Saturday, April 6, 2013

#BackIn7thGrade Brings Up Crushes, Braces and Awkward Dances

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Trending topics hit Twitter every day. In this recurring series, “Behind the Hashtag,” we take a look at the most intriguing ones — of any nature — being tweeted across the web


One of today’s most popular hashtags, #BackIn7thGrade, is all about nostalgia. For some, myself included, 7th grade was the time when kids from different schools from across the city merged into one, stress-inducing jail cell called “middle school.” It was a nerve-wracking, make-the-wrong-move-and-you’re-socially-dead kind of pressure that a full set of braces and paralyzing fear of the opposite sex only made worse


The insecurity, the dances, the growth spurts and the hormones … oh, God, the hormones Read more…


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