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meme image by Instagram user @gay_girl_inc featuring Beyoncé walking onto a yacht and Jay-Z crouching behind her

Meme and My Squad: The Teens Tagging their Way to Queer Utopia

by Peyton Dix
October 20, 2020 at 9:30am
Memes can offer familiarity, freedom, and levity in a world that, more often than not, flattens and invalidates queer experience. Read more »
Billie Eilish, a white young woman, has black-dyed hair and is very pale. She leans out of a trailer and wears an oversized, pastel-colored outfit.

Billie Eilish’s Body Is Not Ours to Claim

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 15, 2020 at 2:33pm
“I feel you watching, always. And nothing I do goes unseen.” Read more »
Claudia Conway, a white teenage girl with blond hair, films herself on TikTok.

Teen Girls Shouldn’t Have to Fix Our Country

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 8, 2020 at 11:30am
We shouldn’t be making demands of Claudia Conway, especially if they aren’t demands we’ve even made of ourselves. Read more »
Anna and Maya, two teen girls, lay poolside.

In Season 2, “PEN15” Gets Real About Teenage Slut-Shaming

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 18, 2020 at 10:19am
While the first season of PEN15 highlights teen girls’ sexuality, the second showcases the ways they’re punished for it. Read more »
collage image of young stylish women—one brown, white, and Black—hanging outside with varying expressions ranging from serious to playful

All Together Now: Novels Fight the Myth of the Mean Girl

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 2, 2020 at 9:00am
These new YA protagonists aren’t afraid of their power or the power that their confidence might instill in readers. Read more »
five teenage girls on The Baby-Sitter's Club, all dressed in formal attire, stand together at a school Dance

Can “The Baby-Sitters Club” Reboot Hang with Today’s Teen Shows?

by Scarlett Harris
July 6, 2020 at 12:00pm
The spirit of the books is still present. Read more »
A pink tinted image of two women with their eyes covered in black boxes. Pink subscribe buttons are overlaid on top.

Subliminal Messaging: This YouTube Trend Promises Teens the Power of Self-Perfection

by Frannie Comstock
May 13, 2020 at 1:33pm
Subliminals call to mind new-agey fads of yore. Read more »
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, an Indian teen, wears a black hoodie and black glasses while walking down a school hallway

Never Have I Ever Watched a Better Comedy about Grief

by Evette Dionne
May 11, 2020 at 2:02pm
Saying goodbye to those we love when they pass on is the hardest thing we’ll ever do; it is also the most necessary. Read more »
an Asian teen wearing a foam green dress and a Black teen wearing a white suit embrace outside in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

Sex Re-Education: Netflix Offers a New Spin on Teen Virginity

by Emily Forney
March 30, 2020 at 10:32am
Though teen dramas claim to empower girls, toxic patterns prevent their characters from fulfilling their potential. Read more »
a pink t-shirt that states OK Boomer over and over again in dark red letters

Backtalk: OK Meme-er

by Amy Lam
November 14, 2019 at 7:20am
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the meme that’s the perfect digital eye roll. Read more »

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​​​​​​​Tina Belcher, an animated teenaged girl. She wears glasses and has black hair with bangs.
by Gabrielle Moss
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