Tag Archives: puberty

The “S” Word

Posted on September 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. Along with acting and writing—and, if I’m honest, anything else that got me noticed—sex was beginning to claim a larger and larger chunk of terrain in my brain. At first it had been a distant island, … Continue reading →

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The Year I Began to Figure Out Who I Was

Posted on April 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir The only thing I knew for sure when I started 6th Grade was that I was a dreamer. Most boys, it seemed, were drawn to physical things, games and sports. But not me. I let my head … Continue reading →

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The Boy with Two Brains

Posted on April 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Many of my memoir posts have had a Tom Sawyer-ish tone, provoking “Oh, you had such an idyllic childhood!” responses. But in the last couple of months, there’ve been darker entries. In the past two weeks, I … Continue reading →

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In the name of puberty!

Posted on February 23, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is “the weird girl” (that’s what she goes by) of The Sassy Weirdo. I know very little about “twg,” except that she grew up in a village in Africa (I think), is young, imminently relatable, … Continue reading →

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Puberty Blues

Posted on May 6, 2019 by mitchteemley

When I was in high school, my science class took a field trip to Griffith Park Observatory (the one in La La Land and Rebel Without a Cause). The highlight was the Planetarium Show: We leaned back and emitted a … Continue reading →

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