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Table of Contents
December 7, 2011
Hear ye, hear ye! Please welcome new diarist RUBY! Also: Katherine farts.December 14, 2011
FINAAAAAAALS!!! Plus: the greatness of Heathers and cookies.December 21, 2011
Ruby makes a discovery, Dylan kicks some ass, Katherine goes for a walk!, Naomi LOVES CHRISTMAS, and Minna has what looks like a spectacular week.December 28, 2011
All manner of year-end anxieties, and anxiety-enders. Plus: Ruby dyes her hair!
Annie's Room
Eleanor told us her friend Annie's room was amazing, and she was right. Here, Annie gives us a tour.A Hazy Shade of Winter
Petra's Narnia-like photos for this month.Home Is Just a Word
Stills from a movie that exists only in Petra's imagination.Winter Is All Over You
Olivia's winter-vacation photo diary.Winter Wonderland
All of our backgrounds used the month of December for our "Home" theme.
The Evolution of My Brother
When would I finally get it—that I was the one he needed to be protected from.The Surge We Need
A short story by a reader.
Holiday Candy Roundup
What to eat and what to regift from your stocking (or the ordained candy receptacle of your personal faith) this year.Jamie's Gift Bag: Dollar Store Edition
Throughout this month, we'll be featuring weekly gift ideas by Jamie. This week: cheap thrills.How to Be a Happy Homebody
Make your own fun.Literally the Best Thing Ever: Forts
You need this handy guide now more than ever.Hazel Loves Christmas
Bad puns we thought of as alternate titles: "Oy to the World" and "Do You Schmear What I Schmear?"Jamie’s Gift Bag: DIY Ideas No Matter How Broke You Are
LUXURIATE in this LUXURY!Heart-Shaped Box
A care-package checklist for gifting faraway friends.Where to Find Cool Stuff for Your Walls
If these walls could talk, they'd be like, "Wow, I am covered in art!"Christmas Is Creepy
Disagree? Read on.Some Place Like Home
How to make your dorm room feel a little cozier and a little less gross.Winter Sweaters: A Taxonomy
Know your knitwear.
Surviving a Small Town
It's not as bad as you think, we swear!Blue Christmas
For those for whom this isn’t the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.The Ladies’ Room
Wherein I go to the TEDxWomen conference, MEET GLORIA STEINEM, and figure some stuff out.You Are Here
A map of memories.Pop Culture Comfort Food
This stuff isn’t cool, or smart, or good...but it’s the stuff that pulls you through.About a Boy
This is the first column in a new monthly series written by a couple of our STAFF BOYS (yes we do have a few of those), about boy stuff.One on One
Dylan and Laia are both only children, and they have FEELINGS about this. Here, they chat about those feelings.Getting Over the Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
You’re surrounded by gold. GOLD WE SAY.Family Ties
Here’s to the queers who raised me right.Five Things That Fill Me With Childlike Wonder Despite My Usually Feeling Like a Crotchety Old Hag
Basically.Memory Lane
It's not creepy to go through your friend's mom's life memories, right? And then share them with the world on your TEEN INTEREST site?
Home Movies
Things to watch over winter break.How to Make Your Room Look Like a Movie
(Or a book.)How to Be Home Alone
Use these tips from Kevin McCallister to get the most out of your solo time.Tanner Family Values
I felt cool and important because I lived in the same place as the family from Full House.
Friday Playlist: Christmas at Home
Stuff to listen to while you decorate the tree or whatever weird thing it is that you do.Theme Song: December 2011
“Homesick”Friday Playlist: Hanging Out With Margot Tenenbaum
Songs for our favorite chain-smoker, bath-taker, and secret-keeper.In the Basement
Home recording for the solo arteest.Rescue Remedy: An Interview With First Aid Kit
They write the songs that make me (and Patti Smith) cry.Not Just Christmas Music
(But mostly Christmas music.)Friday Playlist: Basement Tapes
Home recordings.Literally the Best Thing Ever: Joni Mitchell
I really mean it this time!Friday Playlist: Homeward Bound
Compiled by our staff.Friday Playlist: This Will Be Our Year
A mixtape for the REAL New Year's Eve.
Because You Can
Cozy layering ideas for those in cold climes. (To those in hot climes: sorry this isn't applicable, but we don't feel bad for you!)Field Studies
You know how winter is cold but cozy but has a certain kind of smell?Chloe Sevigny Makes Really Cute Clothes
Here, a hard-hitting account! PLUS: juicy gossip about skaters from 15 years ago!Secret Style Icon: Bob Dylan in 1965
No one has ever looked cooler. I’m sorry but it’s just true.How to Look Like Clara Bow
A special-guest beauty tutorial on flapper style.Family Jewels
An ode to the movies’ crazy relatives with even crazier style.
The Internet for Hermits
What to look at when you use the bitter cold as an excuse for staying inside on your computer all day. (We're all about healthy choices here on Rookie.)
Go Ask Arfin
Lesley answers questions about weirdness, sexual awkwardness, and flirting.Ask a Grown Man: Hannibal Buress
Advice on ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOYS, and how to deal with them.Damn Girl Ya Look Good
This month: hair-bleaching tips, dry lips, and ideas for androgynous boys.Just Wondering
Because you are DYING for our OPINIONS about your LIFE.
Broken Dreams Club
Gorgeous Polaroids from reader Gaby, taken in and around her hometown.Crown Party
All the crowns you readers sent in after our video tutorial.Friend Crush
December 2011: Maegan and JocelynTable Ten Forever
A love letter to my middle-school friends.
Editor's Letter
December 2011: HomeJamie’s Gift Bag: Make Your Own Terrarium
Prove your superiority by DIY'ing a gift that most people have never even HEARD of.
