Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan by Hillary Carlip |
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"I wonder if everyone feels the way I do. I wonder if every girl at the age of 17 feels dumb and alone." Sam, a zine writer and Riot Grrrl from San Diego, voices a lament echoed by many of the young women who speak their minds and souls in Girl Power. Hillary Carlip (who co-authored the funky and fabulous Zine Scene with Francesca Lia Block) wanted to provide a forum for young women of all types, temperaments, and truths to express their deepest sentiments. Carlip felt that writing was the perfect platform, believing that "Through writing, not only are demons freed and mockeries banished, but through self-expression ... they come into their power." The result is a beautiful, intoxicating outcry--of opinions, feelings, rants, raves, poetry, prose, shouts, and cheers--given structure and flow by Carlip's insight and explanations. As diverse and individual as these teens are (homegirls, teen moms, queer girls, cowgirls, farm chicks, sistas, surfers, sk8rs, jocks, sorority girls, and pageant queens, to name a few), they share the common thread of needing to be heard on the issues that matter most in their lives. Bound loosely together like unique and lovely trinkets on a charm bracelet, the voices of these young women will inspire and encourage other girls to speak up, speak out, and speak from the heart. This fascinating, important book should not be missed. (Ages 12 and older) --Brangien Davis
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The writing by female teenagers collected here is tremendously insightful, but unfortunately the examination meant to bind it together does not equal it. Carlip, a screenwriter and artist who volunteers at a Los Angeles center for troubled girls, has done a good job of collecting writing by girls from all walks of life, but her approach takes them at face value, without analysis, and her commentary is bland in comparison to the girls' own writing. Nonetheless, these honest essays and letters remain undeniably powerful. "For my mother Maureen/ Cause of death is suicide/ My mother poured gasoline on her body/ And set herself alite!" writes one gang member. A teenage mother's blunt narration of how she had sex for the first time at 12 is equally jolting. Most of the excerpts are short, and Carlip's interruptions are often distracting. And though some of her categories are certainly exclusive of each other, she presents them as if they all are. Is it truly impossible for a "Riot Grrrl" also to be a skateboarder? Carlip wins points for inclusiveness?she devotes chapters to gang members, Native Americans, athletes, pageant entrants and more?but she reveals her own naivete rather than any hidden sociological nugget when she notes that she was "shocked" to discover so many girls writing about abuse.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"I wonder if everyone feels the way I do. I wonder if every girl at the age of 17 feels dumb and alone." Sam, a zine writer and Riot Grrrl from San Diego, voices a lament echoed by many of the young women who speak their minds and souls in Girl Power. Hillary Carlip (who co-authored the funky and fabulous Zine Scene with Francesca Lia Block) wanted to provide a forum for young women of all types, temperaments, and truths to express their deepest sentiments. Carlip felt that writing was the perfect platform, believing that "Through writing, not only are demons freed and mockeries banished, but through self-expression ... they come into their power." The result is a beautiful, intoxicating outcry--of opinions, feelings, rants, raves, poetry, prose, shouts, and cheers--given structure and flow by Carlip's insight and explanations. As diverse and individual as these teens are (homegirls, teen moms, queer girls, cowgirls, farm chicks, sistas, surfers, sk8rs, jocks, sorority girls, and pageant queens, to name a few), they share the common thread of needing to be heard on the issues that matter most in their lives. Bound loosely together like unique and lovely trinkets on a charm bracelet, the voices of these young women will inspire and encourage other girls to speak up, speak out, and speak from the heart. This fascinating, important book should not be missed. (Ages 12 and older) --Brangien Davis
From Publishers Weekly
The writing by female teenagers collected here is tremendously insightful, but unfortunately the examination meant to bind it together does not equal it. Carlip, a screenwriter and artist who volunteers at a Los Angeles center for troubled girls, has done a good job of collecting writing by girls from all walks of life, but her approach takes them at face value, without analysis, and her commentary is bland in comparison to the girls' own writing. Nonetheless, these honest essays and letters remain undeniably powerful. "For my mother Maureen/ Cause of death is suicide/ My mother poured gasoline on her body/ And set herself alite!" writes one gang member. A teenage mother's blunt narration of how she had sex for the first time at 12 is equally jolting. Most of the excerpts are short, and Carlip's interruptions are often distracting. And though some of her categories are certainly exclusive of each other, she presents them as if they all are. Is it truly impossible for a "Riot Grrrl" also to be a skateboarder? Carlip wins points for inclusiveness?she devotes chapters to gang members, Native Americans, athletes, pageant entrants and more?but she reveals her own naivete rather than any hidden sociological nugget when she notes that she was "shocked" to discover so many girls writing about abuse.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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