Links of the Week: 5/16-5/22
Danah Boyd answers questions from her Twitter followers about teen culture. Her answers are based on field research she’s been doing in Atlanta.
Necco set to release a line of Sweethearts candy based on Twilight.
Teens 12-17 were the biggest consumers of mobile video, an average of six and a half hours a month, in the first quarter of 2009 according to Nielsen.
Teen librarian Carlie Webber over at Librarily Blonde received a copy of the second Hunger Games book Catching Fire and posts a review (the book’s first?).
Teen Vogue posts an exclusive sneak peek at Lauren Conrad’s YA novel, LA Candy.
Girl’s manga magazine, Shojo Beat, will cease publication with its July 2009 issue (via Anime News Network). Librarians on YALSA-BK recommend Yen Plus as a replacement. See an SLJ Review.
Jezebel takes Girl’s Life magazine to issue for its repeated emphasis on getting the perfect body.
Gossip Girl fans rejoice: Ed Westwick (Chuck) will star as Heathcliff in an upcoming Wuthering Heights film, while Chace Crawford (Nate) is set to lead the Footloose remake.
Elizabeth Bird from Fuse #8 saw and reviews the Coraline musical.
The CW’s fall season includes three new series, the Melrose Place remake, The Beautiful Life, a drama about models living in NY, and Vampire Diaries, based on the books by LJ Smith.
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We get Girl’s Life in our children’s area and I had never paid attention to it until I saw that in Jezebel last week. I showed the magazine’s cover to my supervisor and it’s definitely on the chopping block now. If girls want to learn how to hate themselves, they’ll now have to trek over to the YA magazine area.