What do teen girls do alone in their bedrooms? Look up chloroform recipes? Kiss their Justin Bieber posters are whisper "tomorrow you will be mine?" Yes, probably, but also teen girls are writing fan fiction about boys kissing each other. Not all of them, sure, but a lot of them. A friend of mine, who we will simply call "L," because she has a grown-up job and life now, was writing sexy Harry Potter stories a few years ago, mostly about the series' male characters rubbing their wands together (a few selections are still online here). On a quest to find out what was so titillating about wizards humping each other, I sat down with L to ask her about her secret life as a fan fiction writer. Here we go!

/article/6845320 http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6845320/my-toddlers-tiaras-obsession-is-reaching-critical-mass Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:07:55 -0500
It began to hit me when I looked up at the clock and realized I had been bedazzling a tulle skirt for the better part of two hours: my weird obsession with over-the-top child beauty pageants – specifically, the abomination known as TLC's "Toddlers & Tiaras" – may be getting out of hand.

For Halloween I had planned to dress as one of the spray-tanned, fake toothed, Pixi Stix-gobbling, Mountain Dew-chugging little girls featured on the show, and the details were of utmost importance. Little white frilly socks must be tracked down, the skirt must pouf out in just the right "cupcake" style, my curls must be shellacked with hairspray, and I must seize the stage of life as my imaginary mother shouts "WORK IT SMOOCHY" from the wings.