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In the News (Fri 11 Dec 09)

  
  Devil in the daughters - smh.com.au
At the time, however, I recall being extremely impressed by a peer who'd happened upon this old standard: Girl A is locked in the classroom's stationery cupboard; Girl B is invited into the room for a frank discussion about her schoolmate-in-hiding.
This sympathetic girl whose popularity is slipping spends her day tending to the bereaved: she organises condolences; speaks to teachers who've yet to hear the news; and tries, at any opportunity, to offer comfort; "I thought, 'She finally needs me'...
There's a terrible irony in girls' schools trying to engender confidence and success skills in their students, who, behind the scenes, are actually policing each other; using ever more ingenious forms of torture to make sure no one thinks she's smarter, or prettier, or more talented than any of her friends.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/06/1038950199209.html   (1857 words)

  
 Mark Daims reviews Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
Odd Girl Out evolved out of the author's personal search into what was behind her own experience of being bullied as a child.
Some of these middle- girls, as they may have their own ambitions to be in a popular clique, may distort the information passed to them as they relay it to the other girl(s).
All girls must beware of appearing to be "all that." The appearance of conceit carries swift retribution and popular girls must be cautious so that admiration does not turn to jealousy among her followers.
www.human-nature.com /nibbs/04/mdaims.html   (1179 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out (2005) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When a girl (Vega) finds that her closest friends start to spread rumors and ruin her life she starts to break down to the hurtful and often harmful rituals of High School.
Vanessa is your average girl trying to find herself in the world.
She is friends with Stacey (Leah Pipes), the most popular girl in school, until Nikki (Elizabeth Rice) and Tiffany (Alicia Morton) sabotage her friendship with the queen bee and the clique.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0433422   (564 words)

  
 Interview with Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out — Harcourt
Part of the reason girls "don't forget" is that they don't have the opportunity to express their anger in a healthy, fulfilling way.
Girls feel that in order to be "nice"- something most parents and teachers expect from girls-they cannot be in open conflict with others.
This is, as you say, because girls feel a "prime directive" to maintain a relationship "at any cost." You interviewed quite a few adults who either suffered from or delivered this type of aggression in childhood.
www.harcourtbooks.com /authorinterviews/bookinterview_Simmons.asp   (1257 words)

  
 Review | Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
In this world, friendship is a weapon, and the sting of a shout pales in comparison to a day of someone's silence." She calls this type of girl on girl bullying "relational aggression" and says it is so insidious that it often goes undetected by teachers and parents, with devastating psychological consequences for the victim.
Against girls and their indirectness, their whisperings, he would be helpless." Indeed, Elaine's observation that "little girls are cute and small only to adults.
Over the course of a year, she spoke to 300 girls from 10 schools across the United States, some with middle-class white student populations, others with students of various races and from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
www.januarymagazine.com /nonfiction/oddgirlout.html   (850 words)

  
 wbur.org Arts - Books - Odd Girl Out
When Simmons found out how little literature there was on the topic of why girls bully each other, she set out "to map" --and here it should be noted that cartography is but one of many metaphors she deploys -- the bad behavior underground.
These are known as "alternative aggressions" and girls use them, she argues, because this is what's in their toolboxes when it comes to dealing with conflict.
At its best, "Odd Girl Out" marks the beginning of a conversation about how girls relate to power, bringing America one step closer to examining how it is that women still make 76 cents for every dollar men make.
www.wbur.org /arts/2002/50050_20020507.asp   (979 words)

  
 Amazon.de: Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls: English Books: Rachel Simmons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Odd Girl Out begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them.
Odd Girl Out is that rare book with the power to touch individual lives and transform the culture that constrains girls--and boys--from speaking the truth.
For Simmons, the restraints that society imposes to prevent girls from venting feelings of competition, jealousy and anger is largely to blame for this type of bullying.
www.amazon.de /Odd-Girl-Out-Culture-Aggression/dp/0151006040   (729 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls: Books: Rachel Simmons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Another interesting point is that girls and women often say that guys don't have true friends, because many guys based their friendships upon whether or not they do some activity, such as play golf together, from time to time.
Many girls believe they are the only ones who have been put through torture from their close friends, or girls at school; after reading this book, they will realize they are not alone.
This issue is brought up in the recent movie "Mean Girls" when one of the girls is being mistreated and neglected by her "best friend", she tries even harder to become friends with the girl who is mistreating her.
www.amazon.ca /Odd-Girl-Out-Culture-Aggression/dp/0151006040   (4149 words)

  
 NEA: May 2006 NEA Today - Odd Girl Out Excerpt
A “good girl,” journalist Peggy Orenstein observes in Schoolgirls, is “nice before she is anything else-before she is vigorous, bright, even before she is honest.” She described the “perfect girl” as the girl who has no bad thoughts or feelings, the kind of person everyone wants to be with.
Calling the anger of girls by its name would therefore challenge the most basic assumptions we make about “good girls.” It would also reveal what the culture does not entitle them to by defining what nice really means: Not aggressive.
Each epithet points out the violation of her prescribed role as a caregiver: the bitch likes and is liked by no one; the lesbian loves not a man or children but another woman; the frigid woman is cold, unable to respond sexually; and the manly woman is too hard to love or be loved.
www.nea.org /neatoday/0605/oddgirlout2.html   (641 words)

  
 Girl Zone's Odd Girl Out Portal
Every generation of women can tell stories of being bullied, but Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons is the first book to examine and bring to the public's attention these experiences and their consequences for teenage girls.
Simmons explores the world of female aggression through first-person interviews with adolescent girls and her own account of her high school experiences as both a victim and a bully.
In navigating the intimate lives of girls, Odd Girl Out provides a new language for understanding and dealing with the complex layers of aggression that run through the lives and friendships of girls.
www.girlzone.com /OGO/OddGirlOutPortal.html   (149 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Odd Girl Out is a 2005 telefilm starring Alexa Vega (Vanessa), Lisa Vidal (Barbara), Elizabeth Rice (Nikki), Alicia Morton (Tiffany), Leah Pipes (Stacy), Alexis Fields (Emily) and Chad Biagini (Tony).
It sheds light into the topic of girls' aggression and bullying which is usually non-physical, indirect and hard to detect.
The new girl Emily, tries to befriend Vanessa and coaxes her not to go running back after the clique, but Vanessa keeps trying to seek reconciliation with Stacy, to disastrous results.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Odd_Girl_Out   (707 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out [Nonfiction]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When boys act out, get into fights, or become physically aggressive, we can't avoid noticing their bad behavior.
In Odd Girl Out, Rachel Simmons focuses on these interactions and provides language for the indirect aggression that runs through the lives and friendships of girls.
Poised to reach a wider audience in paperback, including the teenagers who are its subject, "Odd Girl Out puts the spotlight on this issue, using real-life examples from both the perspective of the victim and of the bully.
www.childrencomefirst.com /bkreviewOddGirlOut.shtml   (355 words)

  
 Dean's World: Odd Girl Out
Girls who were your friends in the past, are now pawns to be moved around the playing board and sacrificed if need be, to protect the queen.
Girls are spending so much of their daily energy on the issue of popularity and alternative aggression, that they are truly missing out on a major part of their education and their young life.
Out of wedlock might imply, the women, (or older female child) has done something to be guilty or ashamed of.
www.deanesmay.com /archives/004693.html   (5576 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Odd Girl Out: DVD: Alexa Vega,Lisa Vidal,Leah Pipes,Alicia Morton,Krizia Vega,Rhoda Griffis,Elizabeth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"Girls are brutal," a father warns his young son in the course of Odd Girl Out.
"Odd Girl Out" is so beautifully made because it resonates with an honest and realistic perspective through the eyes of a wide range of characters.
Terrific jobs to the writers and acting for making "Odd Girl" out such an incredible and worthy film for parents, daughters, and women of all ages to watch, and let's hope that this critical message remains out there for years to come.
www.amazon.com /Odd-Girl-Out-Alexa-Vega/dp/B000BYA5GY   (2287 words)

  
 Ann Bannon
There they are in the pages written all those years ago: the girls I found so beguiling in college, the young women I met coming to the big city for the first adult adventures of their lives.
For her own reasons, she was kind enough to invite me to bring the unwieldy first draft of Odd Girl Out to New York.
As I waited, I thought of what must be going through her mind: all those home-movie recollections of a quirky little girl with a passion for books and music, cautious with new friendships, reassuringly like her age-mates to the eye but disturbingly intense and eccentric in others.
www.annbannon.com /bp/oddgirltext.html   (4789 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out - MotheringDotCommune Forums
According to Odd Girl Out, the ages of 10-14 are the worst.
There was a study out this past year about bullying and K.All I remember was that it was happening at a high rate,and kids teased in K were more likely to be targeted their entire school years to come.
Let the child out of school and get them into the real world, spending more time with their family and with other children of different ages and it's a no brainer that those years are usually a lot less bumpy.
www.mothering.com /discussions/showthread.php?t=323021   (2749 words)

  
 Borders - Feature - Odd Girl Out:
The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
Girls tell stories of their anger in a culture that does not define their behaviors as aggression.
Lacking a public identity or language, girls' nonphysical aggression is called "catty," "crafty," "evil," and "cunning." Rarely the object of research or critical thought, this behavior is seen as a natural phase in girls' development.
Research confirms that parents and teachers discourage the emergence of physical and direct aggression in girls early on while the skirmishing of boys is either encouraged or shrugged off.
www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=oddgirlout   (1990 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out
In the bestselling book, “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls,” Rachel Simmons argues that the overt bullying behavior often seen in boys is mirrored by the insidious social aggression of girls.
The girls in my story were the same girls that I’d known since preschool: the girls who, over time, came to be known as the popular crowd.
Natalie, the ringleader of the group decided Jennifer was out, and that meant the lesser-status girls better shut her out, too.
www.onizukadesign.com /nevada-county-therapy/odd-girl-out.htm   (1740 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out
This one is titled "Odd Girl Out" and it explores the world of teen girl bullying.
Bullying among teen-age girls is a serious problem, and parents should be aware that it exists.
A movie such as "Odd Girl Out" can be used to open up discussions within the family.
www.jackiekcooper.com /TVReviews/OddGirlOut.htm   (384 words)

  
 Lifetimetv.com: Movies - Odd Girl Out
Based on the national best-seller "Odd Girl Out," this film is a shocking look at the behavior of adolescent girls.
In the Lifetime Original Movie "Odd Girl Out," Vidal plays Barbara Snyder, a mother struggling to help her teenager Vanessa cope with vicious bullying at school.
Young girls will say, "Do this or I won't be your friend anymore." An older girl will say, "Do this or I'll make everyone not be your friend anymore." It usually involves controlling and manipulating the relationships, which are the most important things in girls' lives.
www.lifetimetv.com /movies/originals/oddgirlout.php   (1845 words)

  
 ReadingGroupGuides.com - Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
ReadingGroupGuides.com - Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of girl bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully.
Simmons bases much if not most of her data in Odd Girl Out on interviews and visits she conducted over a one-year period with girls from ten different American schools.
www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/odd_girl_out1.asp   (766 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls: Books: Rachel Simmons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
If you call a book "odd girl out," and you promise to discuss unpopularity, you have an obligation to address those of us who were the real losers.
Also, anecdotal interviews, even with 300 girls, are not grounds for totally dismissing the research on unpopularity (what little of it that exists anyway).
She names physical signs apparent in bullied girls, which is useful because so often girls' aggression is often subtle and hard to detect.
www.amazon.com /Odd-Girl-Out-Culture-Aggression/dp/0151006040   (2776 words)

  
 The Odd Girl Out
The absolute best thing that has developed out of my job is my friend Karen.
Karen and I soon took over the hikes adding to the rules that we must go out for dinner at a different ethnic restaurant after each hike.
It's nice to have someone without a penis to hang out with...I had totally forgotten that.
theoddgirlout.blogspot.com   (1369 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Odd Girl Out
The majority of the band has been brewing its special blend of angst since 2002, but this particular incarnation, in all its glory, was conceived in fall of 2004.
Odd Girl Out is Bethany Petr on drums and vocals, Janet O. on lead guitar, Mickey Dehn on bass and vocals, Eva Blackmer on guitar and vocals, and Tawni on lead vocals.
Odd Girl Out hasn't posted any shows yet.
www.purevolume.com /oddgirlout   (183 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
She contends that incidents of bullying could be avoided if girls were encouraged to acknowledge their aggression.
She believes our task now is to give every girl, every parent, and every teacher a shared public language to address girls' conflicts and relationships.
Simmons is currently the Director of Sidwell Friends Girls' Leadership Institute in New York, and a consultant to schools all over the country.
www.transdis.com /calendar/050520.html   (264 words)

  
 Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
In fact, as Rachel Simmons shows in Odd Girl Out, the secret world of girls' aggression is just as harmful as the aggression of boys, but it's harder to recognize.
Girls are not encouraged to express their anger, and so it goes underground.
For girls, losing friends or becoming the object of a clique's derision can be devastating.
www.oprah.com /tows/booksseen/2002/tows_book_20020424_rsimmons.jhtml   (252 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/oddgirloutband
We're the current state of what happens when you try to wed the pissed-off of punk music to the sweet melodies of pop, and throw in a cup of rock for something that definitely destroys the sanctity of marriage.
OGO was born in the fall of 2004.
Odd Girl Out is Bethany Petr on drums, Eva Blackmer on rhythm guitar and vocals, Kristen Brzowsky on lead guitar, and Tawni on lead vocals.
www.myspace.com /oddgirloutband   (684 words)

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