Scarleteen.com Redesign
One of the oldest, most unique, and still most badass sex education sites for teenagers is Scarleteen.com, run by the passionate & talented Heather Corinna. Scarleteen is an interactive educational space started in 1998 where teens have always been able to ask tough questions anonymously to adult professionals plus make connections to each other. The social community is paired with honest articles about the emotional, physical and cultural issues every teen deals with. And there's none of the offensive crap you see in teen magazines! It's not written prescriptively by their parents; it's written by their cool aunt who has their wellbeing in mind but also knows it's healthy and normal for them to experiment. I love this site.
I offered my assistance to Heather a few years ago because I just wanted to be involved any way I could (Scarleteen is run by volunteers), and we decided to start reorganizing the homepage. The first stage of this has finally launched!
I also designed their new logo, which had been the same for over 10 years and just needed a little refresh. (There's actually a neat history of Scarleteen's designs here on Heather's Blog)
During the years I spent at gURL.com, we considered Scarleteen to be the big sister who did all the crazy things first, so by the time we pulled them a few years later, our parents were a little less flabergsted and we could get away with more. I think all the indie teen media I've worked on-- Fitsmi.com, IHeartDaily.com, gURL.com-- owes everything to Scarleteen for creating the space.
Check out their ongoing redesign, and if you know any teens, point them here... it'll be good for them!
