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by Dawn Valadez, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
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"This film provides a nuanced depiction of puberty that is a must see for anyone working in education, social work, or allied fields. I cannot wait to show this film to my students-- it will be a powerful teaching tool. I wish it had been there for me."
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Meet Ariana, Isha, Rosie and Esme as they let go of childhood and fumble, or sprint, toward an uncertain future. Without flinching, GOING ON 13 chronicles four girls' coming of age and the precarious moments between being a little girl and becoming a young woman. As they grapple with issues of school, family, friends, and identity, GOING ON 13 allows us to see what real girls face during this pivotal time of puberty, while providing a vehicle for discussing important developmental milestones.
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73 minutes • DVD • Closed
Captioned
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REVIEWS "Fascinating and engrossing. I'd recommend it for a variety of courses in psychology, education, sociology, and anthropology at the college level." "It's heartbreaking to see that girls who are young enough to be my own children aren't facing, a generation later, a world any more accommodating to their needs as human beings as the one I grew up in. But it's also strangely stirring in a way, too. Not that I would wish a rocky adolescence on anyone, of course. It's just that, in a culture that values the stories of boys and men more than those of girls and women, here are the voices of girls and women in all their complicated and human glory." "What I found most inspiring about this documentary was how resilient each girl turned out to be. A must-see for gender studies, psychology, or education curricula. Every college library should own this DVD."
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