PEN15 Is a Beautiful Reminder of the Horrors of 7th Grade
In an era where film executives are increasingly banking on millennial nostalgia and reboots, I was deeply skeptical of …
Esquire's Safe Space Is a Teen Trump Cover
The cover of the March issue of Esquire, for some inexplicable reason, features a 17-year-old white Trump supporter,…
Rookie Is Over, Long Live Rookie
As of today, Rookie, the landmark publication for and by teen girls, is no longer.
In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Witchcraft Isn't As Feminist As Pop Culture Makes It Out to Be
It’s gotten quite trendy, over the past few years, to be a witch. Lana Del Rey casts spells on the President, movies…
This Week in Tabloids: Harry Potter and the Very Hard to Read Nick Jonas Cover Story
Welcome to Midweek Madness, Jezebel’s weekly tabloid roundup where I read the mags and tell you about the mags. This…
Something About That Story About a Teen Making Cookies With Her Dead Grandfather's Ashes Feels Off
You may have heard that a teenage girl recently brought a batch of cookies to school, that some kids ate them, and the…
Study: Protecting Girls From Cancer Doesn't Turn Them Into Crazed Sluts
Good news, parents: You no longer have to choose between protecting your daughter’s sexual purity and saving her life, r…
Teens in Developing Nations Are More Optimistic About Their Futures Than Those in Western Europe
A new survey by Ipsos found that teenagers in developing nations are staggeringly more optimistic about their futures…
Malia Obama Is Living Her Best Damn College Life
Here’s a nice thing in a week of bullshit—Malia Obama in a music video for New Dakota’s “Walking On Air,” a band of…
Girls Feel Both More Empowered And More Objectified These Days
It turns out constantly telling little girls they can be anything they want in a culture that loves to sexualize them…
Sorry to Say Meghan Markle Did NOT Win a Teen Choice Award
I’m so sorry to report that Meghan Markle has been robbed—by Harry Styles! Of her 2018 Teen Choice Award, that is.…
Teens Across the Country Can See the R-rated Eighth Grade for Free Tonight
Eighth Grade is one of the rare depictions of being a teenager in all its cringe-worthy glory. Acne isn’t covered up,…
Happy 15th Birthday to The O.C., a Show That Ruined High School for Everybody
The O.C. premiered on August 5, 2003, a simpler time in which we had flip phones and layered t-shirts and the idiot in…
Netflix Released the Trailer for Its Teen Movie About a Severed Penis
Netflix has a movie coming out on August 10 called The Package, and it’s about a group of five teenage friends who go…
Rediscovering My Very Important, High-Circulation Leonardo DiCaprio Newsletter From 1997
It was 1997. I would come home after school, pin back the heavy blunt-cut bangs hiding a mountain range of zits on my…
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Looks Like the Cute Teen Romcom of the Summer
Think about all the teen crushes you harbored in high school and all the super-secret romantic fantasies that…
Parkland Drama Club Students Crushed 'Seasons of Love' at the Tony Awards
The teens are better than us—this much we know. But if you need another reminder, here’s one: students from Parkland’s…
Netflix Is Giving 13 Reasons Why a Third Season to Fuck Up Again
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why—the controversial teen soap that portrays death by suicide, rape, sexual violence and other…
MOMS: Facebook No Longer Popular With Kids These Days
Heyyy teens, knock knock, adult here, just checking in on what y’all are up to on the internet, I can come back…
14-Year-Old Karthik Nemmani Absolutely Slays Competition at the National Spelling Bee
Last night, 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, rocking rectangular glasses and a smooth bowl cut, won the…