How to be a Girl
Published on 28. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7502-8250-5 (ISBN)
Description
Be the boss of you!
How To Be A Girl is an easy-reading journey through girlhood and what it's like to be a girl growing up today. It examines important issues such as puberty, the politics of body hair, female stereotypes, intelligence, physical appearance, double standards and the vernacular used to describe girls and boys. It also looks at the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls by the media.
How to Be A Girl is a modern feminist book for today's tweens and teens. It's a call for girls to stop beating themselves up by aiming for a so-called 'beauty ideal', to stop worrying and to start living their lives according to their own agenda. Confidence building and self esteem boosting - How To Be A Girl is not a diatribe on gender differences but a consciousness-raising, articulate and cool walk-through of what it is to be a strong and empowered young girl today.
Contains sections on: body image, dieting & eating disorders, media portrayal, plastic/cosmetic surgery, body hair, online porn, dating, self esteem & confidence, discrimination, sexual harassment and empowerment.
Be the change.
How To Be A Girl is an easy-reading journey through girlhood and what it's like to be a girl growing up today. It examines important issues such as puberty, the politics of body hair, female stereotypes, intelligence, physical appearance, double standards and the vernacular used to describe girls and boys. It also looks at the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls by the media.
How to Be A Girl is a modern feminist book for today's tweens and teens. It's a call for girls to stop beating themselves up by aiming for a so-called 'beauty ideal', to stop worrying and to start living their lives according to their own agenda. Confidence building and self esteem boosting - How To Be A Girl is not a diatribe on gender differences but a consciousness-raising, articulate and cool walk-through of what it is to be a strong and empowered young girl today.
Contains sections on: body image, dieting & eating disorders, media portrayal, plastic/cosmetic surgery, body hair, online porn, dating, self esteem & confidence, discrimination, sexual harassment and empowerment.
Be the change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
114 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7502-8250-5 (9780750282505)
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Person
Anita Naik is a columnist, blogger and journalist and mum of 2 who started her career as advice columnist on the teen magazine Just 17. She is now agony aunt on Teen Now and Avon Connects, and writes regularly on teen issues, especially around sex and relationship education, self esteem, confidence and bullying. She is the author of over 45 non-fiction books, including the TLC Guides: Self Esteem and Being You, Queen Bees, Drama Queens and Cliquey Teens and Texts, Tweets, Trolls and Teens.
Content
1: Chapter One - How To Be A Girl
2: Chapter Two - The 'Body Beautiful'
3: Chapter Three - Love & Other Stuff
4: Chapter Four - Why Self Esteem REALLY Matters
5: Chapter Five - Fighting Back (How to be Strong and Stay True to Yourself)
2: Chapter Two - The 'Body Beautiful'
3: Chapter Three - Love & Other Stuff
4: Chapter Four - Why Self Esteem REALLY Matters
5: Chapter Five - Fighting Back (How to be Strong and Stay True to Yourself)