How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Oh yeah, we're girls. But they don't even try. They don't have enough natural goodness to stretch, roll, and go in the morning. They need color. Lotion. Effort. Girls like Griffy and Pheoma, boy-girls, are not straight-out lezzies. […] They're just boy-girls and they get mad if you look at them like Know your role, boy-girl. (23.2)
Oh boy. Or oh girl. Trina straight up says what she thinks girls should value: appearance and an effort to look good. And girls who don't? Well, they shouldn't be upset if Trina judges. It's strange that Trina thinks that people won't get mad if she looks at them all judgmentally. No one likes being judged.
Quote #8
Dominique's a stone boy-girl. Ponytail, jeans, big-ass lumberjack shirt like she Brawny Girl. Never wears pinks, violets, or orange—naranja would go perfect with her skin! Never shows off her curves. (23.7)
This is what Trina thinks of Dominique. Yes, Trina values traditional feminine traits (tighter clothes, feminine colors), but we start to respect Dominique's choice not to fulfill that feminine expectation. Because for Dominique, acting like a traditional girl—cute and two-faced—isn't really desirable at all.
Quote #9
No one cares about guys fighting. That's, like, so what. You see that in the halls during bell change. But girl fights are something else. Girls don't show off their skills when they fight. […] Unlike two guys getting down, girls don't try to look pretty. (24.2)
Leticia tries to consider the difference between guy fights and girl fights, and there's a serious gender difference. Guy fights include a lot of posturing, a lot of choreography, but girl fights are vicious. What society values in girls—namely looks—falls far by the wayside.