teens
Meme and My Squad: The Teens Tagging their Way to Queer Utopia
Memes can offer familiarity, freedom, and levity in a world that, more often than not, flattens and invalidates queer experience.
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Billie Eilish’s Body Is Not Ours to Claim
“I feel you watching, always. And nothing I do goes unseen.”
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Teen Girls Shouldn’t Have to Fix Our Country
We shouldn’t be making demands of Claudia Conway, especially if they aren’t demands we’ve even made of ourselves.
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In Season 2, “PEN15” Gets Real About Teenage Slut-Shaming
While the first season of PEN15 highlights teen girls’ sexuality, the second showcases the ways they’re punished for it.
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All Together Now: Novels Fight the Myth of the Mean Girl
These new YA protagonists aren’t afraid of their power or the power that their confidence might instill in readers.
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Can “The Baby-Sitters Club” Reboot Hang with Today’s Teen Shows?
The spirit of the books is still present.
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Subliminal Messaging: This YouTube Trend Promises Teens the Power of Self-Perfection
Subliminals call to mind new-agey fads of yore.
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Never Have I Ever Watched a Better Comedy about Grief
Saying goodbye to those we love when they pass on is the hardest thing we’ll ever do; it is also the most necessary.
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Sex Re-Education: Netflix Offers a New Spin on Teen Virginity
Though teen dramas claim to empower girls, toxic patterns prevent their characters from fulfilling their potential.
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Backtalk: OK Meme-er
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the meme that’s the perfect digital eye roll.
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