About the Book: Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition
In 1994, reviving Ophelia was published and it shone a much-needed spotlight on
the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to
reframe the National conversation about what author Mary pipher called "a
girl-poisoning culture" Surrounding adolescents. Fast forward to today and
adolescent girls and the parents, teachers and counsellors who care about them
find themselves confronting many of the same challenges pipher wrote about
originally as well as new ones specific to today. Girls still struggle with
misogyny, sexism and issues of identity and self-esteem. But theyre also more
isolated than ever before: they