This post was written by Zoe Mendelson, 21, who is trying to do more with less in NYC. She is an author of "RED the Book," a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls, available in paperback.

This weekend, I headed down from my...

This post was written by Jessica Goodman, 21, who is studying broadcast journalism and political science at California State University Northridge. She plans to write her grandfather's Holocaust story into a novel. Goodman is an author of "RED the Book," a collection of essays written by 58 American...

This post was written by Zoe Mendelson, 20, who is studying urban planning at Barnard College and wishes she spent less time on Facebook. Mendelson is an author of "RED the Book," a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls, available in paperback.

This post was written by Jordyn Turney, 20, who writes young adult novels and is in the process of finding a literary agent. Turney is an author of RED the Book, a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls, available in paperback.

I'm...

This post was written by Meike Schleiff, 22. Schleiff is an author of RED the Book, a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls,available in paperback.

I'm back in Haiti--because I love it here and because I'd visited two days before...

This post was written by Meike Schleiff, 22. Schleiff is an author of RED the Book, a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls, now available in paperback. She studied at Berea College in Kentucky and has led numerous public speaking and workshop events...

This post was written by Meike Schleiff, 22, an author of RED the Book, a collection of essays written by 58 American teenage girls, now available in paperback. She studied at Berea College in Kentucky and has led numerous public speaking and workshop events surrounding body...

This post was written by Maya-Catherine Popa, 20, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, now available in paperback and in development for TV, film, and theater. She attends Barnard College, where she is getting her BA in...

This post was written by Jordyn Turney, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback and being workshopped for theater. She is attending community college in California and just completed her first YA...

This post was written by Carey Dunne, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She is a sophomore studying English at Oberlin College.

The Obamas' call to service for Martin Luther King, Jr.,...

This post was written by Amy Hunt, 18, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She is a freshman at Juniata College.

I wish I could write here about my glorious inauguration experience, about...

This post was written by Cindy Morand, 19, an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls, recently released in paperback. She's studying finance at the University of Buffalo.

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As a teenager from a mixed racial...

This week's post was written by Amy Hunt. She is an author of RED the Book, a collection of personal essays written by 58 American teenage girls. This summer, she plans to volunteer for Wizard Rock the Vote, a project focused on registering voters at wizard rock shows across...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...

In the two years and 800 essay submissions I've spent with American teenage girls in putting together this book, both the most heartening (what I'm hearing from people who are under 18) and most disheartening response (what I'm hearing, always from white people, usually over 40) have been about...