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Apr 26 '13

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photographs of american teenagers taken by joseph szabo, 1969-1988.

Apr 4 '13

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“Disgusting. That’s how Kirsten Dunst, 30, described her infamous kiss with Brad Pitt in the 1994 film “Interview with a Vampire” in a recent interview with Bullett magazine. In fact, kissing Pitt was so vile and repulsive that the experience scarred her.
“It was just a peck. Everyone at the time was like, ‘You’re so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,’ but I thought it was disgusting… said Dunst. At the time, not many people saw a kiss between a girl who had just hit double digits and a 31 year-old man as a big deal… Dunst’s kiss wasn’t an anomaly, but part of a disturbing trend that fetishized prepubescent girls, pitting them in roles opposite grown men. The same year that “Interview with a Vampire” was released, Dunst starred in “Little Women” where had a bizarrely romantic scene with a character played by then 20-year-old Christian Bale…. A few years later, Dunst auditioned for the role as Angela (played by Mena Suvari) in 1999’s “American Beauty” but when she learned that she would have to kiss Kevin Spacey, 25 years her senior, Dunst balked. “I was only 15 then,” she told Entertainment Weekly in 2006. “I didn’t want to kiss Kevin Spacey or be seen lying naked in those rose petals.”

— http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/child-stars-forced-to-seduce-grown-men—awful-90s-thing-220911665.html;_ylt=AjmJCfdUaFKwwBHMh4MNZyBabqU5;_ylu=X3oDMTRhdHQwdTc1BG1pdANIb21lIEZlYXR1cmVkIExpc3QgUmlnaHQEcGtnAzQ5NjljZjFkLTllZDItM2UxYy1hMjQ1LTVkMGE1M2YzODFmYQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDTWVkaWFGZWF0dXJlZExpc3QEdmVyAzVmNmI1Y2IyLTk4MGItMTFlMi1iN2ZlLTU3ZjQ2OTY4OTIwNw—;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3 (via survivorsupport)

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Apr 3 '13

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“The 12 steps are a completely profound treatment for so many people, but not most people, and that’s the problem that I have. It’s not with the 12 steps. It’s only in the programs many, many rehabs are based on, this idea that the 12 steps are the key, are the only way to stay sober. That’s my problem. You get people in treatment — especially teenagers — I mean what is it to be a teenager? It is to feel, you know, this powerfulness, and part of the 12 steps is that you have to admit that you are powerless over your addiction. You have to turn your life over to a higher power, you know. Teenagers, some do, of course, but part of being a teenager is [that] you’re not going to turn your life over to anyone.”

— David Sheff on one of the problems he has with the 12 step program (via nprfreshair)

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Apr 3 '13

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“The unfounded fear that young children will somehow become “impure” if they learn about a dirty subject like sex is deeply rooted in American culture. Our society assumes that human sexuality is dark, dangerous, and shameful — something we need to protect teens from, rather than teach them about. Teens consistently learn that it’s not okay to talk about sex because it’s supposed to be totally off-limits to them, constrained to the bounds of a traditional marriage. But this attitude has led to disastrous consequences: damaging women and LGBT Americans’ sense of sexual self-worth, fueling the STD epidemic, and creating a moral environment where rape culture has flourished.”

— “Kindergartners Shouldn’t Be Taught Sex Ed” — And Other Myths Endangering America’s Youth (via think-progress)

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Apr 2 '13

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danieleharper:

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missingtheground:

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Oh, man, you guys. Let me just explain: high school has always been high school. Teenagers are never happy with themselves. Parents always fucking worry. When Blink and Newfound Glory were on the radio, people bitched about the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears and wished they’d been a teenager when Nirvana was still around and you could just wear a flannel shirt and be happy. Seriously, dude. Nostalgia always makes yesterday seem awesome. Don’t buy into that shit. Just try to find a future that makes you happy. That’s what counts.

Teenagers of tumblr. Stop. Just stop. Being a teenager sucks. Always has, always will, unless your life peaks at high school. (Don’t be that person.) Once you graduate there is so much more life — you’ll go to school maybe and get a job and pay taxes and have real adult relationships and all that other stuff that matters so much more than whatever is driving you crazy today.

Concentrate on the things you love, do your best, learn something every day, be kind, and always remember how you feel now, because one day some kid may be looking to you for guidance, and it’s better to remember than not.

—someone who was a teenager when finding people with whom you had things in common was a lot harder than it is today

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Mar 14 '13

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THIS SHOW MAKES ME WANT TO WRITE ESSAYS!

(Source: michaelpalins)

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Aug 1 '12

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“It’s an existential dilemma to be alive and realize you are not important and that your body, the one you believe belongs to YOU, in fact may not. It may belong to your father, your mother, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, a stranger, your state. It makes some people angry. But good girls don’t get angry, do they? It’s so unattractive. But depression, that’s a different thing.”

— Soraya Chemaly, Teen Girls: Depression? Really? How About Anger and Powerlessness? (via sparkamovement)

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Jul 11 '12

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What is a Teenager?

For most of the last year, I’ve been reveling in, and suffering through, some major life transitions. Primarily, the transition from girlfriend to fiancé and the transition from graduate student to “real-world” job holding adult (that came with it’s own set of new job transitions a couple of times). It’s left me feeling unstable, in more ways than one, and a bit aimless. So, I’ve returned to focus on some topics that I love. And this is where I approach the topic of the teenager.

It’s weird that when you say the word teenager or teen, most people feel like it means something very specific. There’s an idea that being a teen embodies more than an age range but also some aspect of identity. The word itself however, wasn’t used much before the early 1900′s and was originally popularized to sell clothing.

But if you’re a fan of pop culture, and I so am, you know that we are obsessed with teenagers. So it’s a fair question to ask: what really is a teenager? And why do we like them so damned much?