Discovery Girl, a magazine aimed for female readers between the ages of eight to 12, has publicly apologized after subscribers rallied against a recent article which urged readers to pick their swimwear based on their “curves.”
One of my most vivid early-childhood memories is browsing the Tinkerbell Cosmetics section at some department store.
In our digital age, there are increasingly more ways for young women to become famous. Perhaps the fastest growing exposure industry is YouTube, where content creators in their early twenties cosplay “high school life” for a legion of pre-teen viewers. “I hope your message is that this is fucked up,” a mom of a…
Caleb Logan Bratayley, 13-year-old star of a popular family YouTube channel, died of “natural causes” last week. Apart from a handful of photos and videos, the family has remained silent about the matter, asking their million-plus fans to bear with them as they “deal with this tragedy” together.
Evening, Camp Jezebel! Once again, it’s time for Pissing Contest and this week we’re sharing our craziest stories from summer camp? Is this sponsored Wet Hot American Summer content? Nope! I’m just a sucker who does this out of the goodness of her own heart. You’re welcome.
If you’ve been jonesing for a new popcorn shirt or have concluded that your wardrobe needs more purple satin, then you a.) probably grew up in the 90s and b.) are in luck. Limited Too, that bygone paradise of sparkly (yet chaste) fashion is soon to return.
I challenge you to watch the latest Inside Out trailer without flashing back to puberty.
Over the past four seasons, Lifetime's Dance Moms has rapidly become one of the most popular reality shows on television, particularly with girls under the age of 18. Nearly two million viewers tuned into last week's Season 5 premiere, which features Pittsburgh's Abby Lee Miller and a troupe of elite dancers ranging…
Earlier today, One Direction released "Steal My Girl," the first single off their new album Four. We at Jezebel collectively disliked it, but — recognizing that we are not the target audience for 1D — decided to let their fans defend the song by combining their YouTube comments into a single (incoherent) review.
Over the weekend, Bob Lefsetz — 61-year-old man and music critic — attended a One Direction concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. He had set out to see what all the fuss was about, but instead discovered a great place to pick up "barely pubescent" strange.
Fox News has officially produced the Fox News-iest chryon of all time: "DR RUSSELL: LITTLE GIRLS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HATEFUL LITTLE MINDS." I guess that's one way to report on an attempted murder by a couple tweens.
Newsweek just ran a monster-length piece about tween girls and sex called Sex and the Single Tween, finally giving readers access to the enduring question: So are Our Nation's Precious Little Girls sluts, or what?
Over the weekend, two brave Jezebel writers attended the One Direction concert movie One Direction: This Is Us. This is their story.
Just to clarify, not her impure thoughts — her male teammates' thoughts — and not even any impure thoughts that have been articulated, and what the hell IS an impure thought, anyway? Nuzzling at the 7th grade dance and making home in time to watch Vampire Diaries?
Maybe you have heard recently that Victoria's Secret is under fire for starting a line of sexy lingerie for pre-teens. Maybe you were one of the nearly 40,000 people to sign a petition against this "line," or maybe you just read about that petition in the Telegraph, the New York Daily News, or the New York Times.…
I wasn't exactly a tween when I was first exposed to Les Miserables, but I still was hanging on to my tween sensibilities. I was 15 and on a trip with my grandparents to London where we went to see it on the West End. The next week, we were in Paris where I spent the whole time not-so-subtly belting "On My Own" and…
An intrepid tipster (thanks, Jen!) has alerted us to one particular item in Claire's, that shopping-mall bastion of cheapo headbands and Best Friend necklaces favored by Youngs across America. Top your cell phone with this adorable mustache charm, suggests the description for this rather familiar-shaped charm. Look…
Carrie Underwood rocked a 12-year-old boy's world this past weekend when, after spotting him in the audience of her Louisville, Kentucky concert holding a "Will You Be My First Kiss?" sign, she brought him on stage and laid a smooch on him. "How do you want to do this?" she asked the tween before he boldly replied…
There's a short piece about something called Modeling Camp NYC in the new issue of The New Yorker, and writer Rebecca Mead reveals six interesting facts:
And here's a fact in the story: Four days in New York City $999. That includes activities, a photo shoot, a portfolio, lunch and a T-shirt. But, you know, life…
Oy. So, Kristen Stewart was caught cheating on Robert Pattinson, which even under normal circumstances is embarrassing for everyone involved. Of course, these are not normal circumstances because Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (a.k.a. Robsten) are both incredibly famous. Furthermore, they are incredibly famous…
