The Body Project is a great book to give you a historical understanding of how American society developed to the point where girls are obsessed with their bodies.
The story begins with how the time-line of reproductive development has changed over many years from the mid-teens to late-childhood.
The Body Project goes on to discuss menstruation, and [...]
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The Body Project, by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know, by Rev. Debra Haffner
Take a deep breath, folks, because I’m about to tell you about a book that is not going to shock or amaze you with the horrors of raising children or teenagers in today’s world. Rather, I am going to tell you about a book that endeavors to calm the frenzy that the media has [...]
Sex, by Heather Corinna
This is a great book. The full title is actually: s.e.x.: the all-you-need-to-know progressive sexuality guide to get you through high school and college. That’s a pretty long title, but long book titles seem to be trendy these days. The title also sets up a pretty big goal for itself. Corinna [...]
Hope…Joy (and a Few Little Thoughts) for Pregnant Teens
Rachel Brignoni set out to write a book to help pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers think through what they want in life and then go out and get it. And she stayed true to that goal throughout this little blue-covered book.
I really like Brignoni’s premise, her goal. Pregnant and parening teenagers need all [...]
A week of books…
This week is a week of books. During the rest of the week I will review four very different books that have been sitting on my desk over the past few months.
I’m starting the week off Tuesday with Hope…Joy and a Few Little Thoughts for Pregnant Teens by Rachel Brignoni. This is a book written [...]
The Big Conversation about…plastic surgery?
Ready to be appalled?
The big story that’s been making the rounds on lots of blogs this week is about a new book coming out that explains mom’s upcoming plastic surgery to kids in much the same way that other books explain going to the dentist or non-standard family organization. You can find more about [...]
Rumors, and the associated yuckiness
Okay, I am diverging from this week’s regularly scheduled blog posts again. I’ll have to return to them next week.
Last night rumors swirled around a community of adults about one young woman’s theoretical, or rumored, sexual activities.
It’s unclear how the rumors got started, or whether there is any truth to them. No one [...]
Naked New York (and Los Angeles and London and soon to be Las Vegas)
This seems to be a book-centered week, so I’m giving into the flow and review another book (or a series of books, actually) that I really like and use often. Greg Friedler is a photographer who created these three books. He has two pictures of each person in his books: one fully clothed in [...]
Interview with Nancy Bruno
I recently spoke with Nancy Bruno. Bruno’s new book, Beautiful Women, is now available. Beautiful Women is a book of photos of 35 beautiful women, ages 3 through 90. In addition to the pictures, there is a story snap-shot of each woman and how she got to where she is.
Here is my [...]
Not Like You, by Deborah Davis
I recently read - um, devoured - Deborah Davis’ new book, Not Like You.
What really struck me about Davis’ book was her portrayal of adolescent sexuality. (Let’s not all act too surprised at what I focused on, shall we?) Kayla, the protagonist, is a 15 year-old girl when the book begins. We [...]
