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Monthly Archives: September 2011

  • September 30, 2011

    Teddy Girls

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Teddy girls were working class  gals who often left school at 14 or 15, heading straight to careers in offices or factories.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • September 29, 2011

    Maiko Life

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Day in the life of young maiko. Maiko are apprentice geishas, the literal translation is ‘dance child’.

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • September 28, 2011

    Czech Witch

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    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?

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • September 27, 2011

    Kettled Youth

    BY Abigail Wilson

    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.

    FROM:Youth Happenings

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  • September 26, 2011

    Railroad Club

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Choo Chooooo is the sound of freedom to teenage wanderlusters.

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • September 23, 2011

    The Apple

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf made her first feature length movie at the age of 17.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • September 21, 2011

    Damien Wayne Echols

    BY Matt Wolf

    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. 

    FROM:Director's Diary

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  • September 20, 2011

    Teen Works

    BY Abigail Wilson

    That’s right, a binder filled with tips and advice for teenage girls.

    FROM:Teen Reads

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  • September 19, 2011

    Supercute!: Lollipops & Marshmallows

    BY Isadora Schappell-Spillman

    Full disclosure: I have an ugly candy habit.

    FROM:Izzy Says

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  • September 16, 2011

    Co-ed Prom

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Co-ed proms (women only) were not uncommon in the 1920s, often the big social event of the season.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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