#ADOLESCENTS

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Blue Print for Health, Vol. XXII No. 1, Adolescence For Adults, Blue Cross Association, 1969

[reasonsforhope]

The global number of children not attending school has declined by nearly 40% since 2000

Note: Some definitions, though this varies by country and there does not appear to be a universally agreed-upon definition. Primary school = roughly 5 to 10 years old = elementary school Lower-secondary = roughly 11 to 14 years old = middle school Upper-secondary = roughly 14 to 18 years old = high school

"The chart shows the global number of children and adolescents who are not in school across primary and secondary education.

According to the most recent UNESCO data, this number has fallen from 390 million in 2000 to 244 million in 2023. That’s nearly a 40% reduction. The global population of children has grown during this time, making the decrease in out-of-school children even more significant.

Many more children are getting an opportunity to learn now than 20 years ago, but progress has stagnated in the last five years. [Note: A significant amount of that no doubt due to the pandemic.]

Historically, more girls than boys were out of school, but this gap has nearly closed. Unfortunately, the global aggregate data split by gender has not been updated by UNESCO since 2019. This makes it hard to track recent progress between boys and girls."

-via Our World in Data, July 29, 2024

[punkrockhistory]

44 years ago today

Famous flip shot of skater Chuck Burke taken during Stiff Little Fingers / Adolescents / D.O.A. show at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California, July 4, 1981.

Photo by Edward Colver

[possible-streetwear]

[jokingluna]

[gayvampyr]

you ever listen to a band and think they should definitely be more popular than they are

[makehxcfastagain]

[radioactiveporcelain]

"All my life I've been obsessed with adolescence, drunk on it. Even when I was little, I knew that teenagers sparkled. I knew they knew something children didn't know, and that adults ended up forgetting."

- Lorde said in an Facebook post in 2016

[punkrockmixtapes]

Adolescents - Rip It Up

[rhysandhavilliard]

"Your wings won't hold the weight of this ice", Adarna blatantly mocks him. "And yet yours miraculously carry the burden of your ego."

- Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros

[ivovynckier]

The golden years of French cinema with such directors as François Truffaut are long gone. All you can hope for is an occasional good movie.

The name that usually comes up when you look for a meaningful director is François Ozon.

So far, “Jeune et Jolie” (“Young and Beautiful”) (2013) is the only movie of his I saw.

It must be the rawest coming-of-age film you can watch.

But no spoilers: if I told you what it’s about, you would no longer be willing to see the movie - which you should.

Every detail in Ozon’s screenplay is just right, he doesn’t judge his main character for even a second and Marine Vacth, a French model, carries the entire film on her shoulders.

Impressive!

[punkrockhistory]

The need for a time machine is becoming increasingly urgent 🕕

44 years ago today

Black Flag, Adolecents, D.O.A., and Minutemen 👍👊🔥

Santa Monica Civic, June 19, 1981

[bondwithme-murderstyle]

with the other boys posting their dedications, liam’s death has completely gut punched me and denial has become reality in real time. i think about the girls i spent that period of my life with, the community we felt and shared. i think about them tonight in their respective homes with their respective partners, children, pets and wish them the very same love and warmth that we shared those years ago.

the darkest hours of my life were supported by this band and the boys as individuals and the community they curated all around the world, you were never alone. with the time that has passed and the stories that have been swirling for years, they will always be the boys and liam will be mourned for who he was and not what had become of him. i grieve the time and the part of him that brought the world together.

i don’t condone who he had grown into and victims deserve the recognition in this too.

[commonsensecommentary]

“There is nothing heroic about convincing unhappy children and adolescents who are confused about the changes in their bodies—and desperate for trustworthy adult guidance—that the solution to all their problems are cross dressing, breast binding, puberty blockers, or surgical alteration of their genitals.”

(From my blog archive)

[possible-streetwear]

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Moses Laufer - Adolescent Disturbance And Breakdown - Pelican - 1975