If you were marketing a sports drink to tweens, teens, and college kids in the 19th century, you’d probably have the most success hitching your wagon to some of the era’s big names in popular culture: Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau. Dinin’s somewhat funny but remarkably resonant observation of the cultural cachet of 19th-century poetry can be directly applied to social media …
In Sweet, Funny 'Good Boys,' Tweens Don't Lose Their Innocence — They Just Misplace It Enlarge this image toggle caption Ed Araquel/Universal Ed Araquel/Universal Since American Pie reconfigured Porky's 20 years ago, the modern sex comedy has abided by a tacit formula. The correct answer would seem to be "nothing, please — try again in a few years at least," …
