YouthComm Magazine – Youth Communication

YCM Story of the Week

Passing Down a Love for Art

Sometimes the best teachers are in your own home.

by Anonymous

Since I was 4, a range of mentors, from my mom to my grandfather to a real art teacher, have helped me discover what I like—and don’t like—about art. From the first time I picked up a paintbrush at the age of 4, I was immediately intrigued by the world of art-making.

Recent Stories

Not My Fault

by Anonymous

Names have been changed. At the beginning of freshman year, I started hanging out with new, cool people who liked the same alternative music I did. I was so excited for a restart from the bullying I endured in middle school.
Let Carrie Bradshaw Grow Up

by Camila Ritter

“Sex and the City” premiered on HBO a decade before I was born; the final SATC movie was released in my toddler years. And yet the show is still an ongoing topic among my peers, especially online. I started watching the show more than a year ago, mostly because my friends were invested and begging me to watch.
Killing My Darlings, But Not My Passion for Writing

by Arina Limarieva

I first heard about Youth Communication through my school when I was in 9th grade. I have loved writing since childhood: short stories, poetry, fanfics, lyrics, and more. I had recently moved to the U.S. after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, so I was acclimating to learning in a new language.
You Feel Seen, But What’s Seeing You?

by Elizabeth Castro

I don’t know what I expected when, a few months ago, I opened the website that everyone around me had been talking about. As I scrolled through popular bots on Character.ai, represented with headshots ranging from anime to photorealistic, I noticed they all seemed to be seductive women with impossible body types or aggressive and overprotective men.

Represent Magazine

Stories by Teens in Foster Care

Twice a Refugee

I fled an arranged marriage to be LGBTQ in the U.S., but I wasn’t safe from ICE. So I fled again, to Canada.

by Anonymous

My journey from West Africa to the U.S. took me away from everything I knew, but brought me closer to what I wanted to be: free. I arrived in May 2024, and it seemed at first that I could build a new life in New York City.

Youth-written stories in Represent give inspiration and information to teens in foster care while offering insight into those teens’ struggles.

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