"Banana," slang for "Penis"? What uncrackable code will the kids think up next?
Via Pukeimmediately: MyFoxAtlanta has published a valuable cheat-sheat for parents wondering what all the acronyms in their child's texts really mean. Is your tween a Fond of Leather ("FOL") Marijuana-smoking ("420") Nude Club-attending ("1174") Penis ("Banana"))? Are you reading your kid's texts right [...]
The Daily Beast's Ashleigh Banfield wrote a screed today arguing that "sexting" offenders—teens who send naked photos of themselves and others to other teens—should be prosecuted harshly, to serve as examples for others. Banfield says that a "little felony can ruin your life." Which is why teenage sexters should receive felonies: to ruin their lives.
Banfield [...]
Spotsylvania, Virg. got the honor yesterday of arresting two teens in our first local "sexting" case. Eighteen-year-old Spotsylvania High student Moizeis Ribeiro and a 15-year-old classmate were arrested "on possession of child pornography and electronic solicitation."
Ribeiro's partner-in-crime is young enough not to have his name released to the papers, but he's still old enough to [...]
Good morning, Washington. Your sex & gender links of the day:
* Jezebel considers telling off Columbus Day.
* How did big tobacco make smoking acceptable for women? It got cozy with women's lib, writes Jennifer 8. Lee for the New York Times:
Recognizing that women were still riding high on the suffrage movement, [American Tobacco Company P.R. [...]
