Pure Nowhere

I am trying. I am trying so very hard to fall in love with the suburb I grew up in.

Dear YouthChloe HofrichterNovember 10, 2019Comment

he sleeps in a room overflowing with vinyl

On a boy I was in love with on and off for many years, and the different ways I see & understand him (primarily, through music).

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardNovember 7, 2019 Comments

Scanning Negatives & Meditating on the Illusion of Youth

We’re all nearing or in our mid-twenties, and it’s like this feeling of change has settled over our group. Like something’s coming to an end.

(anonymous 01) — today the sky was the colour of...

kissed my friend like I didn’t know she had a crush on me; let her cover me in hickeys with no intention of returning the favour; left her alone in bed this morning to go on a date. (your answers. our questions. anonymous.)

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardOctober 25, 2019Featured Slider, anonymous Comments

Dealing With Depression (Alone, in Spain)

I was totally stripped down; all I had to show for myself was … me. And for all the time I was spending alone, I didn’t really know who I was.

Dear YouthAlai LandaOctober 19, 2019Featured SliderComment

I Moved Countries for a University and Dropped Out After 2 Weeks

It’s important to acknowledge that big moves — especially to start school — will derail your current reality. Life is going to change completely. But this makes space for new passions, experiences, and lessons to come into your life.

Dear YouthAlai LandaOctober 18, 2019Featured SliderComment

the colours of new york at night (photos + interview)

I try to look for life and movement and moments. I’m trying to capture what it feels like to be young.

Photos, Dear YouthAllison BarrSeptember 25, 2019InterviewsComment

Anne Noun: Once We Were Kids (Film Diary)

train station cigarette dreamscapes.

Photos, Dear YouthAnne NounSeptember 21, 2019Featured SliderComment

The Last Summer; a Disposable Diary

Jessie, Roxy, Kian and Zara - the summer post-highschool, spent in each other’s cars and bedrooms and company, falling in love with each other in a hundred different ways.

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardSeptember 18, 2019Featured Slider Comments

I don't want to be asleep anymore

Maybe I’m just creating these restrictions in my mind; maybe winter is just my excuse to feel bad and stay in my maladaptive patterns.

Dear YouthKiara BurchSeptember 11, 2019Featured SliderComment

WATCH: my thoughts at 15

She wraps up the tender sweetness and intense confusion of adolescence in the most intimate of ways.

Dear Youth, FriendsAbby StrangwardSeptember 6, 2019 Comment

shiny white teeth, hollowed out youth

“we live to rebel but are so afraid of being caught”

Dear Youth, PoetryChloe HofrichterSeptember 3, 2019Featured Slider Comment

Athena, Four Days in Chicago

With these shots, I tried to give myself closure on summer, sealing it so the next part of my life can begin.

Photos, Dear YouthAthena MerryAugust 25, 2019Comment

Brook Mckeon: an extended summer

There used to be layers... everyone knew the spot with the 200 capacity car park, fewer people knew the other spots, and only the locals and special guests knew the secret spots."

Photos, Dear YouthBrook MckeonAugust 24, 2019Featured Slider, Photos (2)Comment