Teen Girls Likes, Dislikes And Heroes
Last month we featured “What Are Teen Girls Really Talking About?” I received many emails asking me for more information about “This Girl.” So we asked hundreds of teen girls for their likes, dislikes, heroes and favorite movies, books and music. Below is a random sampling of four girls ages 13 - 16, an inside look at “This Girl.”
Age 13
Likes: Candy, Good Substantial Music, Dr Pepper
Dislikes: Rap Music, Justin Bieber
Fave Movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, She’s the Man, Young Frankenstein, all Harry Potters
Fave Music: Muse, Paramour, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Victoria Justice
Heroes: St. Gianna Molla, St. Thomas More
Fave Books: All Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Uglies Series: Pretties, Specials, Extras
Age 14
Likes: Hot Chocolate
Dislikes: Stupid People
Fave Movies: Avatar, How to Train Your Dragon, Mean Girls and Easy A
Fave Music: Owl City, Cameron Burnette & The Ghost Ballerinas, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Scarlet Grey, Vanessa Carlton, Regina Spektor, Bobby Teenager, Freelance Whales, Ingrid Michaelson, Adele, Darren Criss
Heroes: J.K. Rowling
Books: Books by Jerry Spinelli and Gail Carson Levine
Age 15
Likes: Hats, Pet Rocks, 80’s Movies, Cupcakes, Band Jokes, Pillow Pets and Ramen Noodles
Dislikes: Ignorance. The fact my life isn’t an 80’s movie. The fact I can’t eat Ramen everyday.
Fave Movies: The Breakfast Club, 500 days of Summer, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Toy Story 1-3, Easy A
Fave Music: Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, Pierce The Veil, Peter Tchaikovsky, My Chemical Romance, Queen, Tegan and Sara, Mayday Parade, NSN and that’s just to name a few
Heroes: The person who invented the microwave
Fave Books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Generation Dead, Uglies, Harry Potter, Looking For Alaska, The Hunger Games, Hoot
Age 16
Likes: Netflix, Fashion, History, My Cat, Nature, Happiness, Family and Being Awesome
Dislikes: Sparkling Vampires
Fave Movies: The Boy Who Could Fly, Princess Bride, Heathers, Finding Nemo, Newsies, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, It Happened One Night, The Breakfast Club, Howards End, Desperately Seeking Susan and Elizabethtown.
Fave Music: Duncan Sheik, She & Him, Yellow Card, Bat for Lashes, Michael Franks, Liz Story, Jason Mraz, Michelle Branch, Adele and Parachute
Heroes: My Dad
Books: Pride & Prejudice, Gone With the Wind, Treasure Island, Anne of Green Gables, A Mango Shaped Space, The Sharing Knife Saga, Harry Potter, anything by Agatha Christie & anything by John Green.
What would you like to know about This Girl? Please let me know.
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