You tell me how to be a girl in 2010 -- Let me in -- What don't you like about being a girl? -- Bad boys -- What I wish I could say to my mother -- It's not a baby, it's a maybe -- What's a good girl? -- Don't -- Would you rather (I) -- Stephanied -- Moving toward the hoop -- Sophie et Apolline, or Why French girls smoke -- Things I heard about sex - I dance (I) -- I build it with stone -- Hunger blog -- The joke about my nose -- Would you rather (II) -- Dear Rihanna -- I have 35 minutes before he comes looking for me -- Free Barbie -- Sky sky sky -- The wall -- A teenage girl's guide to surviving sex slavery -- I dance (II) -- Refuser -- What do you like about being a girl? -- Asking the question -- Would you rather (III) -- Things I like about my body -- My short skirt -- Things that give us pleasure -- Five cows and a calf -- I am an emotional creature -- I dance (III) -- Epilogue: Manifest to young women and girls -- Acknowledgments -- Girl fact sources -- Discussion questions.
Summary:
Playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart. Girls today often find themselves in a struggle between remaining strong and true to themselves and conforming to society's expectations in an attempt to please. They are taught not to be too intense, too passionate, too smart, too caring, too open. They are encouraged to shut down their instincts, their outrage, their desires and their dreams, to be polite, to obey the rules. This book is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.--From publisher description.
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