The Tragedy of the "Teen Queen"

Miss bad media karma, another day, another drama.

I take a trip down nostalgia lane to revisit some of Hollywood’s most beloved female teen icons – and the price that comes with being one. 🥀

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🕦TIMESTAMPS:🕝
0:00 - Intro
03:28 - A history of “teen queens”
08:04 - The dark price of child stardom
12:38 - Shirley Temple
14:48 - Hollywood’s “Lolita Complex”
15:40 - Brooke Shields
17:21 - Not girls, not women, just fantasies: Britney Spears
25:01 - The adults are (often) to blame
26:33 - Aaliyah
28:00 - The creepy “countdown” trend
33:07 - The disturbing obsession with Britney Spears’ v**ginity
38:41 - You can’t grow up: Dove Cameron & Bella Thorne
43:52 - Taking control: Billie Eilish
47:24 - The issue of female “role models”
49:26 - Tabloid culture and famous women: a retrospective

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📄Main Sources Used: 📄

Alyson Stoner Pens Eye-Opening Op-Ed on 'Harrowing' Childhood Stardom: 'Revisit the Script'
https://people.com/music/alyson-stone...

Nickelodeon Alums Detail New Allegations Against Dan Schneider
https://www.thecut.com/2022/08/dan-sc...

Shirley Temple landed her first role at three years old. She played an exotic dancer.
https://www.mamamia.com.au/shirley-te...

Time's finally up for Hollywood's Lolita complex
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018...

Resurfaced 1978 Article Sexualizing Brooke Shields, 12, Sparks Outrage
https://www.newsweek.com/resurfaced-1...

We’ve Never Really Known Britney Spears
https://chicagomaroon.com/28407/arts/...

R. Kelly S****lly Abused Aaliyah When She Was 13 or 14, Witness Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/ny...

Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
https://genderjusticeandopportunity.g...

Justin Timberlake: 'I don't want people to think I'm a self-obsessed s3x machine'
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article...

I Was a Teenage Girl in Britney Spears’s Heyday. The Way She Was Treated Hurt Us All.
https://www.vogue.com/article/britney...

“It’s All About What Makes You Feel Good”: Billie Eilish On New Music, Power Dynamics, And Her Internet-Breaking Transformation
https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/...

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