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Lisa Stanco • March 12, 2026
She Shows a Mask to the World to Get By

Mary says it about Rizzo, but she's really talking about herself. On the roles teenagers play in the hallway, and why the good ones are so hard to put down...

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Lisa Stanco • April 3, 2026
What Thirty Years of Middle Schoolers Taught Me About Writing Teenagers

They're funnier than adults give them credit for, braver than they know, and they can smell a fake line from across the room. Here's what I learned from the experts...

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Lisa Stanco • May 8, 2026
Rizzo Was Always the Better Part

Everyone wants to be Sandy. But the girl in the pink jacket and the sunglasses, the one who strikes first so nobody can get close — that's the role with something underneath it...