The Adolescent Age: Social Media and High School Politics

Myself (standing) and a buddy in The Myspace Years.

I was in high school when social media entered the world, and it was high school I was running from when I opened my first account. High school, that first frenzy of local politics that disgusts you if you’re lucky. High school, with all of its shameless popularity contests, its prom royalty, and best-dressed, most-likely-to-get-hooked-on-meth awards. High school, a jungle of hormonal apes feverishly rising and falling down the…