Teen Voices
Teen Blogger Debates How Much to Share on Social Media
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While writing blog posts proves to be a therapeutic way to voice her opinions, this teen blogger finds it conflicting to reveal her personal thoughts on social media.
Teen Voices
Glorifying a Disorder or Just Sharing? Teens Find Both Online
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For teens battling eating disorders or self-harming, online support groups can actually be digital danger zones. “Make sure that what you’re looking at is actually healthy,” says one teen. “And if you can’t decide, the best thing you can do is stay away.
Teen Voices
Texting Tangles with Abuse in Teen Relationships
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“He would text her all the time and say threatening stuff,” one teen says of her friend. “She was really depressed. She was afraid to go to school.”
Abortion
Teen Leads Anti-FGM Drive; Egypt Assaults Students
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A female teen is leading a campaign to combat female genital mutilation. Also this week, female students arrested in Cairo were assaulted in custody and subjected to virginity tests.
Arts & Culture
38 Women Join Congress; Montana OKs Abortion Limit
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Women played a significant role in determining the balance of power in Congress this election season, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey, on Nov. 9. There was a gender gap in voting in all but one of the U.S. Senate races, the exception being Maine.
Crime & Law
Cyber-Safety Savants Say Less is Best Online
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Cybercriminals may be “spear phishing” your Facebook or Twitter account. A gorgeous PowerPoint attachment may harbor a malicious program. Women are more vulnerable to online security breaches, so here are a few words from the Web-wise.
Arts & Culture
Same-Sex Marriage Gets Tweets, Likes by Thousands
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Obama’s announcement in support of same-sex marriage is being liked, shared, and retweeted by the thousands. Could Obama’s announcement mobilize millennials?
Commentary
Survivor Shines Light on Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Giddy little “awareness” word games on Facebook tied puzzlingly to Breast Cancer Awareness Month can be horribly offensive to young survivors. Sally Drees got so upset by one that she decided to start something important: the 31-Day Project.