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"content": "\u003cp>In many ways, HBO's \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> perfectly captures the anxieties, the concerns and the general discomfort of being a Gen Z teenager. Getting through high school one lockdown at a time, navigating sex in an age when kids have more access to porn than ever before, wondering if the new boy in school is a mass shooter or \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit\">incel\u003c/a>—the first two episodes beautifully capture the stress and foreboding quality of it all. Unfortunately, \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> also frequently and willfully goes out of its way to misrepresent teen life in 2019, adding a self-consciously messy layer intended to shock, rather than reflect reality. [aside postid='pop_95643']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> is a show that follows the example of prior generations' more extreme movies about adolescence—think \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Less Than Zero\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Kids\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/?ref_=nm_knf_t1\">\u003cem>Thirteen\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—without factoring in how much better behaved kids are now in comparison to Generation X, Baby Boomers and even Millennials. Teens now have \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/generation-z-sex-alcohol-driving-study-2017-9\">sex less, do drugs less, try alcohol later\u003c/a> and go out less than any other teens in modern history—yet the 17-year-olds in \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> are presented as doing almost nothing else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just that teens are less likely to abuse drugs now, it's that when they do, the drugs are different from those of prior generations. The way the show handles new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/107245/celebrity-fentanyl-use-isnt-rooted-in-hedonism-its-desperation\">fears around fentanyl\u003c/a> in the second episode is a stroke of brilliance, but watching Rue (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/95643/how-oaklands-zendaya-became-the-most-woke-disney-star-ever\">Zendaya\u003c/a>) doing lines of coke at every opportunity feels out of place and dated. If the show had stuck to her merely stealing prescription pills out of bathroom cabinets or oxycontin from her sick father, it would have made more sense both in terms of the drugs Americans are most likely to abuse today and the financial constraints of being a jobless teen from a single-parent household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even factoring that in, the rates of high school seniors abusing pain medication has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/substance-use/drugs/opioids/index.html\">steadily dropping\u003c/a> since 2004, when it peaked at 9.4 percent. In 2018, it was just 3.4 percent, and CDC research shows a consistent drop in drug use across the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 690px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM.png\" alt=\"The rate of drug use in teens has been dropping since the 1990s.\" width=\"690\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM.png 690w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM-160x63.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rate of drug use in teens has been dropping since the 1990s. \u003ccite>(CDC.gov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>'s creator, Sam Levinson, has talked openly about the fact that Rue's character is based on his own experience as a drug-dependent teen. \"I spent the majority of my teenage years in hospitals, rehabs and halfway houses,” \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-opens-up-drug-addiction-1203233881/\">Levinson said\u003c/a> at the show's Hollywood premiere. “Sometime around the age of 16, I resigned myself to the idea that eventually drugs would kill me and there was no reason to fight it.” It seems that by putting so much of himself into the character of Rue, Levinson—who had his own drug problem in the late '90s and early-aughts—has accidentally dated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same can be said for \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>'s treatment of teen sex. At one point, Jules—a transgender girl played superbly by Hunter Schafer—finds out that classmate Kat is still a virgin and blurts out, \"Bitch, this isn't the '80s! You need to catch a d**k!\" But for almost 20 years now, the number of teens having sex has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/110884/new-sexting-system-slutbot-is-a-real-life-black-mirror-episode-waiting-to-happen\">dropping, not increasing\u003c/a>. High school kids in the '80s went on 30% more dates than 2015 students and lost their virginity a year earlier. Today, 18 to 24-year-olds have less sex than 50-somethings. Presenting 2019 teens as the most sexually promiscuous generation ever is an outright falsehood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112444\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 688px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112444\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Figures from the CDC regarding sexual activity amongst high school students.\" width=\"688\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM.png 688w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM-160x101.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figures from the CDC regarding sexual activity amongst high school students. \u003ccite>(CDC.gov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's a shame \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> gets these important details so wrong when some of the toughest sexual issues facing Gen Z are handled astoundingly well, like Nate's inherited toxic masculinity and homophobia; Cassie being slut-shamed by Chris one minute and pressured into texting him nudes the next; and Kat being secretly filmed during sex. One incredible voiceover from Rue in the premiere explains that nude photos are 2019's \"currency of love,\" and asks adults to \"stop shaming us—shame the assholes who create password-protected online directories of naked underage girls.\" (Sadly, even that moment is almost ruined by a section in the middle where she says: \"I’m sorry—I know your generation relied on flowers and father’s permission...\" Is she talking to her great-grandparents here?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much the same way that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103934/dear-13-reasons-why-tattoos-and-self-harm-arent-interchangeable\">\u003cem>13 Reasons Why\u003c/em>\u003c/a> abandoned any degree of subtlety in its second season and tacked on a heroin addiction side-plot, it is when \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> actively tries to shock viewers that it becomes least powerful. \u003cem>Grown-ish—\u003c/em>generally considered a comedy\u003cem>—\u003c/em>has in some ways done a better job of depicting realistic teen drug use. As Zoey Johnson casually pops illegally-acquired Adderall to get through her college workload, the show refuses to pass judgment on her or her drug-dealing friend Vivek. There is no big dramatic scene where she realizes the error of her ways, and the two are never portrayed as particularly in danger. That commonplace handling of Zoey's pill problem feels far more meaningful than watching Rue buying drugs from a pre-teen with face tattoos. [aside postid='arts_13891785']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zendaya told \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly\u003c/em> that \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>'s first episode is \"\u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/16/zendaya-hbo-euphoria-premiere-interview/\">the most mild,\u003c/a>\" which suggests the show is going to keep trying to one-up itself. That's a shame, given that, in the moments it's actively trying to scare parents, the show loses touch with the very people it's supposed to be representing. Of course, there will always be teens who are drug addicts, or who have sex in swimming pools at parties, or who have violent compulsions, but where \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> fails is in its depiction of \u003cem>all\u003c/em> high schoolers behaving that way. Lexi is the only one in the bunch so far who seems even vaguely average—and even she's still willing to give Rue her urine to cheat drug tests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> acknowledges in its finer moments, Generation Z has an entirely new set of problems than any generation that has come before. If the rest of the season could focus more intently on those, rather than muddying the waters with exaggerated depictions of sex and drugs, it would be infinitely more impactful.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> is a show that follows the example of prior generations' more extreme movies about adolescence—think \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Less Than Zero\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Kids\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/?ref_=nm_knf_t1\">\u003cem>Thirteen\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—without factoring in how much better behaved kids are now in comparison to Generation X, Baby Boomers and even Millennials. Teens now have \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/generation-z-sex-alcohol-driving-study-2017-9\">sex less, do drugs less, try alcohol later\u003c/a> and go out less than any other teens in modern history—yet the 17-year-olds in \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> are presented as doing almost nothing else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just that teens are less likely to abuse drugs now, it's that when they do, the drugs are different from those of prior generations. The way the show handles new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/107245/celebrity-fentanyl-use-isnt-rooted-in-hedonism-its-desperation\">fears around fentanyl\u003c/a> in the second episode is a stroke of brilliance, but watching Rue (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/95643/how-oaklands-zendaya-became-the-most-woke-disney-star-ever\">Zendaya\u003c/a>) doing lines of coke at every opportunity feels out of place and dated. If the show had stuck to her merely stealing prescription pills out of bathroom cabinets or oxycontin from her sick father, it would have made more sense both in terms of the drugs Americans are most likely to abuse today and the financial constraints of being a jobless teen from a single-parent household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even factoring that in, the rates of high school seniors abusing pain medication has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/substance-use/drugs/opioids/index.html\">steadily dropping\u003c/a> since 2004, when it peaked at 9.4 percent. In 2018, it was just 3.4 percent, and CDC research shows a consistent drop in drug use across the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 690px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM.png\" alt=\"The rate of drug use in teens has been dropping since the 1990s.\" width=\"690\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM.png 690w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-11.49.32-AM-160x63.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rate of drug use in teens has been dropping since the 1990s. \u003ccite>(CDC.gov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>'s creator, Sam Levinson, has talked openly about the fact that Rue's character is based on his own experience as a drug-dependent teen. \"I spent the majority of my teenage years in hospitals, rehabs and halfway houses,” \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-opens-up-drug-addiction-1203233881/\">Levinson said\u003c/a> at the show's Hollywood premiere. “Sometime around the age of 16, I resigned myself to the idea that eventually drugs would kill me and there was no reason to fight it.” It seems that by putting so much of himself into the character of Rue, Levinson—who had his own drug problem in the late '90s and early-aughts—has accidentally dated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same can be said for \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>'s treatment of teen sex. At one point, Jules—a transgender girl played superbly by Hunter Schafer—finds out that classmate Kat is still a virgin and blurts out, \"Bitch, this isn't the '80s! You need to catch a d**k!\" But for almost 20 years now, the number of teens having sex has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/110884/new-sexting-system-slutbot-is-a-real-life-black-mirror-episode-waiting-to-happen\">dropping, not increasing\u003c/a>. High school kids in the '80s went on 30% more dates than 2015 students and lost their virginity a year earlier. Today, 18 to 24-year-olds have less sex than 50-somethings. Presenting 2019 teens as the most sexually promiscuous generation ever is an outright falsehood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112444\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 688px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112444\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Figures from the CDC regarding sexual activity amongst high school students.\" width=\"688\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM.png 688w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-2.47.25-PM-160x101.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figures from the CDC regarding sexual activity amongst high school students. \u003ccite>(CDC.gov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's a shame \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> gets these important details so wrong when some of the toughest sexual issues facing Gen Z are handled astoundingly well, like Nate's inherited toxic masculinity and homophobia; Cassie being slut-shamed by Chris one minute and pressured into texting him nudes the next; and Kat being secretly filmed during sex. One incredible voiceover from Rue in the premiere explains that nude photos are 2019's \"currency of love,\" and asks adults to \"stop shaming us—shame the assholes who create password-protected online directories of naked underage girls.\" (Sadly, even that moment is almost ruined by a section in the middle where she says: \"I’m sorry—I know your generation relied on flowers and father’s permission...\" Is she talking to her great-grandparents here?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much the same way that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103934/dear-13-reasons-why-tattoos-and-self-harm-arent-interchangeable\">\u003cem>13 Reasons Why\u003c/em>\u003c/a> abandoned any degree of subtlety in its second season and tacked on a heroin addiction side-plot, it is when \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> actively tries to shock viewers that it becomes least powerful. \u003cem>Grown-ish—\u003c/em>generally considered a comedy\u003cem>—\u003c/em>has in some ways done a better job of depicting realistic teen drug use. As Zoey Johnson casually pops illegally-acquired Adderall to get through her college workload, the show refuses to pass judgment on her or her drug-dealing friend Vivek. There is no big dramatic scene where she realizes the error of her ways, and the two are never portrayed as particularly in danger. That commonplace handling of Zoey's pill problem feels far more meaningful than watching Rue buying drugs from a pre-teen with face tattoos. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In case it wasn't already abundantly clear, this week proved yet again that, when you mess with Rihanna, she will mess with you back. After being trolled by an attention-seeking sports blogger who asked “Is Rihanna Going to Make Being Fat the Hot New Trend?,” the singer took to her Instagram on Monday with a response that succinctly highlighted the double standards for famous men and women, while also letting the world know that her self-love was very much intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BU95z_zj0_8/?taken-by=badgalriri&hl=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna's followers were thrilled. \"You give all of us women soooooooo much strength,\" commented @rightfulowner. \"girl...\" @street.style.zap posted, \"you look amazing... you are a goddess regardless what size you are at... some women... included me... can be hot at a size 4 and hotter at a size 10... it is not about the size its about attitude and security...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halle Berry was put in a similar position last week, having had the world's media speculate on whether or not she\u003ca href=\"http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/05/is-halle-trying-to-tell-us-something-actress-sparks-pregnancy-rumours-after-red-carpet-appearance-6685704/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> was pregnant\u003c/a>, based on a red carpet appearance in which she held onto the tiniest of curves in her belly region. The actress set the record straight on Instagram in the funniest way possible:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BU9xRiuA_O9/?taken-by=halleberry&hl=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berry and Rihanna follow an increasing number of female celebrities who will not sit by quietly while their bodies are under attack. Kate Winslet was one of the earliest examples, loudly objecting to Photoshop ever since \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> magazine \u003ca href=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1405146/thumbs/o-GQ-570.jpg?2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">changed the shape of her legs\u003c/a> for a 2003 cover. 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When the covers change, that's when culture changes.\" Adele wasn't quiet when Karl \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2098419/Adele-hits-Karl-Lagerfelds-fat-comment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lagerfeld fat-shamed\u003c/a> her in 2012 either, saying: \"I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, even our teen stars are stepping up to battle. In 2015, Zendaya used her Instagram account to object to being Photoshopped, and Lorde has posted super-honest pics about her acne on more than one occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/9FV2sdJmOk/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lorde/status/450460437998747650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F3572400%2Fzendaya-celebrities-protest-photoshop%2F\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What all of these famous women have in common is a knowledge that when they are body-shamed, it trickles down to every woman in the country. In 2010, \u003cem>Glamour\u003c/em> magazine conducted a survey about their readers' body images. The results were startling: \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/survey-many-women-have-bad-body-image/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">71 percent\u003c/a> of the respondents said they felt fat, even though official obesity rates for women between the ages of 20 and 39 that year were actually closer to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db82.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">31 percent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out that creating rampant insecurity in women and girls is a real money-maker. Consider the fact that\u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Health/100-million-dieters-20-billion-weight-loss-industry/story?id=16297197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 85 percent of the people supporting America's $20 billion diet industry\u003c/a> are women. Consider the fact that the creator of Spanx—undergarments designed to flatten stomachs and tighten thighs—\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2016/06/01/inside-forbes-historic-10-billion-richest-women-cover/#60755325f84e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is worth an estimated $1 billion\u003c/a> now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the average woman in the street, body insecurity is the result of a lifetime of social conditioning. Fat-shaming can begin as early as \u003ca href=\"https://mic.com/articles/110312/one-mom-is-fighting-back-against-a-school-for-fat-shaming-her-6-year-old-daughter#.IWxs3VdIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elementary school\u003c/a>, and peer pressures only increase further \u003ca href=\"http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-couple-prom-photos-fat-shame-twitter-trolls-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for teenagers\u003c/a>. Advertising, as well as the fashion, beauty, and dieting industries all play a role in making women of all ages feel inadequate and overweight. As does the \u003ca href=\"http://www.usmagazine.com/hot-bodies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissection and analysis\u003c/a> of celebrity bodies in the nation's tabloids—losing \u003ca href=\"http://www.parents.com/baby/health/lose-baby-weight/celebrity-secrets-losing-baby-weight/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"baby weight\"\u003c/a> has practically become a competitive sport at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When our famous women are made vulnerable by excessive criticism and over-zealous retouching, it can knock the security of millions of women across the country. So when our heroes offer examples of how to fight back, it enables and empowers average women to do so as well. The more celebrities that follow Rihanna and Halle Berry's examples the better.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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