Introduction: Where Have All the Good Girls Gone? 8 -- Chapter 1 Girl Aggression 10 -- "Discovering" Aggression in Girls 10 -- Meanness and Popularity 11 -- Popularity and Power 11 -- Locating Power in Meanness 12 -- The Feminine Hierarchy 14 -- Discourses of Diversity 16 -- Chapter 2 Defining Class in Girl Culture 20 -- Capitalism and Production 20 -- Feminism and Social Class 22 -- Genderizing Class 23 -- A Classless Generation 25 -- School Culture and Classed Identities 26 -- The Consumption of Femininity 27 -- The Feminine Body 28 -- Discourses of Difference 29 -- Research Implications and Questions 31 -- Chapter 3 Methodologies for Girl Talk 35 -- A Girl Perspective 35 -- The Girls 37 -- The Focus Groups 38 -- The Reflection Journals 43 -- Methodological Issues 44 -- Chapter 4 Popularity and Power 48 -- Meanness Is Not Aggression 48 -- The Meanness Experts 49 -- It's All Part of Being a Girl 50 -- It's Easy Being Mean 51 -- Popularity 52 -- Rich, Pretty and Mean 53 -- Survival of the Meanest 53 -- Popularity is Power 54 -- The "Food Chain" 55 -- The Rules of the Ruling Class 55 -- The Boyfriend Rule 56 -- Boy Crazy 56 -- White on Top 57 -- Male Privilege and the Power of Action 57 -- Social Injustices in Girlhood 58 -- The Best Thing about Being a Girl 64 -- Chapter 5 Race, Class and Gender 67 -- Girls' Anger 67 -- Girls' Perceptions of Girl Aggression and Violence 70 -- Lessons in Aggression 73 -- Policing Femininity 73 -- Pretty Little White Girl 74 -- Good Girls versus Bad Girls 75 -- Girl Fights 76 -- Word Sanctions 77 -- Fighting the Feminine Way 77 -- Conclusion: Implications of Girl Talk 81 -- A Motive for Meanness 81 -- Negotiating Power in Girl World 82 -- The Feminine Body in Class Construction 83 -- Race, Femininity and Aggression 85 -- Playing by the Rules of Femininity 86.