Body Image
Did girl’s risqué attire contribute to close call?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: A friend almost got raped. We were at a club and she can be really insecure about guys so she was flirting to the max wearing four-inch heels, short shorts, cleavage…
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Former “cutter” worries about scars
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 18, heading to college, happy to leave high school behind and become my own person. The trouble is I have scars on my arms from cutting when I was younger…
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Dear 16-year-old You, read this column!
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m glad I don’t have worse concerns than this, but my daughter is going to Mexico with another family and I’m worried she will cook herself on the…
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Mom shames overweight daughters
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My sister and I are overweight. Every Saturday, our mom makes us strip naked and weighs us. We find it humiliating and embarrassing to stand there naked and be weighed…
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Cold feet over school showers
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m starting middle school this fall and will have to change for gym class in the locker room and even take communal showers. The gym teacher is strict about making…
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Halloween costumes hit deeper societal nerve
Dear Readers: Last week the teen panel and I responded to “Call me square” who complained that all her daughter’s friends dressed like hookers for Halloween. She then asked if Halloween was where girls began training to…
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Halloween costumes not going to make girls strippers
Dear Straight Talk: What’s with all the slutty Halloween costumes? My 13-year-old’s friends all dressed like hookers. My daughter was in a Renaissance outfit and was furious with me because she felt “stupid” at the…
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Good looks a matter of management
Dear Straight Talk: I moved in with my dad and step-mom over the summer and am attending eighth grade at my third middle school. My stepmother obviously knows what it’s like to be a teenager… 0 Comments
“Magazine beauty” a dangerous illusion
Dear Straight Talk: I’m a graduating senior and maybe this will save somebody the agony I went through. In your advice last week you said: “Do what you’re good at. Embrace your… 0 Comments
Why girls have mood swings…
Dear Straight Talk: I’m a 16-year-old boy and I’m wondering why girls have so many mood swings. Some days they wake up happy, other days they wake up angry at the world. I’ve… 1 Comment
