Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Diary," which was directed by Marielle Heller based on Phoebe Gloeckner's novel, has earned stellar reviews as a rare drama that ...

The Taliban banned secondary education for girls. In one secret book club, teens gather to discuss a book from another era that they find deeply... Anne Frank's diary speaks to teen girls in a secret ...

Phoebe Gloeckner still vividly remembers sitting in the principal’s office at San Francisco’s Urban School in 1976 as a downcast 15-year-old, choking back the urge to divulge the whopping secret ...

Marielle Heller’s Sundance hit “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” is not your average coming of age story. Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel 2002 “The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words ...

Movies love a sexual adventurer. Filmmakers know you love to watch, but historically they often punish the promiscuous. Especially if the sexual adventurer is a young woman. Lessons of proper sexual ...

reporting from new york — The coming-of-age movie is a genre as common as movie-theater popcorn. But there have always been some important qualifiers. For one thing, a good number of them are of the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – In the year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they have used their muscle to restrict the education and curiosity of girls. They've been banned from high school, told ...

“I had sex today! Holy s**t!” is the opening line of DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, a fresh take on the teen rite of passage from director Marielle Heller, adapting an illustrated novel by Phoebe Gloeckner.