents fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe.
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Girls in Power
Girls in Power offers a fascinating and unique look at the social aspects of menstruation in the lives of adolescent girls—and also in the lives of adolescent boys. Although there has been much research on other aspects of gender and the body, this is one of the few books to examine menstruation and the first to explore how it plays a part in power interactions between boys and girls. Talking openly in single- and mixed-gender settings, individuals and groups of high school–age girls and boys share their interpretations and experiences of menstruation. Author Laura Fingerson reveals that while teens have negative feelings about menstruation, teen girls use their experiences of menstruation as a source of embodied power in their interactions with other girls and with boys. She also explores how boys deal with their own reduced power. The book extends our theoretical and analytical understanding of youth, gender, power, and embodiment by providing a more balanced view of adolescent social life.
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HBO's girls and the awkward politics of gender, race, and privilege
This book studies the HBO program Girls from multiple perspectives by comparing the series to similar programs from the past and present by examining it through the lenses of gender, race, sexuality, and culture.
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