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Ten years after the hit series debuted, television’s reliance on rape culture still feels exploitative.

The Atlantic This article was published online on April 14, 2021. Embarrassment makes for rich literature, but few fictions I can think of capture humiliation with the brute efficiency of “Traumarama.” The series, which ran for a time in Seventeen magazine, offered true stories written by, and for, teenagers—three or so lines, poetic in their brevity, about unruly bodies and unforgiving worlds. Crushes were a common topic. So were pimples and periods. White pants, in the world of “Traumarama,” were Chekhov’s gun. The series was silly. As a kid, I loved it anyway. It offered commi...