George, the point of the article is to discuss the double standards that women in their 20s face as they straddle the worlds of adolescence and adulthood. Society has conflicting expectations for women my age - we are old enough to be sex objects if we want to be, yet at the same time, we are still considered "somebody's daughter" and expected to be good role models for younger girls. The GQ photoshoot puts this into sharp focus: two 20-something Jewish women who play high school girls on TV take on a sexual, adult role in a magazine, and the national audience can't seem to decide if they are children or adults.

Elana, thank you! Yes, I agree with you about the downsides of having 2 Facebook pages - a more integrated approach would probably pay off in the long run, and that is probably where I'm headed. But, considering the fact that I was a college sophomore old when Facebook was made available to my university, there are a lot of old memories there that are not exactly appropriate for parents and colleagues to see, and I'm not quite ready to let go of them just yet! (I guess when I do, that means I will have really grown up.)

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