Jezebel
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mouse traps
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 »
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By hortenseComment by LaComtesse: The calling her a slut and tramp is gross, however, regarding the last statement, if you're old enough to be... 34 Responses | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Next Generation Of Hollywood Starlets Is Starting Very Young
A recent post on ONTD begins, "This is exactly what you think it is: Miley's sista." Right. The taller one with the darker hair is Noah "Noie" Cyrus. On a red carpet. In a swimsuit. Noie was born June 14, 1999. She is nine. The caption on these photos reads: More »
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By DodaiComment by JemimaPuddleduck wants MOAR Spock: Ugh. I wish people would let their kids be kids. These poor girls. I also wish they would quit naming girls... 38 Responses | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
"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]
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By DodaiComment by Blackagar Boltigon: this sort of stuff absolutely appalls me. when is anyone going to realize that demonizing and criminalizing young behavior is... 15 Responses | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
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 »
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By hortenseComment by tscheese: I have always wanted to wear baggy clothes and below-the-knee skirts and cardigans and long-sleeved tees. I'm just not very... 18 Responses | Other threads
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toy stories
New Dora Revealed!
Click to enlarge and to compare new "tween" Dora The Explorer to her original self. [AP] More »
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By DodaiComment by oh.geez.: She looks like an accurate representation of some hispanic girls of that age. Many of them seem to have very... 25 Responses | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
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…
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By JessicaComment by thelandlady: I think a preteen learning how to build a canoe would be fabulous. Pretend the girl one doesn't exist and give... 14 Responses | Other threads
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cheerleaders
Cheerleaders Tossed In Photo Scandal; Boys Left Unpunished
Two Seattle high school cheerleaders have been suspended from the squad because nude cell phone photos of them were being passed around their high school. Why did the school administration get involved with something pretty much outside their purview? According to CBS News, the girls were chastised because ""The student code of the conduct does say that athletes are held to a higher standard." Then why did the myriad boys — presumably some of whom were also athletes — get off scot free for passing around the naughty photos?
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By JessicaComment by lucystrawberry has a feeble ladybrain: the boys who passed these around could charged with distribution of child pornography, not just punished by their schools 24 Responses | Other threads
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condoms
Badvertising
The problem with this government ad promoting safe sex in the UK — in which, to illustrate the "consequences" of a boozy night, a teenage girl gets pregnant — is that the commercial basically blames the girl for drinking too much. Sure, maybe she made bad decisions because she was inebriated, but what about the guy, who was also drinking, and who didn't wear a condom? How come he doesn't shoulder any of the responsibility? [Guardian]
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By DodaiComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): Mom? Dad?! And on that note, I'm off to hopefully learn the gender of my little "consequence". 4 Responses | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
The Birds And The B-List: How Do You Talk To Your Child About Sex Scandals?
It seems that when you allow your children to deify young women who have been in show-business since childhood, sometimes these role models disappoint them. Apparently the latest good-girl rep to bite the dust is that of someone named Adrienne Bailon of The Cheetah Girls, who's just had a Hudgens-like incident involving the exposure of "semi-nude" photos. And, as the Daily News tells us, the real question now is: how do you talk to your tween about it? More »
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By SadieComment by Penny: Hey, can I get a show of hands of Jezebellions who posed semi or fully naked at 15? I am thinking... 28 Responses | Other threads
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cosmogirl
CosmoGirl: One Of The Smarter Newsstand Choices For Teens
Today it was announced that CosmoGirl! is folding. Hearst has decided to "consolidate its teen publishing activities into Seventeen," though the CosmoGirl! brand will continue online. Founded by Atoosa Rubenstein in 2000, CosmoGirl! was the smarter, less sex-obsessed little sister of Cosmopolitan. Atoosa supposedly came up with the idea of CosmoGirl! in 48 hours, reportedly scrawling the word "girl" in lipstick over and over on mockup covers while in bed with her husband. (She became the youngest editor-in-chief in Hearst Magazine's 100 year history, but left for Seventeen in 2003.) As for CosmoGirl!, the splashy, colorful magazine managed to cram everything teenage girls really care about inside each issue:
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By DodaiComment by hortense: Do you think maybe the target audience, in this culture of 12-going-on-25, was reading Cosmo instead? 11 Responses | Other threads
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science
Memo To MTV: Please Make A Reality Show About Chick Scientists
"Girls today can be anything they want. They can pursue a career that has a positive impact on the world in which they live, such as a climate scientist or space mission engineer," says Alex McKie, an environmental engineer and ambassador for an organization called New Outlooks in Science & Engineering (Noise) in the Guardian. Except guess what? Many girls today don't seem to care about making a positive impact in the world. With backing by a science research council, Noise conducted a survey of 506 girls, ages 13-18 and asked the young ladies for their top career choice. (The girls were allowed to pick more than one career.) Thirty-two percent chose "model." More »
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By DodaiComment by Penny: Also.....just one more point! A show about scientists hanging out in a lab would not be all the interesting.... 14 Responses | Other threads
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catcher in the rye
The Enduring Allure Of Teen Angst
On Minnesota public radio today, a show called Midmorning examined the novels that are commonly taught in American high schools. Catcher in the Rye was upheld, alongside To Kill A Mockingbird, as books that are still relevant to today's teens, despite dealing with problems that are somewhat outdated. An example of a book that, while still prominent on most high school reading lists, is pretty unpopular, is The Grapes of Wrath. What was most interesting about the program were the many suggestions for new additions to the high school canon put forth by listeners who called in. My personal favorite mention was In the Time of the Butterflies, a story about three sisters set against the backdrop of the rise of the dictator Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. More »
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By JessicaComment by little stripes: Hey, I adore The Grapes of Wrath. ADORE. But I kind of adore most of Steinbeck and always have, so... 13 Responses | Other threads
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standards of beauty
American Women Have Deep Pockets For Superficial Spending
The YWCA has released a report called Beauty At Any Cost, reports Reuters. The nonprofit has found that U.S. women spend $7 billion a year on cosmetics and beauty products: An average of about $100 a month each. The report notes: That $100 a month, if saved and invested for five years, would pay for a full year of tuition and fees at a public college. And we're not just talking about blush and lip gloss: cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures (Botox, lipo) are up 446% in the last 10 years. And the truth is, you could do a lot of things with an extra $1,200 a year besides spend it on your appearance. Like maybe get a shrink? More » -
kids today
We've discussed the bikini waxing of 8-year-old girls before, but some of the stomach-turning details in this story on MSNBC cannot be missed: One salon in NYC boasts that children 8 years and older can get discounted waxing for "virgin" hair: "Virgin hair can be waxed so successfully that growth can be permanently stopped in just 2 to 6 sessions. Save your child a lifetime of waxing... and put the money in the bank for her college education instead!" But then there's Wanda Ramos, who let her daughter, Gabriella, get waxed because kids at school made fun of her unibrow. "It made a big difference," Ramos says. "She feels more confident and other kids don’t make fun of her anymore — she gets compliments on how she looks now." Self-assurance is great, but isn't all of it putting focus on the wrong things? [MSNBC]
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By DodaiComment by icanhasjez: So I'm confused about the virgin hair waxing thing. Does that mean that if they wax it all off starting... more » | Other threads
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fashionology
Rich Hollywood Moms Bank On Shopaholic Tweens
The August issue of Harper's Bazaar has a feature on Elizabeth Wiatt and Jamie Tisch and their "concept store," Fashionology L.A. Elizabeth, 41, is the wife of Jim Wiatt, CEO of the William Morris Agency. She's also on the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council. She is described as a "brainy beauty," maybe because she is brunette. Jamie, 39, the "blonde bombshell," was married to film producer/NY Giants chairman Steve Tisch, and also raises money for the Women’s Cancer Research Fund. There are so many vomit-inducing moments in the story about their store, described as "a real-life version of Cher Horowitz’s computerized closet in Clueless meets a Build-a-Bear Workshop," that it seemed necessary to compile them all. (Not included: When the writer tries the store and designs a hoodie that ends up costing $95.) You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll lose your lunch, after the jump. More »
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By DodaiComment by stuck_in_the_middle: @amowls: OK. But being smart, being fashionable, and having a good time aren't mutually exclusive. Berkley Girl, which is... more » | Other threads
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kids today
Tweenage Wasteland
Girl Guides (the UK name of Girl Scouts) has released a report called A Generation Under Stress. The study was complied from an online survey of 350 girls and eight focus groups, and some of the results are startling: Many of the 10-14 year olds think that self-harm (cutting) is "normal" behavior for teenagers; 42% know someone who's harmed themselves. 32% know someone with an eating disorder, 50% know someone who suffers from depression, and 40% of the girls say they feel worse about themselves after looking at pictures of glamorous models, pop stars or actresses. (One said: "When I was eleven I read a teen magazine for the first time and that is when it kind of clicked — 'I should be like this.'") 74 % of the girls feel "worried," and 19% have negative thoughts about themselves. The question to consider: What kind of adults do stressed-out, self-harming children become? [Guardian, Daily Mail, Telegraph, BBC] -
kathleen parker
Writer: Little Girls Are A Threat To HuManity
Men are simple creatures, and yet it is they who by necessity run the world and so we must stop distracting them with our dirty pillows (when we eventually get them) and bare midriffs and — horrors! — back tattoos lest we taunt them into such a state of perpetual arousal that they utterly fuck up the world (though some might argue it's too late). Or so says Kathleen Parker, whose new book Save the Males is out to save the poor, battered men of the world by forcing us libidinous sluts of all ages from taunting them with the possibility of sex. We'd rip her so-called logic to shreds some more, but were saved the trouble by our new blog crush, Jeff Fecke, who responded: More »
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By MeganComment by quickstrike: @pamalter: If that happened nothing would EVER get done. more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
There's Hope For Today's Teens… Sorta
The N, as a TV network, is Nickelodeon's borderline slutty big sister. It's targeted at teens and runs shows like Degrassi and Instant Star, (a highly addictive show about a teenage girl who wins an American Idol-type contest and has major chemistry with her record producer, a twenty-something former boy-band member, not that I ever watched, cough cough.) The network conducted a survey — polling women between the ages of 13 and 24 — assessing the "state of the millennial girl." The good news? 60% said that they were "happy." Only 6% had a famous athlete, musician, singer, actor, or author as their role model; 25% said their moms were their role models. But! 34% either said they "look up to themselves" or don't have a role model at all. And 62% believe it’s easier for males to become CEO, while 45% think it's easier for males to get promoted at work. The worst part? They're probably right! What's really weird is this: More »
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By DodaiComment by tiredfairy: That's probably because the "alternative" kids are the ones targeted more often by body comments. I know I was. But... more » | Other threads
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abigail breslin
Kit Kittredge: American Girl Or Capitalist Pawn? Is There A Difference?
It's hard out there for a living, breathing American girl. It's a morass of mixed messages, A.O. Scott points out in a Times think piece about Kit Kittredge, the Abigail Breslin-helmed American Girl doll-based movie coming out this week. "Who are you supposed to be, or to avoid becoming? A nerd? A ditz? A flirt? A tomboy?" Scott wonders. "What kind of role models are those make-believe princesses, those Bratz and Barbies, to say nothing of the real-life Britneys, Lindsays and Mileys? Mean Girls, Gossip Girls, Girls Gone Wild, Girl Power, You go, girl! What's a girl to do?" And considering the pervasive skankiness of Bratz and their ilk, the American Girls franchise seems like a bastion of true childhood in an increasingly sexualized marketplace. But, as Scott painstakingly notes, it's still part of the marketplace. Jeannette Catsoulis, reviewing Kit for the IHT perfectly summarizes the intrinsic hypocrisy in this Depression-era film. "When you consider that a Kit doll, complete with book and accessories, will currently run you $105, the movie's insistence on the nobility of the indigent might be a tad more difficult to stomach." More » -
weighty issues
Is The Obesity Epidemic Messing With Kids' Minds?
Which is worse: Feeling fat? Or being fat? A survey by the Germany Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) found that among 7,000 teenagers, more than half of the girls (and 36% of the boys) thought that they were "too fat," even though only about 18% of the kids were actually overweight. And the teens — especially the girls — who thought that they were "too fat" reported lower self-esteem and "quality of life." Reporting on this issue in the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope writes: "At a time when much of the Western world is focusing on obesity problems, even teens who are at a healthy weight may develop a distorted body image." Even more troubling is how some kids act when they think they're overweight: The Times of London has a story about a boy named Zach, who is on a careful diet, works out for 45 minutes after school every day and does push-ups, sit-ups and crunches before bed every night. Zach is 10 years old. And still fits into the same clothes he wore when he was 8 and 9. Writes Siobhan Mulholland: "Not by any stretch of any fattist imagination could he be described as fat." More »
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By DodaiComment by snark_shark: The panic over the so-called "obesity epidemic" is getting ridiculous. First off, the reason why there's this increase of "overweight"... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Dismayed By Miley's Displays Of Sexuality, Disney Assembly Line Creates Two Replacements
We already suspected that the Disney factory manufactures tween starlets like plastic widgets, but we had no idea that production has gone into super overdrive since the Miley Cyrus/ Vanity Fair "nude" debacle. The Wall Street Journal reports that "Talent development has taken on new urgency since April, when Vanity Fair magazine published photos of the 15-year-old Ms. Cyrus with only a bedsheet covering her torso." Hannah Montana ratings have declined, the Journal points out, and so Disney is attempting to replace Miley with 15-year-old actress/singer Demi Lovato by using a "multimedia blitz that is aggressive even by Disney standards." So Lovato is being touted as the "New Miley," but just last month, another pretty, Texas-born Hispanic girl was declared heiress to the Cyrus juggernaut. People called Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place star Selena Gomez the next Miley, and it turns out that Lovato and Gomez (pictured here — Lovato is on the left) are "best friends" who have their own YouTube channel wherein they discuss things like their matching "True Love Waits" purity rings. More »
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By JessicaComment by beatrice2000: @descent_into_votd: Like Stacey Q., who was a one-hit-wonder but worked as an escort before her fame. Or that Madonna blew... more » | Other threads
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games people play
Vidiots
Um, this video "game," "Carrie The Caregiver," is supposed to be fun or something. Targeted at kids 6 and up, the point is to "feed, clean and soothe adorable babies." The new version, "Camp Funshine," involves helping campers with birdhouses and S'mores and crap like that. Maybe it's entertaining for little girls, but how come there's no "Lulu The Lawyer" or "Cece The CEO" game, huh? (Click to see mind-numbingly dull embedded video) [Packaging Girlhood] More »
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By DodaiComment by femmesavante: we seriously need an edit button here. I thought I'd written: That I also love these games. My latest favorite... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Does This Look Like "Intellectual" Property To You?
I'm supposed to be in court in Riverside County, California right now. See, a few years ago I wrote this thing about how the Bratz dolls, the first dolls in the history of slutty-looking dolls to unseat Barbie for slutty looking doll hegemony (and the career ender of numerous highly remunerated Mattel executives), were actually masterminded inside the Mattel design center. Apparently they were scrapped because upper management didn't want to do anything to "cannibalize" their Barbie brand so the idea went nowhere and a doll designer took it to this guy who owned a scrappy little toy company that mostly specialized in competing for third and fourth tier licensing rights — like say, the right to manufacture keychains featuring crude electronic games bedecked in Pokemon logos — and that guy, with the help of a few more designers and a few thousand Shenzhen factory workers, turned the sketches into a multibillion dollar property. Well, Mattel is a litigious company — they were once known to sue Barbie fan clubs for trademark infringement — and when they read my story they apparently launched some sort of investigation and eventually sued the Bratz guys. Last summer I got deposed. More »
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By MoeComment by ChristieLove: @westendgirl: Absolutely. Frankly, they're lucky Moe agreed to do a deposition. more » | Other threads
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clips
If A Girl Gets A Spa Treatment And No One Films It, Did It Really Happen?
Good Morning America is so fresh out of ideas that they're watching month-old episodes of the Today Show for inspiration. Diane Sawyer and Co. are just picking up the tween spa meme and running it into the ground. Some six year olds are getting their hair chemically straightened, some 12-year-old girls are getting bikini waxes, preteen boys remain cruel, as always. Clip of dismayed reporters and smug mommies above. More »
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By JessicaComment by bluepotatoes66: @kierabs: You might be surprised. There are some early developers that will have bikini area hair by 11 or... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Photoshop Of Horrors
An eagle-eyed reader pointed us to Kel's Photo Creations, where someone (presumably named "Kel") will take your pageant baby's face and turn it into something that looks like, in the words of said tipster, "airbrushed street art of Bratz dolls." One such example is to the left, but you can find some more Lisa Frank-ish creations here. We thought that perhaps this was the invention of some performance artists, but if you peruse the rest of the site, it seems that Kel is not fucking around. You can get the full Photoshop treatment for $35. A bargain! [Kel's Photo Creations] -
tweenage wasteland
Teenage Wasteland
Marche Taylor, like many teens around this time of the year, showed up at her prom in Houston, TX dressed to impress. The party was being held in a ballroom at the Sugar Land Marriott, but Taylor only got as far as the lobby. A school official told her that her dress did not meet the dress code; Taylor argued and then tried to get her money back. Someone called the cops. Taylor was escorted from the establishment in handcuffs. Really? Was that necessary? Don't forget about that Human Rights Watch report that says black people are disproportionately incarcerated. On the one hand, girls can be mentally damaged from sexualization in advertising; on the other hand, should a prom dress land a young woman in handcuffs? [KHOU] -
tweenage wasteland
Beyoncé's Mini-Me Ad: Damaging To Girls' Mental Health?
Did you see the new ad for Beyoncé's Deréon Girls Collection? Little girls, for lack of a better phrase, "tarted up" in adult-ish cropped and embellished jean jackets, purses, lip gloss and blush. Oh, yeah, and that one kid is wearing heels. They appear to be adult sized heels that she is just trying on, as kids do, but... Sigh. According to a report (issued last year) by the American Psychological Association, sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls' self-image and healthy development. You're thinking: Duh. And yet. It exists. And persists. Eileen L. Zurbriggen, PhD, chair of the APA Task Force says, "The consequences of the sexualization of girls in media today are very real... We have ample evidence to conclude that sexualization has negative effects in a variety of domains, including cognitive functioning, physical and mental health, and healthy sexual development." Eh, people are just making a big deal out of a photo. Right? Consider this:
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By DodaiComment by faire-la-moue: i didn't know they made pirates that small. more » | Other threads
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the dangerous look for girls
15-Year Old On Miley Cyrus: "I Don't Want To Be That"
So what do actual 15-year old girls think of the whole Miley Cyrus-Annie Leibovitz Vanity Fair shoot? The New York Times decided to ask some (specifically students at Manhattan's Beacon School), as featured in an article in today's Metro section. "My friend loves her," said one girl, "Well, she love-hates her. [And] she called her a slut [when she saw the Vanity Fair photos]." She went on. "Is this who we're supposed to be growing up to be? I don't want to be that. It's sending a message that girls are supposed to be whores. It's like you only get so many years to be a child, and then once you're an adult, you're an adult for, like, 100 years. That's it. Welcome to adulthood. There's no turning back." More »
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By JenniferComment by TeenageGangDeb: @sanibelly: Let's LOCK UP every 15-year-old in the country in a fucking basement, repress their (scientifically proven! Uh-oh!) "growing up" urges... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Cosmo Girl Has The Spiciest — And Smartest — Advice When It Comes To Teen Sex
Down Under, two of the major teen magazines, rivals Dolly and Girlfriend, are banding together to fight government suggestions that the magazines come with "audience age recommendations," because of the sexually-explicit nature of their question-and answer-sections. According to the Daily Telegraph, "Tasmanian Senator Stephen Parry said he was concerned readers as young as 11 were writing in for answers to questions on anal and oral sex." (Because if they don't read the magazine, their questions will magically disappear, right?) Dolly editor Gemma Crisp told a government inquiry, "We see it as a service. It's our responsibility to provide the correct information rather than them (readers) saying to their 15-year-old friend, 'my boyfriend wants me to do this, how do I deal with it?'" We decided to see what kind of advice the American teen magazines are giving their readership. A look at sex coverage on the websites of Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl, Elle Girl, YM and Seventeen, after the jump.
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By JessicaComment by BiBiVirtue: My mum used to hate me reading teen magazines, I once got caught reading Just Seventeen and my mum went... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
A group of middle school girls in Southern Indiana was allegedly "inspired" by the Florida teenagers who brutally beat a frenemy and then attempted to post the violence on YouTube. These Indiana tweens — pupils at Clarksville Middle School and aged 12-14 — lured a classmate to a parking lot, filmed themselves abusing her and then posted the video on PhotoBucket.com (it has subsequently been removed). According to the AP, "The video begins with one girl arguing with the victim and escalates into a fight during which the 12-year-old is repeatedly hit in the head as other girls watch and laugh." Charges have yet to be filed and police are still interviewing the perpetrators. The Clarksville superintendent says he does not plan to discipline these bullies because the violence did not occur on school grounds. Again, we ask: How many kids have to die before bullying is taken seriously? [AP via MSNBC]
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By JessicaComment by sublimelazy: @Doriane: so you're telling me that you haven't improved, changed, learned lessons since you were 12? And don't say... more » | Other threads
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the dangerous look for girls
Bikini Waxes, Highlights & 'Tramp Stamps': That's What Little Girls Are Made Of
First we hear about little girls getting pedicures, then bikini waxes, and now, at the tender age of 6, it's chemically treated hair. The New York Times reports that today's moms are paying for their daughters to get highlights. (Full disclosure: I was a hair model in high school, and for a good four years my hair got dyed every color of the rainbow. But I made money doing it and I was 15. The girls in the Times are much, much younger.) Says Tammy Curris of Toadly Kool Me salon in Fayetteville, NC, "We've had girls as young as 6 in for highlights, but 9 and 10 is more the norm." Echoes Mark Goodman of Hair Designers of Hilton Head, SC, "Five years ago, the rule of thumb was 15- to 16-year-olds would come in for their first color. Now, that girl is 10."
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By JenniferComment by brittney2007: @golddigger: Same with me, too. First time I had my hair highlighted I was 8. It was bleach blonde and... more » | Other threads
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clips
'Miss Bimbo' Creators: "Take Care Of Your Bimbo, Nurture Her, Love Her"
Ann Curry and company over at the Today show were just as incredulous about the internet game for burgeoning skanks, Miss Bimbo, as we were. In the clip above from this morning's broadcast, two adorable English moppets named Jasmine and Poppy enjoy Miss Bimbo's "big jugs and facelifts," and the dudes behind the game defend Miss Bimbo with straight faces. The pair of floppy haired founders say things like, "It's a morally positive, fun game..."What about loving your bimbo, taking care of your bimbo, sending her to university?" More » -
kids today
How Many 8-Year-Olds Have To Get Bikini Waxes Before We All Agree The Terrorists Have Won?
In the first thousand words of a story I just read:
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By MoeComment by VerdaFelange: Hi! Just did some quick research: The world's youngest mother on record was 5. My ex-wife had her first period at... more » | Other threads
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the dangerous look for girls
Dear Moms: Your 6-Year Old Daughter's Ass Is Not "Juicy"
"Nothing needs to be on my child's rear end. It doesn't need to have any words at all," says Suzie DeWitt of Tacoma, a mother to two daughters. You wanna know what else DeWitt doesn't want on her girls' asses? Low-rise pants. "The pants rise on little girl pants are too low to be practical. Kids run, jump and hang on monkey bars. With these fashions, their bottom is hanging out at recess." Wanna know how old DeWitt's daughters are? Six and eight. We've said it before and we'll say it again: slutty dressing is skewing younger and younger, with kids just out of kindergarten wearing everything to platforms to spaghetti straps. Recall how the beauty industry is targeting the younguns also? Same deal applies to fashion: Things that have typically been aimed at teens are just being shrunk, literally, and marketed at the kids that teens are probably baby-sitting. More »
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By JenniferComment by Leigh81387: @chelotoyou: haha. that made me burst out laughing. i want to go dl some of that guys stuff! more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Young Adult Novels Plumb New Depths Of Product Placement
About a year ago, I was desperate to review Dial L For Loser from the New York Times best-selling tween book series The Clique. I thought the title was hilarious and I wanted to see what sort of written culture the kiddies are consuming these days. Within the first ten pages, there were mentions of Ella Moss, Neiman Marcus, Prada, Range Rovers, and Chantico drinking chocolate (even hot beverages must be branded!). In fact, it broke down to 1.8 brand mentions per page, which is staggering when you consider that each page had about 160 words. The characters consuming these lux brands were supposed to be seventh graders. Well listen up kiddies, the brand-infiltration of books aimed at ten-to-twelve year olds is only going to get exponentially worse. A new series of books by HarperCollins and named for a heroine called Mackenzie Blue is offering brand sponsorship for each new novel before the books are even written.
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By JessicaComment by literatebrit: I hate these books. The girls at my school love them. Me and my friend both are proud that the... more » | Other threads
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the good, the bad, & the ugly
Hannah Montana's Best Of Both Worlds Concert: The Worst Of All Fashions
Last night's Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds concert in Hollywood featured a proper red carpet... And crappy red carpet fashion. Hannah Montana, in case you've been living under a rock, is the Disney Channel-conceived alter-ego of Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray "Achy Breaky Heart" Cyrus, and tween girl idol. On the show, Miley plays a girl named Miley (whoa: meta) who is really rock star Hannah Montana, but keeps her performance identity a secret, so as to live a "normal life" as a high school dork. Which is why the theme song declares that Miley/Hannah has the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, everyone in both worlds is poorly dressed! Maybe it's better to look hideous at a ridiculous event, to diffuse the horror of being there? Decide for yourself with the good, the bad, and the ugly, after the jump. More »
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By JenniferComment by constancescott1990: They r from disney. what do u expect.They r toys.people have 2 dress them or they won't know how 2... more » | Other threads
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teenage wastelands
Teen Girls Join Britney In Tippling The "Purple Drank"
Teen usage of cold and cough medicines to get high is a major problem in the U.S., reports the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Any fan of The Basketball Diaries can tell you that barely legals have used over-the-counter meds to get high since the dawn of NyQuil, but a recent study by SAMHSA shows that the number of people age 12-25 who use large doses of cold medicine to create hallucinations is at about 3.1 million. Many adolescents are mixing the cold medicines with other substances — like Britney with her "purple drank" of vodka, NyQuil and Red Bull — but the key ingredient to cause hallucinations in large doses is the cough suppressant DXM. More »
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By JessicaComment by GirlfriendinaComaUK: They are ruining it for everyone! It's not even worth it to stock up on Nyquil to bring back to... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Today's Teens Believe It's Better To Be Sexy Than Clever
"In a culture that celebrates Paris Hilton, thong underwear and songs like 'My Humps' — where the female singer expounds the sexual magnetism of her breasts and buttocks — there's scant recognition or respect for female modesty or achievement that isn't coupled with sex appeal," writes Carol Platt Liebau, managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and author of a new book, Prude: How The Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls. Liebau argues that "the overwhelming lesson teenagers are now learning from the world around them is that being 'sexy' is the ultimate accolade, trumping intelligence, character and all other accomplishments at every stage of a woman's life." And, while this fact alone is disturbing, Liebau also notes that "girls are being led to believe they're in control when it comes to sexual relationships but they're actually living in a profoundly anti-feminist landscape where girls compete for attention on the basis of how much they are sexually willing to do for the boys."
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By dodaiComment by athenasadidas: Wow, this ties in well with the provocative performance the Dance Team put on at my high school pep rally... more » | Other threads
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tweenage wasteland
Being A Fresh-From-Rehab Mean Girl Is Awesome!
How did you spend your time in high school? Editing the school paper? Drama club? Smoking behind Waffle House? These days, girls are being encouraged to partake in sex, drugs and lying through a new cell phone game called "Coolest Girl in School," which is all the rage in Australia. How does one become the coolest girl? Just "lie, bitch and flirt your way to the top of the high school ladder." All you have to do is "experiment with drugs, alcohol and smoking, skip school, spread rumours, bully" and have unprotected sex. Fun! Parents and educators are freaking the fuck out, naturally, that a game being marketed specifically at girls that encourages them to, uh, make bad choices. But the game's creator, Holly Martin, says the game is actually good for girls. More » -
kids today
Watching TV Leads To Teen Sex; Teen Sex Leads To Teen Chlamydia
A new study claims that there's a "recipe" that raises the odds of a teen becoming sexually active early — and the more ingredients (low self-esteem, not feeling close to parents, lots of TV), the more likely a teen is to have sexual relations by the age of 15. Janet Shibley Hyde, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author Myeshia Price conducted a two-year study of 273 children and used anonymous surveys."By 15," they write, "one out of five boys had participated in oral sex and about one in 10 said they'd had intercourse; the numbers were somewhat lower for girls. (Because the teens were mostly middle class and white, they had lower rates of sexual experience than the U.S. average.)" More »
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By DodaiComment by two minutes: @cuesanibelly: I had my first kiss in college, too! @SarahHeartburn: I'm with you. I think that sex ed is important... more » | Other threads
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