I'm a rising high school senior (such a scary thought) who has changed high schools more than you have (I bet) without ever getting a detention (yet.) I'm pro-life, pro-chocolate and very pro-girl without being anti-boy (completely. Sort-of. You know?) I love to write (remember that getting published post last week?), play the harp, read all the time and cook (my vegetarian anniversary is almost 3 months and I don't miss meat.)

I also adore (most) chick flicks and pop and classical music. Oh! and I run a blog/e-zine for teen writers and YA lit lovers at http://www.innovativeteen.blogspot.com/, for all of you readers and writers.

I'll be blogging about body image, fashion principles for every body shape, cooking, movies, Ida B. Wells and women in activism, being a senior, college hunts and applications, multiculturalism, how to become a better writer, who's the hottest YA author right now (E. Lockhart) and almost every teen topic under the sun without touching politics. Obviously politics are very relevant in America right now, but I will refrain. It's not my area of expertise.

Why will this stuff interest you?

I have been a teen girl for almost four years now and I've lived life on the fringe. I've never completely fit in with a mainstream group, be it a church youth group or drama club or private school, and in some ways not even public school (which I love, but still.) I have had horrible self and body image, and even now sometimes feel awkward as a size 10 in a size 2 world. I love travel and buying clothes. I rarely have a lot of spending money. When my friend said Hansen, I said who?

So when I write about skinny jeans or England or school stress, I'm not writing as a Queen Bee but as a quirky teenage girl. And orb28 is dedicated to quirky teenage girls, whether you're an Office fanatic, sublime surfer dudette or simply someone who takes pleasure in walking down to the local ice cream store with your cousins. If you're here, you're special, and I look forward to blogging with you.