Nitpick alert: WomensEnews has published a not-exactly-groundbreaking, but not-bad-either article about self-injuring teenagers and the Internet. I'm afraid the most shocking thing in it was this sentence:
"Teens from the ages of 14 to 26, from Colorado to Connecticut, wrote introducing themselves with lines such as 'Hi, my name is Abby. I am 17 and I am a cutter.'"
Back up. "Teens from the ages of 14 to 26?" I know we infantilize young adults in this culture but since when is a 26-year-old a teenager? This might just be a copyediting flub but is irritating nonetheless.
"Teens from the ages of 14 to 26, from Colorado to Connecticut, wrote introducing themselves with lines such as 'Hi, my name is Abby. I am 17 and I am a cutter.'"
Back up. "Teens from the ages of 14 to 26?" I know we infantilize young adults in this culture but since when is a 26-year-old a teenager? This might just be a copyediting flub but is irritating nonetheless.
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