Adolescent.net

Verified
Online/Digital
Adolescent.net is an online publication amplifying what young people actually have to say right now. It’s a reflection of what’s really on our minds: how we can improve the world around us through social justice, the movies and TV shows that have changed our lives, all things sex, and the ways in which our identities and mental health interact with the moving parts of our everyday lives. Through the vehicles of short stories, personal essays, and op-eds, our writers are telling it like it is—they’re penning verbose political pieces and slang-filled essays and not worrying about which is more professional. Through our collaborations with impressive teen-run publications like Crybaby, Lithium, Pure Nowhere, and Speciwomen, we’ve gained a myriad of diverse perspectives that offer up a refreshingly authentic take on what it means to be a young person right now. Source

Actions

Share this page

Media Outlet details

Scope National
Language English
Country United States of America
Similarweb UVMSimilarweb UVM Request pricing
Comscore UVMComscore UVM Request pricing

Recent Articles

Search

The New Skinny Tyranny

|
By Juliette Potier
| Adolescent.net Verified
Health The New Skinny Tyranny After a short lived push for body positivity and size diversity, our collective obsession with thinness has returned with renewed intensity. Social media has been a fast-track for this new trend, reaching audiences that traditional tabloids couldn’t, with a cohort of skinny influencers profiting from body aesthetics.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Flow, In the Words of Co-Writer and Producer Matīss Kaža

|
By Olivia Morrison
| Adolescent.net Verified
“Our goal was to make you feel like you are this cat,” said Matīss Kaža, co-screenwriter/producer of Flow, before a showing of the animated film at my college this past Wednesday. Flow—also known as Straume in its native Latvian—recently won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and became the most-viewed film in Latvian history. It was produced on a budget of just $3.7 million by a startlingly small team, with many of the filmmakers (Kaža included) juggling several roles at once.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Why Are Baby Names Getting So Weird?

|
By Toulmin Jahncke
| Adolescent.net Verified
Life Why Are Baby Names Getting So Weird? Naming a baby is a polarizing act, I’d argue. Not only is this tiny person going to go by this for the rest of their life, but the politics of the name itself often unlocks a well of drama and disagreements with family and friends. And with the rise of the internet has come a subculture dedicated solely to the art of naming babies.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

A Crash Course in Jeans

|
By Olivia Morrison
| Adolescent.net Verified
Fashion A Crash Course in Jeans Ever since I started wearing jeans, I’ve had questions that go beyond the typical “why are they so uncomfortable?” and “when will skinny jeans finally go out of style?” I wanted to know the minutia: why do they have rivets? Why is blue the default color? Why have jeans been the gold standard of pants since the Gold Rush? Why haven’t they undergone major alterations since the 19th century, and why are they still so popular today?
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

A Night at Stud Country

|
By Brittany Menjivar
| Adolescent.net Verified
If you’ve met me even briefly, it will come as no surprise that I was a theater kid growing up. I still remember the choreo from musicals I performed in back in high school—so whenever I walk into a bar and don’t see anyone on the floor, my heart sinks a little. Stud Country finally gave me an excuse to dust off my dance shoes.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Trump's Gold Card

|
By Juliette Potier
| Adolescent.net Verified
Current Events Trump's Gold Card Last week Trump announced his plan to create the Gold Card, a five million dollar path to lawful residency in the U.S. This program will replace the existing EB-5 immigrant investor program, which requires a minimum investment into a commercial enterprise and the creation of at least 10 jobs. Although similarly designed to bolster national wealth, the Gold Card will seemingly hold no such conditions past the initial fee.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The Fantasy Novel You’re Reading Is (Probably) Not Magical Realism

|
By Olivia Morrison
| Adolescent.net Verified
Lit The Fantasy Novel You’re Reading Is (Probably) Not Magical Realism One of the riskier things you can do in your literature class is refer to any old work of reality-bending fiction as “magical realism.” In my classes, it’s happened twice this week: an unwitting student uses the term magical realism to describe a book or short story that leans fantastical, and the professor is quick to correct their claim, reminding them that the genre has a complex historical and political history.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Mythbusting the Oscars

|
By Toulmin Jahncke
| Adolescent.net Verified
TV/Film Mythbusting the Oscars The Oscars have been around for nearly a hundred years, and with that much time and prestige, comes lots and lots of mystery. It is understandable that people want to know the inner workings of the entertainment industry, and better yet, the truths of certain moments that are still widely debated to this day. Some are repeated, and thus reinforced, conspiracy theories, and some are rooted in statistical analysis.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Robinson's

|
By J Bodnarenko
| Adolescent.net Verified
At seventeen past two, I pounded on the door of heaven. I told them it was urgent; that I was about to die on a bathroom floor and was itching to get it over with. They told me to try again tomorrow, because once it was after half-past one, they had some sort of policy. I thought that was ridiculous, so I just kept on kneeling over the toilet bowl and tried my damndest at praying my way into heaven by the end of the night. Nevertheless, I wasn’t welcome in death.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Girlhood: Photo Essay

|
By Alexandra Isabella
| Adolescent.net Verified
Much of my work is seen through the lens of girlhood. Like many women, I often find myself wondering how to gracefully navigate the complexities of femininity. Who am I as a woman? How do I nurture the little girl within me? How can I heal her, protect her, and empower myself as a woman in modern America? These questions are at the heart of my exploration of identity, femininity, and self-discovery.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?