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Queen Bees and Wannabes
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World | Rosalind Wiseman
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My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she wont tell me anything. How can I find out whats going on? Theres a clique in my daughters grade thats making her life miserable. She doesnt want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are turning on her, and shes too afraid to do anything. What can I do? Welcome to the wonderful world of your daughters adolescence. A world in which she comes to school one day to find that her friends have suddenly decided that she no longer belongs. Or shes teased mercilessly for wearing the wrong outfit or having the wrong friend. Or branded with a reputation she cant shake. Or pressured into conforming so she wont be kicked out of the group. For better or worse, your daughters friendships are the key to enduring adolescenceas well as the biggest threat to her well-being. In her groundbreaking book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, Empower cofounder Rosalind Wiseman takes you inside the secret world of girls friendships. Wiseman has spent more than a decade listening to thousands of girls talk about the powerful role cliques play in shaping what they wear and say, how they respond to boys, and how they feel about themselves. In this candid, insightful book, she dissects each role in the clique: Queen Bees, Wannabes, Messengers, Bankers, Targets, Torn Bystanders, and more. She discusses girls power plays, from birthday invitations to cafeteria seating arrangements and illicit parties. She takes readers into Girl World to analyze teasing, gossip, and reputations; beauty and fashion; alcohol and drugs; boys and sex; and more, and how cliques play a role in every situation. Each chapter includes Check Your Baggage sections to help you identify how your own background and biases affect how you see your daughter. What You Can Do to Help sections offer extensive sample scripts, bulleted lists, and other easy-to-use advice to get you inside your daughters world and help you help her. Its not just about helping your daughter make it alive out of junior high. This book will help you understand how your daughters relationship with friends and cliques sets the stage for other intimate relationships as she grows and guides her when she has tougher choices to make about intimacy, drinking and drugs, and other hazards. With its revealing look into the secret world of teenage girls and cliques, enlivened with the voices of dozens of girls and a much-needed sense of humor, Queen Bees and Wannabes will equip you with all the tools you need to build the right foundation to help your daughter make smarter choices and empower her during this baffling, tumultuous time of life.
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mdemanatee
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Anybody have a least favorite reading format for reading? Ten years ago I loved the idea of being able to read from my phone even if I didn‘t have an ereader on me. Did I once phone read during a bar birthday party? Guilty. Now, it strains my eyes and I kind of hate it and will only do it if no other format is available. Alas, when rereading Queen Bees and Wannabes I could only get it from the library on my phone.

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mdemanatee
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Revisiting the book that inspired Mean Girls in honor of the new movie. https://youtu.be/zonkJm_UOx8

Megabooks I just finished this and it was really good! Released yesterday. 11mo
mdemanatee @Megabooks Added to the TBR thank you! 11mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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#VolumesAndVocals #RoyalsLorde

Ok so this month's challenge wasn't as tough as I thought it was going to be. I missed a few but ended up getting more than I thought so yay me 😄

Thank you @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for hosting -- Looking forward to July 💕💕

Eggs We‘ve loved reading your posts! Excited about July 💗 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks for playing!! 2y
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EadieB
Queen Bees and Wannabees | Rosalind Wiseman
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Klou 👍💗📚💕 4y
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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Happy Mean Girls Day! Did you know that Tina Fey adapted the concept for Mean Girls from Queen Bees and Wannabes? I'm so glad she did - it was ambitious and it paid off, this is still one of my favourite films of all time! #October #MeanGirls #Trivia #FunFact

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Megabooks
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Brilliantly adapted from this book to the big screen by Tina Fey, Mean Girls is one of my favorite movies. At one of the vet clinics where I worked, we even wore pink on Wednesday while quoting the movie in surgery. So fetch!! #badgirls #anglophileapril

Cinfhen Saw the Bdwy show with my daughter, Niki. Her roommate‘s sister plays the character of Janice. Which is totally fetch. 💕💕💕 6y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Extremely fetch! #jealous 😁💕💕 6y
Cinfhen It‘s really cool to see Giana make it on Broadway. Her sister Allegra & my daughter have been friends since HS. & it was always Giana‘s dream to be on Broadway!!! #DreamsReallyDoComeTrue and how cool, her boss is Tina Fey!!!!! 6y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen That is so awesome! It‘s definitely proof that sticking to your dreams is a worthy endeavor! 🤩🤩🤩 Janis is one of my favorite characters. 👍🏻🥳 6y
Blaire @Cinfhen that is so cool!! And what a fun show to be in! 6y
Mdargusch Loved this movie! 💕 6y
Reviewsbylola Amazing movie! And very quote worthy. 6y
Rachel_nyc @Cinfhen That‘s awesome! I absolutely loved this show and Janice is one of the best characters. Also, #stoptryingtomakefetchhappen 🤣 6y
Cinfhen It is REALLY cool and we scored awesome seats @Blaire @Rachel_nyc 😉 6y
Megabooks @Mdargusch 😁👍🏻💗 6y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola Yes, I haven‘t watched it in a year or so, but I still remember some of the quotes! 6y
emilyhaldi Stop trying to make fetch happen!! It‘s not going to happen!!!!! 6y
Megabooks @emilyhaldi Her hair is so big because it‘s full of secrets!! 6y
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LibrarianRyan
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1 tagged. I love how they turned a non fiction book into a teen comedy movie (Mean Girls)

2 Quinn, Julia ( @JuliaQuinn ) great brain candy romances.

3 Quills staring Kate winslet. An interesting take on de Sade

4. Quesadilla

#manicmonday #letterq

JoScho 🖤🖤🖤 6y
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TsundokuAleax
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This past weekend I went with my brother to NYC for a double show day. First up was Mean Girls! It was amazing. If you enjoy the movie, this will be a great way to spend your time. This show is wonderful, fun, and still has a message.

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MotionChickness
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On Wednesdays, we wear pink.
#meangirlsday
#itsoctoberthird
#grool

mcipher Love the chucks! 6y
MotionChickness @mcipher thanks!! 😊 6y
zzz Yassssss!👍 6y
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Tera0707
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Just a friendly reminder 💗

wanderinglynn 😂😂😂 6y
Jess7 🤗🤗 6y
zzz Yep, rock the pink scrubs on Wednesdays👍😊😊 6y
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AmberWB
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“...we need girls who are effective leaders who don‘t want to crush others.” Absolutely!

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AmberWB
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I need six credits in order to renew my teaching certification and I *may* have procrastinated a bit. 🤷‍♀️ Anywho, I was able to find some online book studies that will do the trick. I have always wanted to read this book- anxious to see if there‘s any good advice for my classroom.

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Wish I had had this as a handbook for my own adolescence back in the day 😉

#IAmSweetMarch #QueenInTheTitle

TommieMarie74 Agreed. Although I‘m thinking it might be helpful even now. My last job was full of mean girls. 7y
TheBookgeekFrau @TommieMarie74 True. It is quite timeless, isn‘t it😕 7y
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Megabooks
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1. One from my college paper: Blazing Sea Nuggets
2. Mean Girls - hence the tagged book
3. Rainbow Rowell and Cather from Fangirl
4. Listened to Her Every Fear on a long drive.
5. I‘m traveling and don‘t have the right book!
Tag: @DebinHawaii @emilyhaldi @MicheleinPhilly

#satchats @BiblioLitten

Megabooks Thanks for the tag @Eggs 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
Eggs You're welcome 😊 7y
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Cinfhen
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Got to see the amazingly talented Gianna Yanelli make her Broadway debut last night 💕🙌🏻💗#MeanGirls SO #FETCH 😊

DivineDiana Love the bathroom mirror shot! What a fantastic experience! 💗 7y
Cinfhen How cute was that mirror!??! Adorable @DivineDiana 💕💕💕 7y
JoScho Fun!! 7y
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Bklover Oh love that mirror!!! Looks like an amazing night! So glad for you❤️❤️😘 (edited) 7y
LauraBeth I need a Broadway fix! Was thinking I want to run up there soon to see this and Bruce before he leaves. 7y
emilyhaldi Awesooooome! I'm jealous. You're definitely a cool mom 😎 7y
Cinfhen #coolMom was actually a riot!!! She was spot on @emilyhaldi I sold my tickets for Bruce @LauraBeth 😬 my daughter‘s boss was DYING to go and I #tookonefortheteam 😝Used the money to take my daughter shopping so I guess win/win 😉 7y
LeahBergen Fun!!! 😍😍😍 7y
TNbookworm ❤ the mirror! 7y
minkyb You are a very good person to give up Bruce! 7y
Cinfhen Thanks @minkyb of course the boss has to tell me that BRUCE was UH.MAY. ZING & she would have paid double the price !! Dumb me sold them at face value...which was already pretty obscene 🙄 7y
Cinfhen The mirror was sooooo cute @TNbookworm 💕💕💕 @LeahBergen 7y
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rustoryhuf
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“On Wednesdays we drink coffee.”
#everydaywedrinkcoffee #meangirls #NeedMoreCoffeeandaBook

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PrezBookster
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I was recommended this book by a co-worker, hope it helps us out!

RadicalReader @PrezBookster what a simply stunning wedding band and engagement ring combination! A more beautiful sight has never been found 7y
PrezBookster @RadicalReader Why, thank you!!! We were able to pick the diamonds we wanted and have made! 7y
RadicalReader @PrezBookster absolutely astoundingly radiant piece well selected pieces form a perfectly unified piece 7y
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JacintaMCarter
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mabell 😂😂 7y
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night_shift
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I did NOT know Mean Girls was based on a book, but Regina George is definitely the top #queenbee of them all! Also, love this movie!

#characters2017 @LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓 8y
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JacintaMCarter
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Even though the movie is only (very loosely) based on the book, I'm going with Regina George as the ultimate #QueenBee. #Characters2017

LibrarianRyan 🤓👍 8y
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UnabridgedTomes
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Why am I so pretty when I'm being snarky? The world may never know.

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shanebeth
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happy #MeanGirlsDay! have you ever read the book Tina Fey based her screenplay on? I haven't, but it's going on my TBR list now! kinda shocked and disappointed in myself for not reading it already since I teach.

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Megabooks
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The interview seemed to go well! Thank you everyone for your well wishes!! 💙 my Litsy friends. Now I'm going to reward myself with some Mean Girls (aka Queen Bees and Wannabes the movies). So fetch!

Dragon 🙏 fingers crossed 8y
OSChamberlain Yayyy glad it went well Meg! 8y
LitHousewife Fingers crossed!!! 8y
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Megabooks Thank you @dragon @OSChamberlain and @LitHousewife !! 😃👍🏻 8y
LauraBrook So happy it went well!!!! 🎉🎉 8y
LiteratiCafe Just cleared this book off the shelf into the yard sale pile, how funny that you posted this now. 8y
LeahBergen 🎉yay!🎉 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Fingers crossed! 8y
Megabooks @LiteratiCafe I've actually never read it! 8y
Laalaleighh I can uncross my fingers/toes now! Enjoy mean girls!! 8y
Megabooks Thank you @Laalaleighh !! 8y
BookishFeminist 🎉🎉 so glad it went well! Mean girls is a fantastic way to celebrate. 8y
Megabooks @BookishFeminist Thanks! Mean Girls day is just over a month away! 8y
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LitHousewife
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Oh, boy. Do I ever need this book. My house has been full of adolescent drama for the past six weeks. I pray that I survive my girls' middle school years.

Beckys_Books I feel your pain 😬 9y
Bkwurm I have a 16yo and a 12yo. I'm thinking I should add this to my list as well. 😳 9y
LitHousewife @Beckys_Books It does help to know I'm not alone. 😜 9y
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LitHousewife @Bkwurm This book and an adult beverage of choice would be a good thing. The universe knew I needed this book because tonight was pretty horrible. Here's hoping there are some good tips in here. 😁 9y
Jellybeanbon Is this the book that mean girls (the movie) was based on? 9y
LitHousewife @Jellybeanbon It was taken from material in the book. This is a parenting guide that talks about the realities of adolescent and teen girls today. From everyone I've talked to, this makes it easier to understand what's happening socially and emotionally with your daughters. 9y
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