Years before Jane Eyre was bestselling, 13 year old Charlotte Bronte amused herself making miniature books, complete with stories, poetry and imagined literary criticism.
-
-
Slow Jams
httpv://youtu.be/mXO7oyPzyek
In 1986, A local Philadelphia daytime show celebrated the release of Corey Hart’s “By Your Side” with a teen slow-dancing showcase.
-
High School Illustrated
Brooklyn Public Librarian Ben Gocker recently shared this series of drawings made by students at Manual Training High School for their literary-art publication, Prospect.
-
Teddy Girls
Teddy girls were working class gals who often left school at 14 or 15, heading straight to careers in offices or factories.
-
Maiko Life
Day in the life of young maiko. Maiko are apprentice geishas, the literal translation is ‘dance child’.
-
Czech Witch
You may have seen the essential dark arts 1980s movie Teen Witch, but have you caught the 1972 Czech teen witch flick Dívka na Koštěti?
-
Kettled Youth
A year of youth driven unrest in the UK; Students protesting about rising school fees, young Londoners rioting about police brutality, and teens marching against spending cuts.
-
Railroad Club
Choo Chooooo is the sound of freedom to teenage wanderlusters.
-
The Apple
Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf made her first feature length movie at the age of 17.
-
Damien Wayne Echols
There was a gross miscarriage of justice when goth teenager Damien Wayne Echols and his friends were convicted of brutally murdering three boys at Robin Hoods Hill in West Memphis, Arkansas.