A Letter to my Thirteen-Year-Old Self
I imagine you are reading this on your thirteenth birthday. A lot can change in seven years.
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PEN15 is Taking You Back to Middle School—and the 2000s
Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine may be the most convincing 31-year-olds playing 13-year-olds to ever grace our screens. The actors, who...
19 Things I’ve Learned in 19 Years
Turning 20 seems cool and scary at the same time — you’re not a teenager anymore and have to start doing adult things like paying rent or...
It's April 2019, Why Does It Still Feel Like 2018?
We’ve all been there. You woke up this morning and it finally hit you that it is April. The new year is no longer new. It’s just three months into the present year.
Is it OK to bandwagon?
A popular term typically used to insult those new to a trend is the word bandwagon. It can be used negatively, or simply just to define...
High School Shows And Books That Were Unhealthily Glamorized
When I was writing my previous article, "10 Things I Wish I’d Known in High School," it made me think about all the unrealistic...
Life, Death, and The Princess Bride - Remembering William Goldman
My students are talking about whether they believe in re-incarnation. Interspersed with conversation about YouTubers and who can draw the...
What Being the Fat Kid in Elementary School Taught Me
That’s where the saying "there are three sides to every story" holds truth. There’s yours. There’s the other person's. Finally, there’s the objective truth.
The Moments To Adore, 19
1.) Talking about the universe, the world, and life with people close to your heart. 2.) Going on the train or a car and looking out the...
From Hyper-POTS to Blankets: Meet Madison
"I spent pretty much the next three-and-a-half to four years in and out of the hospital. I had to drop out of normal high school, and I'd say in those three-four years I spent more time in the hospital than at home."
‘Eighth Grade’ and What it Means to Grow Up in the Modern World
Remember how much you looooved middle school?
From Teens To Twenties: Things You Need to Know
Twenty, trendy and thriving.
What My Friend with Depression Wants You to Know
It didn’t just happen on one random morning where Shelby Stanley, an 18-year-old woman from Land O’ Lakes, Florida, felt lethargic, hopeless, a lack of concentration, and a change in appetite.
Never Been Kissed
Like many teenagers in Middle School and High School, having my first kiss was super important to me. I imagined it to be like how it was...
Why Young Adult Novels Are More Powerful Than We Think
I grew up with my nose in a book. Though my obsession with reading probably started with Harry Potter, I soon began to pick up everything I...
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Princess Shuri and The Power of Teens
Teenage girls are the perfect intersection of the underestimation of teenagers' intelligence and misogyny, making them an easy target for ridicule.
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Why the 1999 TV Show Popular Was Ahead of Its Time
Popular was among many TV shows in the 90’s that was gone too soon. The series premiered in the fall of 1999 and ran for two seasons until...
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15 Tips: Revisited
In my tender fifteenth year, I found an identity as a prolific writer. Nick, a close friend of mine, and I began an epic, and certainly...
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Are We Who We Always Were?
Letting go of the past is something we’ve all been told to do. But is it possible? My all-time favourite band is U2. I got that from my mom...
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15 Amazing Songs To Listen To When You Are In Love
You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off you
