do you recognize this man

if so, report his whereabouts immediately to starla because he is the suspect caught on surveillance video shooting 3 teenagers and a 12 year old in the legs in williamsburg. starla is our local neighborhood activist stopping news crews and tracking down information. does that look like thomas wilhelm to you? can anyone confirm his activities this weekend??? NEWS STORY

i try to say goodbye and i choke

Last night on Conan, she gave a horn-spackled piano-pop rendition of My Chemical Romance's bouncy glam-punk sing-a-along "Teenagers." Gray took the stage with wildly upswept hair and a sparkly avocado-green gown, and she was backed by not only an eight-piece band (!) but also, on the last couple of "Hey Jude"-style choruses, some actual kids. via

what the teenagers are twittering.

you may have noticed the sudden and overwhelming internet presence of something called KONY 2012. this is it, jicyww.

Kony 2012 is an unlikely internet phenomenon. The 30-minute documentary about a despot Ugandan warlord has been watched more than 30m times online in less than 48 hours.

The hard-hitting film, uploaded by a group seeking to expose the guerilla leader Joseph Rao Kony, was relatively undiscovered until two days ago despite being first watched on the website Vimeo last Friday.

In the past 48 hours, Kony 2012 has been viewed more than 21m times on YouTube and 11m times on Vimeo.

According to YouTube statistics, the Kony video is most popular with young women aged 13 to 17 and men aged 18 to 24. (via)

responses to the video have not been without criticism, however.

It would be great to get rid of Kony. He and his forces have left a path of abductions and mass murder in their wake for over 20 years. But let's get two things straight: 1) Joseph Kony is not in Uganda and hasn't been for 6 years; 2) the LRA now numbers at most in the hundreds, and while it is still causing immense suffering, it is unclear how millions of well-meaning but misinformed people are going to help deal with the more complicated reality. (via)

read invisible children's response.

there's even a hilarious drinking game! 

and now you're caught up. pick a side and argue the shit out of it next time you're drunk.

oh and i've been meaning to show you this.

the most embearassing facebook posts from last year.

how obama expect me to finish dis homework when he black out wikipedia!!!

teenagers are so so dumb. gawker has collected teenage wikipedia freakouts, and they are awesome.

thx midge!

verlaustan halbstark - new style icons in my book

“The innocent young Swiss had a way of getting their Americana slightly wrong, which is quite hilarious, and touching. They use all sorts of stuff as jewelry — old bullets become a belt, a big padlock is hung low like a chastity belt — and the skull and crossbones pirate symbol shows up everywhere, a symbol of their aspiration to be badasses.” via

casey spooner :: spanish teenager (ft. jake shears)

the video is NSFW, but the song is basically all i'm listening to right now.

raya : best teen jeopardy contestant ever?

gleenage dream.

good news!

well, i finally got around to listening to the new katy perry song, and guess what. i like it.

a lot! i didn't think she could ever win me back after that musical abortion, california gurlz. but she's back on my good side. for now.

can you hear me now?

would you like to unscientifically test your hearing?

i only made it up to 14. reckon my hearing is shot from playing beyonce too loud in my earbuds...

john has the ears of a teenager...and the body of a pre-teen.

goodness!

(via)

lookin' good, lil' mama!

click here to see whom ELSE was at the teen choice awards.

thx g!

kids these days.

Katie Roiphe has an astute piece in the Wall Street Journal about why so many of today's young adult bestsellers focus on dark themes like suicide, eating disorders, and car crashes — and why we shouldn't be worried about it. (gawker)

thx g.