
When this ad came out, my mother made me write a 5-paragraph essay about whether I thought it was okay that Polaroid was advertising a camera using Britney Spears’ belly button ring, and what other ads that month were oversexualizing teenage girls to sell products that had nothing to do with sex or beauty.
That is a true story.
Back when disney channel made girls feel beautiful instead of joking about eating disorders.
Back before social regression in the face of Fear Culture and its mainstream reversal of acceptable or understood norms of femininity (led largely by Disney, Viacom, and Mattel, js).

So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”
So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.
Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs.
It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading.
On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps.
So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
- “There She Goes,” Sixpence None the Richer
- “What Dreams Are Made Of,” Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire)
- “Story of a Girl,” Nine Days
- “Say My Name,” Destiny’s Child
- “I Do (Cherish You),” 98°
- “Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
- “Hero,” Mariah Carey
- “Love Shack,” The B-52s
- “Bad Touch,” Bloodhound Gang
- “Miss Independent,” Kelly Clarkson
- “Dancing Queen,” A*Teens
- “Hedwig’s Theme,” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Soundtrack
- “Stop,” Spice Girls
- “Spice Up Your Life,” Spice Girls
- “Airhead,” Girls@Play
- “The Day It Rained Forever,” Aurora
- “C’est La Vie,” B*Witched
- “North Versus South,” Dolly Rockers
- “Theme Song from Nickelodeon’s Doug”
- “Everything To Me,” Brooke Hogan
- “Girl Next Door,” Saving Jane
- “Hello World,” Belle Perez
- “I Really Don’t Think So,” Scene23
- “Joy of Pepsi,” Britney Spears
- “Kiss Me,” Sixpence None the Richer
- “Let’s Have A Party,” The Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show
- “Like OMG, Baby,” DJ Earworm
- “One Week,” Barenaked Ladies
- “Outside Looking In,” Jordan Pruitt
- “Summer Girls,” LFO
- “Supernova Girl,” Proto Zoa
- “Survivor,” Destiny’s Child
- “The Hardest Part of Breaking Up,” 2ge+her
- “Time Of Your Life,” Green Day
- “U + Me = Us (Calculus),” 2ge+her
![So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs. It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading. On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps. So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
download part 4
“Blue,” eiffel65
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” Cyndi Lauper
“Right There Waiting,” Nobody’s Angel
“The Hardest Thing,” 98°
“This Will Be (An Everlasting Love),” [Various]
“What Are You Waiting For?” No Secrets
“Everybody Wants Ya,” S Club 7
“I’m All About You,” Aaron Carter
“Kiss Kiss,” Holly Valance
“Leave (Get Out),” JoJo
“Mambo #5,” Lou Bega
“When I Come Around,” Green Day
“Jesse Hold On,” B*Witched
“Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode
“On Top of the World,” Jordan Cahill
“What’s Your Flava?” Craig David
“Can’t Help Fallin’ In Love,” A*Teens
“Hey You,” Aaron Carter
“I Wanna Be Bad,” Willa Ford
“Macarena,” Los Del Rio
“What’s Your Name?” Jesse McCartney
“Breathe,” Faith Hill
“I Hope You Dance,” Leeann Womack
“Ironic,” Alanis Morisette
“Love Is,” Angel Faith](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpa76R0RK1qhztfzo1_500.png)
So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”
So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.
Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs.
It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading.
On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps.
So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
- “Blue,” eiffel65
- “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” Cyndi Lauper
- “Right There Waiting,” Nobody’s Angel
- “The Hardest Thing,” 98°
- “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love),” [Various]
- “What Are You Waiting For?” No Secrets
- “Everybody Wants Ya,” S Club 7
- “I’m All About You,” Aaron Carter
- “Kiss Kiss,” Holly Valance
- “Leave (Get Out),” JoJo
- “Mambo #5,” Lou Bega
- “When I Come Around,” Green Day
- “Jesse Hold On,” B*Witched
- “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode
- “On Top of the World,” Jordan Cahill
- “What’s Your Flava?” Craig David
- “Can’t Help Fallin’ In Love,” A*Teens
- “Hey You,” Aaron Carter
- “I Wanna Be Bad,” Willa Ford
- “Macarena,” Los Del Rio
- “What’s Your Name?” Jesse McCartney
- “Breathe,” Faith Hill
- “I Hope You Dance,” Leeann Womack
- “Ironic,” Alanis Morisette
- “Love Is,” Angel Faith

So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”
So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.
Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs.
It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading.
On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps.
So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
- “Barbie Girl,” Aqua
- “First Date,” Blink-182
- “Halfway Around the World,” A*Teens
- “How Do I Feel (The Burrito Song),” Hoku
- “Like Wow,” Leslie Carter
- “Round N Round,” Bubbles
- “sk8r boi,” Avril Lavigne
- “Summer Song,” Jump5
- “Truly Madly Deeply,” Savage Garden
- “Wild Wild West,” Will Smith
- “Kids in America,” No Secrets
- “Miracles Happen,” Myra
- “Shake Your Bon-Bon,” Ricky Martin
- “You Set Me Free,” Michelle Branch
- “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You,” *NSYNC
- “AllStar,” Smash Mouth
- “Amazed,” Lonestar
- “Can I Get Your Number?” No Authority
- “Come On Over,” Christina Aguilera
- “I Want You to Want Me,” Cheap Trick
- “I Would,” Aaron Carter
- “Linger,” The Cranberries
- “My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion
- “These Are the Days,” V-Factory
- “Baby It’s You,” Aaron Carter

So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”
So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.
Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs.
It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading.
On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps.
So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
- “So Yesterday,” Hilary Duff
- “Spinnin’ Around,” Jump5
- “Stronger,” Britney Spears
- “Supergirl!” Krystal
- “That’s What Girls Do,” No Secrets
- “Waiting for the Heartbreak,” Savvy & Mandy
- “Wannabe,” Spice Girls
- “Why Not?” Hilary Duff
- “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” Aaron Carter
- “Complicated,” Avril Lavigne
- “Crash the Party,” Huckapoo
- “Get A Clue,” Simon & Milo
- “Having Fun Isn’t Hard (If You’ve Got A Library Card!),” Arthur & Friends
- “I Want It That Way,” Backstreet Boys
- “It’s Gonna Be Me,” *NSYNC
- “Juliet,” LMNT
- “Mmmbop,” Hanson
- “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” Jonas Brothers
- “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart),” Backstreet Boys
- “See U In the Dark,” Honor Society
- “The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling),” Atomic Kitten
- “Us Against the World,” Play
- “All the Small Things,” Blink-182
- “As Long As You Love Me,” Backstreet Boys
- “Baby, Come Over,” Samantha Mumba
![So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs. It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading. On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps. So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
download part 1
“Roam,” The B-52s
“SOS,” Rihanna
“Don’t Stop Movin’” S Club 7
“(You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop! Remix],” Britney Spears
“Another Dumb Blonde,” Hoku
“Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears
“Back Here,” BBMak
“Breakaway,” Kelly Clarkson
“Bye Bye Bye,” *NSYNC
“Call Me, Beep Me!” Christy Carlson
“Do Ya,” Jump5
“Don’t Say You Love Me,” M2M
“Everything U R,” Lindsay Pagano
“Excited,” Bubbles
“FRIENDS Theme,” The Rembrandts
“Girl on TV (Album Version),” LFO
“He Loves U Not,” Dream
“Here We Go Again,” pureNRG
“I Can’t Wait,” Hilary Duff
“I Knew I Loved You,” Savage Garden
“Jock Jamz,” Jock Jamz 1
“Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Ricky Martin
“Mickey,” B*Witched
“Never Had A Dream Come True,” S Club 7
“No Such Thing,” John Mayer](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmp9w0B18D1qhztfzo1_500.png)
So, like, every once in a while, usually in the summer, I’m like, “I really just want to listen to songs from like… middle school.”
So, here is a mix that comprises half of my Songs That Sound Like Middle School collection; oh, lawdha’mercy.
Not all of the songs come from the era that I was actually in middle school — I’d have to have been the OLDEST EIGHTH GRADER EVER by graduation if they were — but they are all songs that I either did or would have loved at age twelve, and most are from the mid-late ’90s or early 2000’s. They range from “BOYS STINK AND SMELL BAD AND ARE HORRIBLE AND OMG, GRRLS RULE!” songs to “PLEASE ask me to slow dance PLEASE ask me to slow dance and perhaps you could put your mouth on my mouth?” songs to “I H8 PARENTS AND SCHOOL AND RULES AND I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIIIIFE” songs and “Eeee, I looooove the world and puppies and kittens and PONIES and boy bands and miniskirts and I wish I had boobs like Britney Spears’!” songs.
It’s a good mix, ngl. It’s also 135 songs, so I’ve divided it into five downloads for easier downloading.
On your dial-up modem at 18.8kbps.
So you don’t tie up your parents’ phone line for too long.
- “Roam,” The B-52s
- “SOS,” Rihanna
- “Don’t Stop Movin’” S Club 7
- “(You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop! Remix],” Britney Spears
- “Another Dumb Blonde,” Hoku
- “Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears
- “Back Here,” BBMak
- “Breakaway,” Kelly Clarkson
- “Bye Bye Bye,” *NSYNC
- “Call Me, Beep Me!” Christy Carlson
- “Do Ya,” Jump5
- “Don’t Say You Love Me,” M2M
- “Everything U R,” Lindsay Pagano
- “Excited,” Bubbles
- “FRIENDS Theme,” The Rembrandts
- “Girl on TV (Album Version),” LFO
- “He Loves U Not,” Dream
- “Here We Go Again,” pureNRG
- “I Can’t Wait,” Hilary Duff
- “I Knew I Loved You,” Savage Garden
- “Jock Jamz,” Jock Jamz 1
- “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Ricky Martin
- “Mickey,” B*Witched
- “Never Had A Dream Come True,” S Club 7
- “No Such Thing,” John Mayer