It’s been over a decade since Rosalind Wiseman’s “Queen Bees & Wannabes,” the nonfiction book about female bullying that served as the source material for “Mean Girls,” was released. This month, its male counterpart “Masterminds and Wingmen” hit shelves. In an interview with The Crimson Wiseman talked about the complex concept of “boy world,” the possibility of “Mean Guys” coming to screens sometime soon, and the complications of race and masculinity.

The Harvard Crimson: Do you think “Mean Girls” accurately espouses the ideas you wrote about in “Queen Bees and Wannabes?”

Rosalind Wiseman: Yes and no. First of all, teenage girls are always going to subvert what I do. I remember the first time I saw a horde of teenage girls dressed up like “The Plastics” for Halloween, [and I thought] “Of course. Of course they’re going to do that. They’re certainly not getting the lesson here.” At the same time, it’s awesome because schools around the country use [“Mean Girls”] in their psychology classes and use it for discussions on teenagers, and that’s great. On the other side, girls who try to claim social power looked at “Mean Girls” as verification or reinforcement for why they have power.

THC: Can you talk about “The Guide: Managing Douchebags, Recruiting Wingmen, and Attracting Who You Want,” the companion book to “Masterminds”?

RW: “The Guide” is an eBook only, but it’s free on Amazon (I didn’t want there to be any barriers to entry). My original idea was to write a book for high school boys and only them, because I wanted to give boys a guide that they could have on their phone. If they think, “This girl makes me miserable… this guy makes me miserable… my parents make me miserable…” or whatever it is, they could have this thing they take out and go, “Ok, girl making me miserable—go to page 87.”

THC: There seems to be a wealth of mainstream movies about “girl world” and girl-to-girl relationships—for example, “Clueless,” “Jawbreaker,” “Heathers,” and of course “Mean Girls”—and every generation seems to have its own. So why do male-centered high school movies focus on guys trying to get girls and not guy-to-guy relationships?

RW: This is something that I am focused on right now because there’s some amount of interest about taking “The Guide” and turning it into a movie. All of these boys movies have been done by men in their 40’s remembering their past (but not really) and not really being in touch with their adolescent selves. And so you get these really stereotypical, simple storylines. They think that all boys care about is eating nachos, drinking beer, and chasing women.