Red

One of the most interesting things that I liked with this book was the introduction. Amy Goldwasser the editor of the book Red also wrote the introduction. What I found so endearing about the introduction to the girls stories was that Goldwasser wrote "Truth is, these girls' delights and concerns are as existential as any adult's. They're just freer, more honest documentarians" (Goldwasser xv). I think this is absolutely true most of the times real stories about adolescence are written after the author has ceased to be classified in that stage, with this book though the reader gets the honesty that many look for included with dirty details and even some humilation. Another thought that crossed my mind while reading this was how interesting the chapter headlines are. I always look through the chapter titles before I read a book to kind of get an idea of what is going to happen the most interesting ones were Hey You, Freshman with the Face!, Mascara Wands Are Instruments of War and lastly Appeal from an Angry Not So Emo. Lastly another thing that made me really appreciate this book was how these young writers were able to make so many of their stories universal to everyone. The story Curve was one of those that could be seen as a universal story of struggling with the body that was given to you and not being able to control the fact that your too skinny or too fat to fit into the mainstream culture and even fit in with your friends.