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23 Teens Share What’s “Cool” Right Now

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Girls like dying their hair still, but natural colours like blonde or light brunette are much more “in” than, say, vibrant reds and pinks. Also, straight-across bangs with a little bit of forehead showing through is a hairstyle a lot of girls are sporting here. Only a couple of guys with dyed hair in my school and pretty much all of them blond or platinum.

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It’s not really “cool” to have bad grades anymore (if it ever was, or TV is just lying to me) being smart (but not obsessive) makes you look awesome. A few of the REALLY popular kids in my grade skipped a level in math and are now taking math class with the grade above us. (I don’t really know how it works elsewhere, but here, our math classes are by grade and not separate classes on topic like “algebra” or “geometry”, we just have “math 9” “math 10” “precalc 11” etc.)

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Asian languages like japanese and chinese are pretty popular on t-shirt designs. Anime is cool if you aren’t a f*cking cringey ass weeaboo. Also, kpop is very much a big thing with girls of all races here. Boybands I hear about a lot are bts and seventeen.

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Self-depreciation.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.