My friend Andi Buchanan has launched a cool new project, When I Was Twelve, to explore what it's like to be a twelve year old girl in America. Andi writes:

I'm hoping to interview hundreds of women of different ages, races, geographical locations, economic backgrounds, and careers, and have them tell me their stories. With this project I hope to examine the ordinary and extraordinary experience of being 12 through the voices of real women as they share their stories from that crucial year in American girlhood.

I just sent her my thoughts about being twelve. You can share your own stories through her website...