Good/Bad Girls Read Together: Pre–adolescent Girls Co–authorship of Feminine Subject Positions During a Shared Reading Event

Discusses reading with pre–teens Francine Pascal’s “Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends,” one of a series of pre–romance novels featuring identical twin sisters. Interviews six girls using the Symbolic Representation Interview (SRI) about the good girl/bad girl dichotomy in novels and other media. Provides comments by Tom Romano and Diana Mitchell. In Response: Tom Romano, Diana Mitchell