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Tween Summit Reveals The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright
If you think teens are text-addicted sexters whose brains are being turned to mush thanks to technology and pop music, you didn't attend the Tween Summit on October 10, 2009 in Washington DC. USA Today reports "It's about girl power." More »I Was A Fake Teenage Witch
The Bush Administration reportedly denied J.K. Rowling a Presidential Medal of Freedom over fears that her Harry Potter series promoted witchcraft. Apparently they weren't aware that many of us, Harry Potter or no, go through our witchcraft phase anyway. More »Teenage Wasteland: Your Old Diaries Are Awkward, Awe-Inspiring
A month ago, we asked you to send us a page from your old journals. Today, we reveal our submissions, and you get a peek at the secret turmoil that was meant only for the dear diary. More »Reminder: Send Us A Page From Your Old Diary
Don't forget to send us a page from your old diary! You can send a scan or a photograph, but it should be no smaller than 500 pixels wide. Email it to photos@jezebel.com. More info here.Child Pageants: American Pasttime Exported Across The Pond
To Do: Send Us A Page From Your Old Diaries
Last month, Shameless linked to a blog project called The Amy Diary: A Vancouver woman posts her junior high diaries. It's a unique perspective into the mind, lingo and anxieties of young girls. So I dug up my old diaries. More »You Are 16, Going On 17, Baby, Ignore Those Comments
Last week, the tabloids were filled with breathless speculation over the demise of 16-year-old Miley Cyrus' relationship with her 20-year-old boyfriend, Justin Gaston, and her subsequent "reconnection" with Nick Jonas. Commenters took the opportunity to rip Miley to shreds. More »Next Generation Of Hollywood Starlets Is Starting Very Young
"Where Are We Supposed to Hang Out? It's A Free Country Isn't It?"
Rotterdam's use of a device called a "mosquito" — which emits an annoying sound only heard by people under age 25 (to discourage groups of kids from loitering) — has supporters and opponents. [Spiegel]The Tweens Tire Of Bratz-Influenced Styles
Tired of the slinky, Bratz-esque fashions that have been shoved upon them over the past decade or so, tweens are finally moving back toward fashionable but age-appropriate clothing. The reasons: Hannah Montana and parental approval. More »New Dora Revealed!
Click to enlarge and to compare new "tween" Dora The Explorer to her original self. [AP] More »Do 12-Year-Old Girls Ever Need To Be "Fabulous"?
Babble's Ada Calhoun is appalled by a new tween book called The Girls’ Book of Glamour: A Guide to Being a Goddess. "The jacket flap copy on the girls’ book. Be confidant. Be glamorous…Cheerleaders Tossed In Photo Scandal; Boys Left Unpunished
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