{"product_id":"girl-positive-isbn-9780345808400","title":"Girl Positive","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eShowcasing the diverse voices of girls across North America,\u003c\/b\u003e Tatiana Fraser and Caia Hagel draw on the wisdom of young women making positive change in their own lives and communities, to offer tools for families, friends and educators to assist the empowerment of young women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     With its engaging and cutting-edge view of the cultural, social, and political issues faced by girls, \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e examines the transforming identities of girls in the world today. Examining topics from social media, sexual violence, hypersexuality and cyberspace identities to girls as world leaders of positive change, \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e offers stories of struggle, victory, and inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e     Travelling across Canada and the United States from Montreal to New Haven (CT), New Jersey to Toronto, Whitehorse to the Wemindji Cree Nation in northern Quebec, Fraser and Hagel spent time talking and hanging out with school-age girls, college students and young women early in their careers. Interspersed in these narratives is advice and input from adult experts in media, health, race, and gender politics, sexuality, education and leadership. Each chapter also includes a Survival Kit, which offers tips and discussion questions for girls and the adults in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e     Through Fraser and Hagel's interviews readers will learn how to equip themselves to encourage girls (and boys)--as parents, friends, educators, mentors and activists. \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates emerging culture and fresh politics, and shows us the future in the making.“Tatiana Fraser and Caia Hagel’s \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ecouldn’t have come at a better time\u003c\/b\u003e. With U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump injecting the most loathsome and retrograde attitudes into the popular discourse on what feels like an hourly basis, a book like this arrives as \u003cb\u003ea corrective, indeed a righteous counter-blast\u003c\/b\u003e. . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe stars of this book are the girls and young women doing the talking, and it’s their voices—unguarded, touching, b.s.-free—that will stay with you.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] \u003cb\u003ediverse, in-depth \u003c\/b\u003etake on modern girlhood and the importance of mentorship. . . . The book opens the girlhood franchise to \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e young women, breaking out of the white, middle-class status quo that dominates popular culture. \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e . . . also serves as something of \u003cb\u003ea contemporary handbook on how to encourage girls to develop a clear sense of autonomy and individuality\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e[A] hopeful exploration of what it means to be a girl in 2016 and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eToronto Star \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eTatiana Fraser and Caia Hagel are out to change girl culture\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e . . . spotlights real-life struggles, like the crushing pressure to meet beauty standards.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Chatelaine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You need to read this new Trudeau-approved book about mentoring girls. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says this new book is a ‘call to action’ and it totally is. \u003cb\u003eConsider it your handbook on how to encourage girls to be strong and independent\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday’s Parent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThis book is about the real, sometimes awkward, essential conversation that can be a life-altering opportunity\u003c\/b\u003e if we as parents, youth, mentors, teachers and citizens take an honest look at ourselves. In 2016, here in Canada and abroad, women still can’t walk their journey through life with the same feeling of freedom as men. The objectification of the female body, the normalization of pornography, and rape language and culture is destroying the self-esteem of our girls and is an insult to the spirit of our boys. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis inequality takes a toll on the health of women’s and men’s psyches as well. The world is paying a high price for this imbalance on economic, social and spiritual grounds. The human soul has no gender; girls and boys, women and men must come together to build a more just and peaceful society. \u003cb\u003eThis is a call to action. Words matter. Actions speak louder. Let’s get moving\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003eSophie Grégoire Trudeau\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eI was moved to tears first at the possibility of a world where girls can grow up individual, different, free, safe and proud.\u003c\/b\u003e A world where a female president is not an aberration, a world where little girls can be little girls and dream out loud. A world where girls have a voice and can become women without guilt or fear to shape the lives that become them best. Fraser and Hagel make a strong case for such a world. But \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e is all about the girls, their voices, their particular visions and stories\u003c\/b\u003e. It’s in their words, all together, in one voice coming in loud and clear. It’s that voice that we can no longer ignore. \u003cb\u003eIt’s that voice that will win in the end and when it does, we will all win\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003eAgathe Snow\u003c\/b\u003e, artist and performer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eTimely. Generous. Accessible. Provocative\u003c\/b\u003e. I hope every teacher, health-care professional, social worker, policy maker and parent will read.” —\u003cb\u003eMichael Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e, co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign (the largest effort in the world of men working to end violence against women) and author of\u003ci\u003e The Possibility of Dreaming on a Night Without Stars\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eEqual parts smart, sassy and savage\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire girls around the world.” —\u003cb\u003eSam Maggs\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eAs exciting and candid as a late-night dorm room discussion\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive \u003c\/i\u003eknows the issues young women face today are similar to previous generations, but on a much more complex level—like a video game’s highest difficulty setting. Anyone reading this book, no matter how alone they might feel in real life, will become totally enveloped by the community of \u003cb\u003efunny, smart and inspiring young people\u003c\/b\u003e who populate it. Best of all, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl Positive, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich treats young women with respect for their intellect and choices that is all too rare these days, proves the kids are all right\u003c\/b\u003e—and will be, as long as they can benefit from the \u003cb\u003ecelebration of strength, intelligence and positivity \u003c\/b\u003ethat Tatiana Fraser and Caia Hagel know is at the core of every teenage girl navigating the world today.” —\u003cb\u003eDuana Taha\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Name Therapist\u003c\/i\u003e and contributor on \u003ci\u003eLaineyGossip.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[T]he impact of \u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e is strong because the authors let the voices of the young women direct the analysis. Diverse role models perceptively articulate their feelings, interrogate cultural contradictions and embrace leadership opportunities. In aggregate, they render a rich portrait of the complicated cultural terrain they’re negotiating in an age of twerking. . . . A sensitive and intersectional inquiry into the complex lives of young women, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl Positive\u003c\/i\u003e paints a compelling picture of the authentic power girls have the capacity to wield when they are encouraged to find and use their own voices.\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerizons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTATIANA FRASER is a writer, speaker, activist and social innovator. Co-founder and past Executive Director of Girls Action Foundation, Fraser is recognized as a Global Ashoka Fellow and was named one of Canada's Top 100 Powerful Women by The Women's Executive Network. Fraser has served on numerous boards and advisory committees including as a delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAIA HAGEL is a writer, creative director and entrepreneur. Her work on culture and innovation has appeared in publications from \u003ci\u003eArt Papers\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. Hagel is co-founding director of GuerrillaPop+MediaLab, a boutique media co-op that invented \"moral offsetting\" to create avant-garde media. She has been a speaker on art, design, pop and youth media, including at X Contemporary at Art Basel Miami and Forum D'Avignon@Paris, where her presentation on selfies contributed to a new Bill of Digital Human Rights.“We spent many hours talking with girls and really listening to what they had to say. We wanted to find out how they see themselves, how they make sense of their worlds and how they are living—if they are thriving, coping or struggling (hint: it’s often all of the above). We wanted to understand their relationship to pop culture; we wanted to know what they think of social media, sexuality, the Internet and the changing world; we were curious to hear from them on social and envi­ronmental issues such as emerging technologies, poverty and climate change. We wanted to discover how these forces are shaping their expe­riences and concerns, and how they, in turn, are shaping these realms.”\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300941451493,"sku":"NP9780345808400","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345808400.jpg?v=1767728150","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/girl-positive-isbn-9780345808400","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}