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Best Books on body image, girls, self esteem & pop culture
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The Girls' Guide to Life: Take charge of your personal life, your school time, your social scene, and much more!The Girls' Guide to Life: Take charge of your personal life, your school time, your social scene, and much more! by Catherine Dee
Buy used from: $1.62
A great, fun and empowering book for girls. Don't miss it!
Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad ReputationSlut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation by Leora Tanenbaum
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.20
Because using words like "slut" and others do have a lasting effect
The Looks BookThe Looks Book by Esther Drill
Buy used from: $0.01
It'll help girls feel good about themselves *exactly* as they are
The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be PerfectThe Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect by Margo Maine
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $6.99
A HUGELY important book that looks body dissatisfaction in adult women, and how it can affect teens/girls
How To Say It (R) To Girls: Communicating with Your Growing DaughterHow To Say It (R) To Girls: Communicating with Your Growing Daughter by Nancy Gruver
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.95
Help for taking with girls about real issues
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' SchemesPackaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes by Sharon Lamb Ed.D.
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $2.15
This is going to be an important book about how marketers define beautiful and keep girls buying
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch CultureFemale Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Buy used from: $4.75
An absolutely BRILLIANT book that makes sense of the "Girls Gone Wild" phenonmenon. Read it to know what young women are up against
Branded: The Buying And Selling Of TeenagersBranded: The Buying And Selling Of Teenagers by Alissa Quart
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $0.89
Cool doesn't happen accidentally. It's constructed and sold to teens... and this book shows you how it's done.
Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and FeelCan't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel by Jean Kilbourne
Buy new: $12.48 / Used from: $0.89
If you think you're not affected by ads, think again.
Alice, I ThinkAlice, I Think by Susan Juby
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01
Because there is so much more to Young Adult fiction that throw-away novels about Upper East Side girls competing to be skinny and pretty
The Geography of GirlhoodThe Geography of Girlhood by Kirsten Smith
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If you're a teen girl--or ever were--you will easily relate to the angst and emotion in this great book
Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies)Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley
Buy new: $13.25 / Used from: $0.01
A smart book for teens that manages to be fun, engrossing *and* tackle important issues like fitting in and standing out
Do I Look Fat in This?: Life Doesn't Begin Five Pounds from NowDo I Look Fat in This?: Life Doesn't Begin Five Pounds from Now by Jessica Weiner
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $0.01
Jessica breaks down how we talk about fat and our bodies... and how we can make significant changes in our own lives and pop culture
The Good BodyThe Good Body by Eve Ensler
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Eve says it better than anyone: It's not our bodies that need to be changed, it's the standards we try to hold them to! READ THIS BOOK
Divining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical SelfDivining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical Self by Jan Phillips
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.75
I LOVE this book! It takes a spiritual approach to pointing out that we *are* divine as we are. No need for implants and fake tans. An inspiration!
Prep: A NovelPrep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01
This is such a brilliant book. It perfectly captures what goes on inside a teen girl's head and doesn't sugar coat it. Sittenfeld deserves all the praise she's gotten.