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In Your Own Words: How To Speak Up!

Want to speak your mind? Share your unique perspective for readers at Scarleteen? Make sure that real teen and young adult voices get heard? See your name in lights (or pixels, more accurately)?

gURL

An interactive web thing for girls.

Resources for New Writers from Wiretap Magazine

A collection of tools for young and new journalists from the fine folks at Wiretap. The Web is full of useful information, and much of their toolbox consists of links to more in-depth help.

The Reality of New Mommyhood

I painted a picture of pure, perfect mommyhood to anyone who would (or had to) listen. He rides in the sling all day! I never get tired, I'm too happy! I grow all of his food in my backyard and I have a nice, hot dinner on the table for my partner when he gets home from his hard day at work! And we never, ever fight. I was born for this job!

Yeah, right.

From Victim to Survivor

Sometimes we have no idea how things will affect us, no idea about the million ways in which one event can influence our lives. When I ran out of the driveway that day, across the street and to our house, I had no idea that the hard part was still to come.

One volunteer's story of her history with sexual abuse, and her journey to healing.

Black College Wire

Black College Wire is a news service established in 2002 to promote the journalistic work of students at predominantly black colleges and universities and link those young journalists to training and employment opportunities in the field.

Youth Media Council

Youth Media Council builds communications power and defends the communication rights of youth, communities of color, and organizing groups working for racial and economic justice.

WireTap Magazine

WireTap is a national online magazine by and for young people, which provides a new generation of writers and activists with a space to network, debate and organize.