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In October 2000, GirlSource published its first book, It’s About Time!, a health and life guide for young women based on focus groups and surveys conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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In 2004, It’s About Time was purchased by Ten Speed Press and re-named GirlSource. The book is now available online ($12.95) from both Ten Speed Press, www.tenspeed.com, and amazon.com, which cites a review by Elaine Baran Black from the School Library Journal:
‘. . . this teenage version of the classic Boston Women's Health Book Collective's Our Bodies, Ourselves (Touchstone, 1998) is packed with good information about mental health, sexual health, relationships, women's rights, and planning for college or a career. Useful checklists, quizzes, tips, and quotes from teenagers appear throughout, as do candid, black-and-white photographs. A comprehensive resource section provides Web sites and contact information for numerous organizations as well as helpful titles. The writers give their audience straightforward answers to tough issues. The book has an overall liberal tone and a seemingly permissive attitude, and includes photographs showing frontal nudity. This volume would be an excellent addition to at-risk teen programs, alternative high schools, and other special women's resource collections. It could be an invaluable tool in the hands of girls who need basic information about many of life's important issues.’
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