By Remy Marin The nominees for Time Magazine’s 2009 Most Influential People includes the regular slew of celebrities, politicians, and activists, blah blah blah. But if you scroll just a little farther down, you’ll find that Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone, nicknamed “The Twitter Guys,” are holding a place as well. cyn Twitter [...]
Entries from April 26th, 2009
The Twitter Phenomenon as Seen by One Teen
April 26th, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment · All Things BodiMojo, Tech Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: social networking·Tech Talk·tweets·twitter·twitter mania
Think Before You Hit ‘Send’ – Avoiding Facebook Remorse
April 20th, 2009 by Cindy Atoji · 1 Comment · Tech Talk, Teen Talk
It’s a given that teens are impulsive. Now that impulsivity might be showing up as “Facebook Remorse” – embarrassment over what they wrote in a hasty fit of rage, infatuation, or brashness. Call it a bad mark on your permanent Internet record. Although kids use social networking sites for positive experiences, such as keeping [...]
Tags: teens technology Facebook Internet Computer Social Networking Relationships Blogs
Teens and Tweens Need Sex Ed, Says This Teen
April 13th, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Teen Talk
By Kendall Stewart As a teen-ager, I think that teaching abstinence in schools doesn’t work. Schools with a health education program that promotes abstinence aren’t really teaching anything at all – I think they’re avoiding the problem and sweeping it under the rug. But as history proves, avoiding a problem doesn’t make it go away, [...]
Tags: abstinence·health education·safe sex·sex·STDs·Teen Health·teen pregnancy
Vegetarianism: A Healthy Diet Worth Considering, One Teen Says
April 10th, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Parent Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
by Remy Marin Last June, my sister was helping me study for my biology final exam when she saw that I had written in my notes that the meat we eat is muscle. It didn’t occur to me that this would affect her, so I was completely surprised when, a few days later, she [...]
Tags: body image·diets·eating disorders·food·nutrition·Parent Talk·Teen Talk·vegetarianism
The College Admissions Game is Overrated, This Teen Says
April 7th, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Teen Talk
By Aseem Mehta It’s official. The news is in. College admissions season officially ended for graduating seniors last week as the last of the universities sent out their acceptance letters – and more often than not, rejection letters, to students across the country. With the class of 2009, for the fourth year in a row, the [...]
Tags: college admissions·colleges·Current Events·graduation·ivy league·schools·seniors·Teen Talk·universities
Mirror, Mirror: Who’s The Prettiest? One Teen’s Reflections
April 3rd, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Parent Talk, Teen Talk
By Kendall Stewart As a teenager, I’m sick and tired of the negative body images projected on girls these days. We’re constantly being told that we are not skinny enough or not pretty enough. Even singer Cheryl Cole of British rock group, The Girls Aloud, has recently said that she has to “watch” her weight [...]
Tags: body image·Childhood·Parent Talk·teen·weight