Quick, what’s the hip, new, rebellious thing amongst teenage girls today? Being good! What would Paris and Lindsey think?

Those two are actually major catalysts for the movement, which has been profiled by Wendy Shalit in her latest book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good. Girls across the country are boycotting barely-there clothing from companies like Hollister and Icing. A girl in Philadelphia is upset by a profane book read in English class, so she takes her case to the school board. In a blog, another girl details a struggle she’s having with her mother, who she feels is pressuring her to lose her virginity. Shalit argues that these aren’t just isolated incidents, but rather a reaction to the hyper-sexualized teenagers on TV and in movies. She describes how the primarily the media, but also friends and, surprisingly, parents can derail a girl’s efforts to discover herself, and outlines specific cases in which teenage girls have resisted all of that and become who they want to be.

Shalit spoke with Diane Rehm yesterday. Listen to the full interview.