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...raucous after-party. Our twelve-year old selves cringed, fearing the girls would intensify Sam’s humiliation. The girls didn’t. They weren’t cruel. The world was safe and scripted. This is why John Hughes’ 1984 cult classic Sixteen Candles was beloved by innocent middle school girls who could hope that Prince Charming went to a suburban high school and could blot out the inevitable embarassments of being a teenager. Sixteen Candles is mostly a comedy, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously, so this type of analysis...
Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling, who hasn’t been heard from since), the irresistible prince, makes Samatha’s wishes come true. To middle schoolers who rented Sixteen Candles or stumbled upon it on TV, Jake was someone we could believe in. The sheen is off now. The fantasy of Awkward-Girl-Gets-Gorgeous-Guy-Because-Inner-Beauty-Matters-Most dies in real-world high schools. No Jake Ryan swoops in at an opportune time with belated birthday wishes and a chiseled...
...researchers used data collected over the course of sixteen years from tracking 84,688 female nurses involved in the Brigham and Women’s study...
...part of her bad blood, Sage also inherits her grandfather’s moral laxity, according to her parents. At the age of sixteen she becomes pregnant and marries, much to her parents’ dismay. Sage is expected to give up and accept her plight as a teenage mother and failed scholar. She does not do as expected...
...punishing but radio-friendly guitar riffs and aggressive but tuneful vocals, SOiL’s Scars toes the line between hard rock and metal, and manages to entertain from start to finish. For those who are interested in nu-metal without the “I’m sixteen and I hate my Dad” kiddie-angst, SOiL’s Scars may well be an album to heal...