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Why Are VSCO Girls the Target of so Many Jokes?

Meredith Day, Davidson College

The popular TikTok meme stands for teen girl empowerment and camaraderie, not for continued shaming of teen girl interests.…

November 30, 2019

‘The Edge of Seventeen’ Is an Underseen Coming-of-Age Classic

Jenna Benchetrit, McGill University

The film earnestly tries to understand its young characters when it can be much easier to mock them.…

June 26, 2018

Sarah Dessen’s Novels Give Young Women a Chance to Shine

Megan Schnese, University of Alaska, Anchorage

With all the stereotypes of painting teenage girls as phone-obsessed idiots, Dessen changes that image within her novels.…

September 15, 2017