In response to the frequent displaced aggression at Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” – especially per the NY Times article fawning over Harry Potter as the superior role model (do either of these authors seriously consider their protagonists the superior specimen in human achievement? And besides that, did Harry and Holden actually want to crawl into the ring to get a piece of each other? Would either of them throw that all-important first punch?) – let me forward on another take: Margins.

I recently discovered one of the few young adult bloggers out there making their way without the training wheels of the typical fan fiction love story. Yes, even I was surprised, and pleased. Thank god this kid isn’t writing the nineteenth fanfic slash to appear in the google hits for IMAX show times. It’s leggy stuff, beautifully written.

And if that gets too much, meet the emu call of heartbroken teens everywhere: Relationship Obituaries: http://relationshipobit.com ex. “Cause of Death: Dagger through the Soul.” Interview with the creator here.

And for anyone brave enough to ask a real woman what it’s like being a modern parent, all I can say is material here:
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