It's my first year in high school, and low and behold, I had my first encounter with mean girls. I was recently attacked by a classmate, who pointed out in vivid detail what she thought were my flaws.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed; when parents know what to look for when it comes to methods of girl bullying, they are in the best position to help their daughters cope with it.
Trying to talk seriously about bullying is hard. The word alone sounds cheesy. This is the first in a series of posts in which we try to have that con...
I gathered that over the first few weeks of school, they must have been holding secret clubs and planning important things. I named them The Order. Their world was sealed off from mine, magical in its exclusive glamour.
Anger and physical aggression in girls and women is typically deemed inappropriate. We are taught to deny, suppress and hide these feelings, but that's not necessarily the healthiest response.
Whenever I find myself bad-mouthing another woman I realize that in some way I am also bad-mouthing myself. I'm not only sabotaging this woman, but ALL women.