'PEN15,' 'Big Mouth,' 'Stranger Things,' and the Rise of Puberty TV
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...
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