PERSISTINT

Citations & Further Reading

The works cited in PERSISTINT, followed by further reading on social aggression, cyberbullying, body-shaming and coercive control by girls and women.

Further reading

Social and relational aggression among girls

Cyberbullying and online gossip

  • García-Fernández, C. M., Moreno-Moya, M., Ortega-Ruiz, R., & Romera, E. M. (2022). Adolescent involvement in cybergossip: Influence on social adjustment, bullying and cyberbullying. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 25, e6. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2022.3 How gossip online feeds bullying among teenagers; girls were the most involved in cybergossip.
  • Jackson, M., Cassidy, W., & Brown, K. (2009). “you were born ugly and youl die ugly too”: Cyber-bullying as relational aggression. in education, 15(2). https://journals.uregina.ca/ineducation/article/view/57/539 A Canadian study of cyberbullying in grades 6 to 9, including attacks on looks; girls were more likely than boys to take part. Free to read.

Appearance and body-shaming

  • Vaillancourt, T., & Sharma, A. (2011). Intolerance of sexy peers: Intrasexual competition among women. Aggressive Behavior, 37(6), 569–577. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20413 An experiment in which women were more hostile toward, and more likely to shut out, a woman dressed to look attractive.

Coercive control and abuse in relationships between women

  • Porsch, L. M., Xu, M., Veldhuis, C. B., Bochicchio, L. A., Zollweg, S. S., & Hughes, T. L. (2023). Intimate partner violence among sexual minority women: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(5), 3014–3036. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221122815 A review of the research on partner abuse among lesbian, bisexual and other sexual minority women.
  • Renzetti, C. M. (1992). Violent betrayal: Partner abuse in lesbian relationships. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483325767 The classic study of abuse by female partners in lesbian relationships.
  • Hilton, N. Z., Ham, E., Radatz, D. L., Smith, C. M., Snow, N., Wintermute, J., Jennings-Fitz-Gerald, E., Lee, J., & Patterson, S. (2024). Coercive control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ relationships: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(5), 3713–3728. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241257957 A review of coercive control outside the man-abusing-woman pattern, including in relationships between women.

Conflict between women at work

  • Sheppard, L. D., & Aquino, K. (2013). Much ado about nothing? Observers’ problematization of women’s same-sex conflict at work. Academy of Management Perspectives, 27(1), 52–62. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2012.0005 How co-workers judge a conflict between two women differently from the same conflict between men.
  • Sheppard, L. D., & Aquino, K. (2017). Sisters at arms: A theory of female same-sex conflict and its problematization in organizations. Journal of Management, 43(3), 691–715. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314539348 A theory of why conflict between women at work happens and why it is treated as a special problem.

References

Every work cited in the game and its documentation, as cited in the source materials, in alphabetical order within each group.

Quote sources

Sources of the real people’s lines quoted in the game, by person.

Margaret Atwood

Tyra Banks

Chelsea Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Ellen DeGeneres

Hannah Gadsby

Kate McCue

Amy Schumer

Sarah Silverman

Gloria Steinem

Oprah Winfrey

Cruise empowerment lines

Literature & Media

Books, television and games named in the game’s design.

Law & policy

Court decisions, laws, bills and guidance cited in the release checklist.