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    Posts Tagged ‘high school’

    • Media Spotlight: The Damaging Messages of Proms

      By Betsy Wheeler | May 16th, 2013 | 0 comments

      Rachel’s recent piece for CNN tallies up the many damaging social messages that proms send to teen girls.…

      Tags: body image, culture, Dating, Drama, friendships, gender, high school, Inner Resume, media, Media Spotlight, relationships, Self-Esteem
      Posted in News and Events | No Comments »

    • Ask Rachel: I Feel Bad About My Body

      By Rachel Simmons | April 5th, 2013 | 0 comments

      Rachel breaks down a few body-image myths.

      Tags: Ask Rachel, body image, culture, Curse of the Good Girl, high school, Inner Resume, Self-Esteem
      Posted in Ask Rachel, Blogs | No Comments »

    • Instagram Unmasked: A Teen Explains Why It’s All the Rage

      By Rachel Simmons | February 11th, 2013 | 4 comments

      Guest blogger and high school junior Valerie Aber breaks it down for us.

      Tags: Communication, culture, cyberbullying, Facebook, guest blog, high school, Instagram, online drama, technology
      Posted in Blogs | 4 Comments »

    • Guest Blog: Teens in the Twitterverse

      By Serendipity Creative | May 17th, 2012 | 0 comments

      A wake up call to how our kids are loving, loathing, and learning in 140 characters or less.

      Tags: bullying, Communication, culture, cyberbullying, guest blog, high school, online drama, technology
      Posted in Blogs | No Comments »

    • Fiona’s Blog: Maybe SHE’S Just Not That Into YOU (or: Stupid Hook-up Stereotypes)

      By Fiona Lowenstein | January 23rd, 2012 | 5 comments

      Guest blogger and high school senior Fiona Lowenstein is sick of seeing girls depicted as hopeless romantics after random hook ups…what happens when she’s just not that into him?

      Tags: high school, hook up, pop culture
      Posted in Blogs, Rachel's Blog | 5 Comments »

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