"The Good Girl Revolution" in bookstores July 8, 2008
Author Wendy Shalit reports on a growing trend of new female role models who are rebelling--by reclaiming their individuality instead of going along with the pressure to be "bad." As Publisher's Weekly puts it,“this book takes a hard look. . . at how we got to where we are and what progress can be made, and does so with a conviction that will resonate with and bolster many parents.”
The Good Girl Revolution (Ballantine) is a new paperback edition of Girls Gone Mild and includes a discussion guide for classrooms and book clubs.
About the Author
Wendy Shalit was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Williams College in 1997. Her essays have appeared in Commentary, Slate, and the Wall Street Journal. Read More
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What Makes This Book Different
- Based on over 100 in-depth interviews the author conducted with young women, ages 12 to 28 ...
- Shalit advocates returning to a single high standard for women and for men ...
- The Good Girl Revolution challenges us to rethink the entire way we approach sexuality...
- Society's new expectation that girls be "bad" is much more oppressive than the old expectation that girls be good, Shalit argues ...
- We hear from the youngest feminists who are more likely to want to fight pornography than to star in it ...
- Shalit documents how adults are advocating the "bitch" as an "empowering" ideal, and how young women are damaged by it ...
- This book contains great advice from teens who are real leaders, and are personally happy and successful ...
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Notable and Quotable
Wendy Shalit, on why tweens shouldn't have to look "sexy":
"There is no longer any mystery or power to sex--it is just expected that everything will be sexual, and so nothing is. There is nothing to wait for, or to look forward to."