Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. September 5, 2008. The sordid, trashy teen drama "Gossip Girl" offers a much smarter and more useful take on teen sexuality than the Republican platform.
Kimberly Gadette, Women's eNews. August 28, 2008. Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men.
Ellen Goodman, Truthdig. June 26, 2008. We spend too much time arguing with each other about teens and sex, and too little time talking to kids about healthy sexuality.
Marissa Miley, Huffington Post. June 3, 2008. What should we do about this alarming trend? We could rend our garments and cry to the heavens. Or we could talk to teens about safe sex.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. May 24, 2008. Professor M. Gigi Durham discusses the corporate media's sexual objectification of girls and how to help young women fight regressive media messages.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. May 6, 2008. Congress begins to investigate "wilderness programs" and other "treatment" centers that dispense physical and psychological abuse.
Stacy Teicher, Christian Science Monitor. February 13, 2007. Communication technology can facilitate teen dating abuse, enabling obsessive and controlling behavior.
Marsha Rosenbaum, John Irwin, AlterNet. January 13, 2007. One mother shares the advice she offered her son on drugs before he entered high school. Eight years later, as a college graduate, he tells how successful the advice was.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. November 16, 2006. A new book praises hyper-achieving 'alpha girls.' But their behavior may be symptomatic of a larger trend in outwardly high-achieving and inwardly self-hating young women.
Debra Katz, Justine F. Andronici, Ms. Magazine. October 24, 2006. Harasment has become a common experience for teens in the American workforce -- not only those that work on Capitol Hill.
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