In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Chicago gangbangers carried and distributed business cards.
Posts By: Willa Nasatir
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E-U-O-N-Y-M
It’s the final round of the 1997 Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee Invitational.
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Lo-Lifes
Lo-lifes were a late eighties and early nineties New York gang movement with a cultish dedication to Polo by Ralph Lauren.
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People’s Punk
Studs, snot-rockets, and some very spiky hair! The third in Penelope Spheeris‘ documentary series about the evolution of punk, Decline of Western Civilization Part III turns the focus to the fans.
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Mexican Emo Bashing
In 2008 a new hate crime began to spread across Mexico targeting teenage “Emos.”
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Free Ride
During the Great Depression, “Boxcar Children” and “Roving Boys” traveled across America via the tops of boxcars and freight trains.
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Tupac at Seventeen
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgA95WN7tX8&feature=youtu.be
“I really think that teenagers—they’ve got a lot of responsibilities and a lot of burdens because in fact we’re given a horrible world—the gift that we’re getting when we have to take over is horrible.
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Raised by Wolves
Jim Goldberg spent six years following homeless teens in Los Angeles and San Francisco.