I was about sixteen when I met LC. He called my house one night around 6:30 p.m. I didn’t know his voice only because my cousin who wanted to double date thought it would be nice to hook me up... Read more >>

The topic of abuse is confusing to me. I don’t even know if I experienced it. I know awful shit happened and I know it has had an effect on my life, but was it really abuse? I don’t... Read more >>

When Jana M.’s fourteen- and sixteen-year-old sons were younger, she gave them a monthly allowance and told them to put some in savings, some in their wallet, and a small amount toward something... Read more >>

With the increasing media coverage of television programming, such as MTV’s hit reality television shows Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, there appears to be an increased and wide-spread... Read more >>

Bizarre, I have been wearing toe nail polish since I was thirteen. I distinctively remember the day when covering my toe nails with some kind of glittery girlie color became important. My gangly... Read more >>

There I was, barely fifteen years old. I was still a little girl as far as the world and I were concerned. But, being a typical fifteen year old girl I wanted so badly to become a woman. The kind you... Read more >>

For many years, I sincerely believed Elton John’s song, “Bennie and the Jets,” had a line that went, “She’s got electric boobs, and more air soothes, you know I read it... Read more >>

Have you ever had a moment when time stops? I like to think of these moments as a combination of déjà vu and stark premonition of what’s to come. This happened one night last week.... Read more >>