Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: Not Mine 15 Aug 2010 | 08:37 am

This is the last cross post from my new site Teenagerie.com. Please update your bookmarks! I'm not a fan of Katy Perry as an artist. A month or so ago, I found myself turning to Facebook for help mak...

Untitled 12 Jul 2010 | 05:21 pm

Hey everyone! I'm leaving tomorrow to do three weeks of travel/soul searching/general world exploration. I'll be back in early August with plenty of insight/snark/thoughts to share. In the mean time, ...

Kids These Days: Empathy, Stereotypes, and the 'Me Generation' 7 Jul 2010 | 08:44 am

This post cross posted from my new project, Teenagerie.com! A few people were thoughtful enough to link me to an article on the Psychology Today website entitled "Is the 'Me Generation' Less Empathet...

What do teenagers smell like? 6 Jul 2010 | 09:57 am

This post has been cross posted from my new project, Teenagerie.com! Depending on where and when you grew up, you likely have an answer for this, one that you are willing to defend with forehead-vein...

Welcome to the Teenagerie 4 Jul 2010 | 11:03 am

This post is cross-posted from my new project Teenagerie.com, a blog about media representations of teenage culture! The notion of a separate teenage culture is a concept that is relatively young. Pr...

The Search for Teen-Friendly Media 1 Jul 2010 | 05:39 am

Throughout this project, I've been asked by friends and press alike, "If teens shouldn't be reading Seventeen, then what should they be reading?" I've put some thought into this question, and the answ...

Some favorites from this week! 1 Jul 2010 | 04:40 am

Happy Friday! 26 Jun 2010 | 07:44 am

So I'm all over the news lately with this project, which is so weird for me. If you follow me on Twitter, then you already get my uncensored musings about why I probably think its best that major life...

Hey mainstream media! We are.... 25 Jun 2010 | 04:39 am

Submissions are trickling in. Here are a few that made me smile especially large. You can see all submissions here. If you are new to the blog, you can go here for a full description of the project. ...

Hey mainstream media... 22 Jun 2010 | 02:20 am

In thinking about how to wrap up this project, I decided that I wanted to do something action oriented. The Seventeen Magazine Project has made some strides in calling attention to and promoting discu...