Ypulse Essentials

‘She’s the Man’ (opening today, cross between “Twelfth Night,” and one of my 80s favorites “Just One of the Guys”) (USA Today)

- Jen (Latter-Day Saints need their own teen mags, too)

- Teen ‘huffers’ are poor and white (“Kids who try to get high by sniffing glue, lighter fluid and other chemicals are more likely to be white and come from families that make more than double the poverty level, according to a federal study.”) (CNN)

- Teens love the Flav, too (so weird…this week’s Younger Viewers ratings wrap-up from Media Life Mag—“Flavor of Love” is in the top 10 for teens this week)

- YA fiction should not be ‘Stalinist realism’ (Naomi Wolf responds to readers questions in the New York Times, reg. required)

- Inside the booth (if you’re obsessed with “Real World: Key West,” check out this strange blog from the castmates’ “boss”) (via Reality Blurred)

- Men to boys (fascinating article about how grown men are represented as perpetual teenage boys to meet the needs of our consumer-driven society…) (In These Times)

- Pacific Sunwear not ‘core’ enough (The L.A. Times, reg. required, on the teen retailer’s increased competition)

- Stay away from the light! (BusinessWeek on the mobile game mosh that involved Parson’s students, an all-nighter and a cool game featuring moths)

- Radio Disney launching paid podcasts (on the heels of its pricey “High School Musical” download...) (Adage.com, reg. required) (IMDB News - thanks Eric!)

- Microsoft jumps into the tween gaming space (with Xbox game/TV franchise) (Technewsworld.com)

- No summer vacation for ‘The Office’ (Webisodes are coming!)

- Seminary enrollment up (but young graduates not becoming pastors…they are more interested in “taking their religion into other careers”) (New York Times, reg. required)