Katy Hershberger recalls the way her decade at Christian summer camp both shaped and condemned her views of faith and girlhood.
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Just a Spoonful of Siouxsie
Surviving seventh grade with a practically perfect punk nanny.
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Living to Tell About It
Struggling with trauma, sexual objectification, and self-harm, the teenage T Kira Madden found salvation in her close relationships with other young women.
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My So-Called Media: How the Publishing Industry Sells Out Young Women
Rookie is the latest publication for young women to shut down. How do you survive a system set up for you to fail?
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Character Work
Alison Fields remembers the perils of junior high: fitting in, standing out, and trying out.
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The Teenage Dreamland of ‘Twin Peaks’
Discovering the show when she was a teenager in 1990 helped A.N. Devers navigate the grief of losing her grandparents—and her girlhood.
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The Loaded Expectations and Hopes of a Fan Relationship
The fan relationship is often built on expectations and hope, however unfair they might be. My expectation going to Dominique [Moceanu]’s hotel that night in 1998 was that she’d come down from her room even after a long day of training and competing, and grant me an autograph or, if I was really lucky, a […]