Why Miley Cyrus is stripping down as she grows up
Read Wendy's latest op-ed in the New York Daily News. She writes:
"Despite all the self-serving banter about her "taking the wheel" bydisrobing, the truth is that a confident, modest Miley would be farmore rebellious than a Miley who takes the usual route of pornification."
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
“The girls [whom the Times reporter] interviewed cited wholesome-seeming celebrities as their favorites. . . Is it possible that today’s teens have seen enough to inoculate them against the pressures of their teenage years?”
--Stephanie Rosenbloom, "Grade-School Girls, Grown-up Gossip," New York Times, May 27, 2007