伊丽莎白·伯克利解答女孩的青春期困惑

    Elizabeth Berkley, former teenage star of “Saved By the Bell” and one-time adult star of cult favorite “Showgirls” has written a book.

    It’s a book for teenage girls, written diary-style, that focuses on helping girls get through the challenging* high school years.

    This may not be surprising to the school administrators who, over the past five years, have allowed Berkley into their libraries, cafeterias*, and football fields for her girls-only “Ask Elizabeth” workshops.

    It may also not be surprising to the parents of the girls she’s helped or to the young women who have felt the positive influence* of her workshops (30,000 participants and counting).

    The workshops (which gave way to her Web site, and now the book) were born several years ago when “Saved By the Bell” began to show on satellite channels.

    A new generation of girls recognized her and approached her on the street.

    Her talk with fans gradually turned into serious discussions about problems faced by teenage girls.

    Berkley had been working on a format for a two-hour, interactive workshop.

    The workshops — called Ask Elizabeth — strived to create a safe environment for adolescent* women to discuss personal issues.

    The best advice Berkley herself ever received?

    “Never give up on yourself.”

    (SD-Agencies)