BONUS: I ask a bunch of 18-year-olds about their sex lives, feel like a total creeper in the process!
naked pictures
justin bieber
More than 15% of the adolescent population struggles with cutting. xoJane asked a teenager to share her thoughts on the #cuttingforbieber hoax perpetuated by 4Chan that led to some instances of actual self-harm by children.
fragrance
Neither a deodorant nor a perfume, body spray occupies a pre-teen hinterland of strange new bodily functions and half-understood urges.
race
The “Afro comb” is an explicitly racialized object, which gave the media license to make the not-so-subtle claim that this violence was indicative of “black” youth culture.
coming-of-age
I’m a Jeanie, I intuit other Jeanies and we are Annie-magnets. We long for the innocence of the Madges and the brass ovaries of the Deirdres.
Rachel_1 in
Entertainment,
coming-of-age,
drugs,
friends,
girl gangs,
girl-centric,
growing up,
Me Generation parents,
movies,
rock & roll,
sex,
teens
Mar 28, 2012 at 12:00pm | 31 comments
crushes
Girl-centric summer camp classic "Little Darlings" was a movie I held religiously close to my heart as a preteen, but how would it look to an almost 39-year-old?
Rachel_1 in
Entertainment,
crushes,
friends,
Kristy McNichol,
peer pressure,
sex,
sexuality,
summer camp,
Tatum O'Neal,
teens
Feb 7, 2012 at 6:00pm | 39 comments
clothes
Victoria's Secret's MLB line doesn't hit it out of the park.
