1. Explore the contradictions in the text. What do they reveal about the lives of girls today?
2. Explore the connections between 2 pieces in the text (for example: Dear Rihanna and Bad Boys or Asking the Question and It's Not A Baby... or Guide to Surviving Sex Slavery and 35 Minutes). How do they speak to one another?
3. What progression do you see taking place over the 3 sections? I find the last section the most powerful, and it makes me reflect back on the first two a bit differently. Think about how the 3 make sense to you or work together to build some larger project.
4. Look up some of the women or groups mentioned in Section 3 and explore the context a bit more. How does that enrich your understanding of the text itself?
5. Consider the epilogue. What else would you add to this poem? What else do girls need to know or be reminded of?
6. The word "feminism" isn't used in the book, but how might Ensler be defining or repackaging feminism from a 21st century girls' perspective.
7. Ensler draws distinctions between "girls" and "boys" as well as between "girls" and "adults/women." Why? What does that show?
8. As I read this book, I think a lot about "nature vs nurture." In some places it seems like Ensler essentializes, even stereotypes, girls (for example, she implies that all girls are emotional). Other places, I see her questioning/challenging those assumptions or saying something else entirely. What can you add to this conversation? Why are these questions important to think about in regard to girls in general and Ensler's project specifically?
9. What does the game "Would You Rather?" show abut girls, especially the one girl who wants to play it?
10. Thinking about one of the facts along with a few other pieces, what do girls need in High School besides "Sex Ed" in order to not get pregnant, etc.?
