Articles Tagged with #growingup
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Profiles
State of Play
Does your minor want to be a miner? How about a McNugget cook? Welcome to KidZania, a revolutionary theme park coming soon to the U.S. that lets kids play at corporate-sponsored employment.
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Profiles
Pomp and Consequence
Celebrity graduation speakers should dispense wisdom and entertainment, or cause a scandal. Our writer found eight who managed to provide at least two out of three.
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New York, New York
Hello to All That
Joan Didion once called New York “a city only for the very young.” Moving back to the city at age 33, our writer considers her complaints and comes up optimistic.
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New York, New York
Joan Didion Crosses the Street
For a generation of young writers, Joan Didion is more than an icon: She tells them how the world was when their parents were young.
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Personal Essays
Jack & Ginger
Moving back to your hometown offers opportunities to rekindle old friendships—and start new ones. An 80-proof love story.
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Gallery
Teen and Transgender Comparative Study
The series is a correlation of two stages of transformation, pairing teen girls (12-14) with like adult male-to-female transsexuals.
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Personal Essays
The Transient, Digital Fetish
As the world goes Kindle and iPhone-mad, paperbacks and mixtapes become worthy of devotion. Watching a music collection disappear and wondering what it meant.
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Personal Essays
Stereoblind
After a lifetime of visual miscues, I finally decided to do something about my optical condition. Now comes the hard part: seeing the world through both eyes.
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Personal Essays
How to Survive a Crush
Two decades after high school days spent yearning to be a part of the “in” crowd, our writer confronts her former dream date, now a best-selling author, and her former self.
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Backcourt
Where Amazing Happens
The current NBA playoffs—including the elderly, surprising Celtics—are offering up some record-breaking basketball. From 2008, an ode to professional players, including Kevin Garnett and friends, and why pro ball is the best ball of all.
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Repeat as Needed
Stuck in My Head
We’ve all had songs we could listen to it for days on end—and have, much to the annoyance of anyone within earshot.
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Personal Essays
Girl Lessons
Mothers and daughters don’t always have the easiest relationships, especially when the daughters try to recycle the mothers with the trash. A story of aspirations, generations, and pop culture quizzes.