What came first: the depression or the goth? It's hard to say
depression
sex
Her bedroom consisted of my chair, a mattress with sheets, a towel, a bottle of lotion and a bottle of lube. At different times I found lingerie, a Valentine’s Day stuffed animal, and a poorly written high-school assignment marked 70 percent.
clothes
When I look at this photograph, I see an innocent young girl who looks stylish, comfortable and appropriate. Rules are rules, but I do wonder a little about the mindset of someone who sees anything else.
children
I never imagined that I’d have two poorly-behaved stepchildren sucking the joy out of life and that the world would consider me a huge bitch for not loving them.
experimentation
Underage! Lesbian! Sluts!
nostalgia
xoJane editors share their prom photos and stories.
handjobs
In praise of 1 1/2 base.
beauty
Holy shit, right?
innocence
A young girl gets roughed up by the cops because she looks "too old" for a student metro card. For real?
kids
During the summer between 8th and 9th grade, I piled into the back of a truck with some other kids at 5:00 a.m., paper bag lunch in hand, and rode to a wet, humid cornfield to earn some money.
Somer Sherwood in
Family Drama,
kids,
kids with jobs,
I grew up in the middle of nowhere,
first jobs,
teenage jobs,
teenagers,
parenting,
I am a crochety curmudgeon
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:30am | 86 comments
sexts
In the pantheon of things I should know how to do by now, taking a sexy pic ranks right up there with crafting a sext. Things I don't really know how to do.
teenagers
A "Senior List" at a high school in Missouri details the sexual habits of teen girls. Guess what, teen girls? You do not have to be defined by the tiny fraction of your life that is high school.
Somer Sherwood in
Relationships,
teenagers,
cheerleading,
depression,
teenage boys,
teenage girls,
high school,
feelings,
conquering the motherfracking world
Sep 14, 2012 at 2:30pm | 47 comments
cougars
I blame those brolitas from One Direction for this. God, they're attractive. What?
calling the police
This week I dialed 911 for the second time in a year. Then I tweeted about it.
adolescence
Sorry girls, xoJane.com isn’t for you.
being 14 is really horrible
The summer I was 14, I went to two different summer camps. The difference between them summed up the central crisis of my life at the time: Was I going to identify as the geek or the Kid With Issues?
bikini waxes
We hadn't even started having sex yet and he was suggesting I have my lady-bits manicured like Jenna Jameson's.
crowdsourcing
You know how your skull doesn't completely ossify until you're 25? Maybe being a teenager is like being temporarily insane, kidnapped by the SLA of your pituitary gland.
