Teenage years are all about crushes. Crushes so deep you wanted to inhabit the other person, be inside their skin, see the world through their eyes. Before there was Pinterest or Tumblr, we used actual bulletin boards made out of cork, and we would pin our onscreen crushes on them with little pushpins. Mine had Dwayne Wayne from A Different World in his flip-top glasses, and Jordan Catalano from My So-Called Life leaning against a locker. Oh, how I loved the way he leaned.

But the truth is that teenage girls think far more about other girls than boys. When I was 13, my teen queen was Alicia Silverstone in her cutoffs and slip dresses, ribbed camisoles and combat boots. Those knee socks she wore with her yellow three-piece suit in Clueless. Every time Buffy the Vampire Slayer cut her hair, I cut mine too - from chunky layers to a bob. I even did the Season 3 baby bangs that work only on a certain type of hair. (Not mine.)