"What a welcome relief from all the advice given to teen girls…Written specifically to counteract the former and vastly more engaging than the latter, Real Girl is lively, funny, true and has no agenda other than the one its subtitle suggests-helping girls figure out what they want for themselves, not what some marketing strategy tells them they should want. …With abundant quotes from young women and little "toolboxes" full of further resources and reading material, Real Girl is an indispensable trove of wisdom for young girls, and a read that'll make you tear up with gratitude that it finally exists and sadness that it took this long."
--Bitch Magazine, Summer 1998