That’s right, a binder filled with tips and advice for teenage girls.
Series: Teen Reads
What were your favorite books and magazines when you were a teenager? Here are some of ours.
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Abracadabra Dept. Presents: Teen Tidy
The 1977 book Bright Ideas is earnest as Amy Sedaris’ Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People is tongue-in-cheek.
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Glam Slam
Take a peak inside the one-and-only L.A. teenage groupie scene magazine—Star.
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The Jokers
In the spring of 1959 Bruce Davidson met a group of teenagers in Brooklyn who called themselves The Jokers.
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Underground Music Fanzines
I had no musical ability and I wasn’t old enough to be a college radio DJ.
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Nineties Sensations
In February 1995, Ebony magazine ran an article on Teen Sensations.
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Jon Savage Presents: Teenage Reads
Working on your summer reading list? Jon Savage, author of Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture 1875-1945, the book that Teenage film is based, presents his teen-centric recommends — I read hundreds of books by and about teenagers for the “Teenage” book and these are among my favourites:
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Almost Grown
Real, live Long Island teenagers hanging out at school yards, bedrooms and Jones Beach.
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Teen Angels Magazine
Teen Angels magazine: “The voice of the varrio since 1979″.
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Shiny Unicorn Presents: Prude Paperbacks
I was a teenager from approximately 1997 to 2003.