Netflix's new dramedy TV show, Diary of a Ditched Girl, is the latest in a long line of series that mine the humiliation rituals of contemporary dating for comedy. However, this doesn't stop the show ...

The Taliban banned secondary education for girls. In one secret book club, teens gather to discuss a book from another era that they find deeply... Anne Frank's diary speaks to teen girls in a secret ...

Phoebe Gloeckner still vividly remembers sitting in the principal’s office at San Francisco’s Urban School in 1976 as a downcast 15-year-old, choking back the urge to divulge the whopping secret ...

One of the best movies of the year stars a protagonist who's frustrated, determined, naive, impatient, happily sexual and sometimes just plain rude — all the ingredients we've come to expect from ...

Season 3 of Netflix's Derry Girls may be on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn't mean fans will have to go without a fix of their favorite Irish teens for too long. A little ...

reporting from new york — The coming-of-age movie is a genre as common as movie-theater popcorn. But there have always been some important qualifiers. For one thing, a good number of them are of the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – In the year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they have used their muscle to restrict the education and curiosity of girls. They've been banned from high school, told ...