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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: My First Fandom (a guest post by Cindy) (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)
One true thing is that you will never forget your first big fandom. Growing up as the weird kid in my school, I loved Beauty and the Beast and I adored L.J. Smith whose books started me on my love affair with reading. Nothing could and will never compare to my love of Buffy The […]
Yes we do, in fact, need negative book reviews
This weekend my Twitter feed was overflowing with discussion about an article that Kathleen Hale wrote in the Guardian this weekend (Do Not Link provided). And while I won’t talk here about the particulars of the article, because many have already discussed it eloquently and thoroughly, I want to discuss one trend I saw repeated […]
Why you need to be following the news about Sam Pepper, a discussion of the YouTube community and teen culture
Teen culture and celebrity is dominated these days by a force that many adults don’t pay enough attention to: YouTube. YouTube isn’t just a place where Tweens and Teens go to watch the latest music video, it is producing legitimate stars who make a serious amount of cash. YouTube culture is so big that the […]
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TTW: Pop goes the information, everything you wanted to know about pop culture
Did you hear – Justin and Selena broke up? Sound the alarm! This is just one bit of recent pop culture news that you needed to know about. Not because you care, but because you work with teens and let’s face it – some of them care. I know who One Direction are, who Rob […]
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