Meade wrote about them here, but only now have I totally gotten the effect of “phantoms” in a social bias. I’ll start with a quote from the post, which explains what “phantom” means, and then explain the minor epiphany:
For children, there is no objective good. Often when people talk about protecting the innocence of children [...]
Archive for January, 2009
More On “Phantoms”
Posted in Agism, tagged bias, mental digestion, thought on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Extreme” Texting: Bullshit Trend
Posted in Agism, Texting on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ABC has a story about “Extreme Texting”, but its really a nonissue. It is constantly enforced through the article that it doesn’t interfere with the texter’s life, but they still like to insinuate it, like this:
Despite their possible near addiction to their electronic companions, extreme-texting teenagers often say the phones do not get in the [...]
Contrasting Moods Within A Single Headline
Posted in Agism, Funny, tagged headline, sexting on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have any comments for the content of this article, but all I’d really like you to read is the headline. It is a very tiny snapshot of agist attitude in adults: one minute they can be very kind, but the next something a young person says to them gets them very frustrated. In [...]
“Torture Tone” Doesn’t Really Torture, Anyway
Posted in Agism, Legislation, tagged good news, the mosquito on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was very happy while reading this article: everything was dealt with properly. There was no question that the app was unfair and they got rid of it very quickly, but it’s a total shame that it isn’t even that annoying (I use the mosquito tone to wake up every morning, anyway). I mean, just [...]
Problem Students Appear to Become Problem Adults
Posted in Agism, Schools, Studies, tagged school on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Tearaway teenagers prone to depression and divorce as adults” from The Guardian.
Tearaway teenagers identified by teachers as misbehaving at school are more likely to go on to experience difficulties in their adult lives, including depression and divorce, a major study has found.
Teenagers Being Tried As Adults
Posted in Agism, Mini-Adults, tagged crime, teenagers on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers should be tried as adults” from The Tennessean.
Should more teens be tried as adults? In this society, I have to say yes. It isn’t only teenagers that are committing more crime now, but even kids in elementary school.
A group of elementary school kids skip school constantly on my block, and have vandalized my house. [...]
Teenagers Using Drugs to Cope With School
Posted in Agism, Drugs, Education, Statistics, tagged coping, school, stress, teenagers on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers ‘turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress’” from The Telegraph, written by Kate Devlin.
An interesting stub in The Telegraph today, concerning teenagers using drugs. There are two places in it that I find interesting. The first is the statistics:
The study quizzed 172 15- and 16-year-olds preparing to sit their GCSEs about [...]
Two Teenagers Intervene In Beating When Nobody Else Did
Posted in Role Model Youths, tagged positive representation, violence on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers come to aid of beaten woman in Calgary” from The Edmonton Sun, written by Nadia Moharib.
Still more good news coming your way: in Canada, two teenagers called 911 when they saw a woman being beaten:
“It’s pretty remarkable – I don’t know what other word to use – they were innocently coming home from tobogganing [...]
Better Education and Legislation for Teenage Romantic Partner Abuse
Posted in Education, Legislation, Studies, tagged abuse, positive representation on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A Rise in Efforts to Spot Abuse in Youth Dating” from The New York Times, written by Elizabeth Olson.
She was 17 when she met her boyfriend, and 20 when she died at his hands. In between, Heather Norris tried several times to leave the relationship, which was fraught with control and abuse, before she was [...]
