Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154).

Filmography: pages 155-158.

Preliminary Material -- The Third Wave of Feminism and Women of Color -- Growing up Female in the Kitchen -- The Pink Nipple Syndrome -- Beautiful -- Television, Music, and the American Idol Hysteria -- Ellen, the L Word and Girls who Question -- How to Detox -- A Letter to My Female Students -- Notes -- References -- Film, Television and Music -- Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education.

This book discusses a critical analysis of the cultural atmosphere surrounding young women of color and the influence of this culture on their development as females in a society that embodies race, class and gender as the forefront of self-identity. Analyzing magazines and popular series novels, television shows, social and academic spaces and personal life experiences of young women of color, the book explores from historical forms of understanding and interpreting females of color and their role in youth culture to what those practices and spaces look like today.