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| Published: December 17, 2007, 2:47 pm |
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This month we learned that teen birth rates are on the rise for the first time since 1991.While this alarming statistical shift should inspire concern or anger or action, it has received little more than wary acknowledgment from any of the 2008 presidential hopefuls (on either side of the aisle), and has gotten little more than passing attention from the mainstream news media. Not so for art. Juno, one of the hottest films to come off of the festival circuit this year, looks squarely at this increasingly common teen reality: young, pregnant, and more than a little confused. While definitely flawed (one especially anti-feminist line made my jaw drop, and Juno as a modern feminist heroine is a whole other post), what is and isn't in this film can teach us a lot about why the rates are rising - and what we can do about it. Quick summary: Juno and her best guy friend have sex, resulting in pregnancy. Juno figures that a high school student who talks on a hamburger phone is [ Full article ] |
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