Seventeen.com
Girl talk and sex talk with some practical advice.
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- URL: http://www.seventeen.com/
- Entertainment Value: High
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this site is the online companion to the popular Seventeen magazine and is rife with gossip, beauty tips, and buying advice. The sex talk does get intimate, and a lot of the material is inappropriate for teens younger than 15 or even 16 -- even though girls start reading the magazine, and therefore coming to the site, earlier than that. The site gives frank and honest advice about sexual activity from hooking up to having sex, along with first-person accounts of dating stories. Tweens and teens will be bombarded with ads and shopping information.
Families can talk about how to separate the marketing message from the useful information. Do I really need to learn to flirt? What kind of clothing is flattering on my body type? Does it really matter what kind of makeup Jessica Simpson is wearing?
Families can talk about how to separate the marketing message from the useful information. Do I really need to learn to flirt? What kind of clothing is flattering on my body type? Does it really matter what kind of makeup Jessica Simpson is wearing?
Message
Social Behavior:
The site offers dating tips, beauty and fashion tips, etiquette, and friendship advice.
Consumerism:
The site is saturated with advertising and buying advice.
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Educational Value:
College and career advice is available.
Violence
Sex
A lot of the material is inappropriate for teens younger than 15 or even 16. The site gives frank and honest advice about hooking up and sex, along with first-person accounts of dating stories. There's also a "Dating" section that talks about cheating boyfriends and scaring boys off.
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Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Angela Freeman
From dating tips to fashion makeovers, SEVENTEEN.COM is just about what you'd expect from the online companion to the venerable Seventeen magazine -- lots of gossip, girl talk, and buying advice. The site is a mix of content recycled from the magazine and online-only features. You can give a thumbs-up (or down) to celebrities' red-carpet wardrobes, or vote for your favorite spring shoes and see how your opinion compares to other readers. Beauty tips and trends from others abound. Any girls’ teen magazine would be incomplete without a healthy dose of boy talk, and this site delivers that, too, in the form of "on-the-street" interviews with boys weighing in on topics like who should pay on a date, or what they look for in a girl.
Is it any good?
Though much of the site is lightweight fluff, it does offer some useful information. Tweens and teens can get advice on choosing a college, or learn about internships and financial aid. The Health, Sex & Fitness section offers basic, but frank advice -- from contraception to healthy eating. All the sections offer Q&As, answered by Seventeen editors, which kids will likely find useful, from "What should I pack on vacation" to "How can I prepare for college?"
There are plenty of Web-only features that are fun to play around with, like polls, podcasts, streaming videos showing interviews with Seventeen staffers, and games like Shopdoku (fill in the squares with apparel and accessories rather than numbers) and Dance Party. Of course, the site is rampant with advertising -- each click brings you a message from a different advertiser, from clothing stores to beauty products.
Nuts and bolts
- Playability: Easy
- Reading Required: Light
- Graphics: Medium: Photos and graphics
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