Christopher Pepper (He/Him)
@mrpepper.bsky.social
Award-winning educator and writer, with bylines in the NY Times, SF Chronicle, and Edutopia. Co-author of the national bestseller "TALK TO YOUR BOYS” (2025 - Workman Publishing).
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SO THRILLED to tell you about this new book, which is now available to preorder
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@jfschroeder.bsky.social and I are thrilled to introduce our new book, TALK TO YOUR BOYS. Read all about it, and find out why we really really want you to preorder it today: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
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After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
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Renee Good, Victim in Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Remembered for Her Kindness www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Victim in ICE Shooting Is Remembered for Her Kindness
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Renee Good, Victim in Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Remembered for Her Kindness www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Gen Z Is More Progressive Than Millennials, Except in One Crucial Way
The most progressive generation ever? It’s complicated.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The most progressive generation ever? It’s complicated.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Gen Z Is More Progressive Than Millennials, Except in One Crucial Way
The most open-minded generation ever? It’s complicated.
slate.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Gen Z Is More Progressive Than Millennials, Except in One Crucial Way
The most progressive generation ever? It’s complicated.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The most progressive generation ever? It’s complicated.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Can Teaching Self-Compassion Improve Teen Mental Health?
According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From Adolescence to the manosphere: has 2025 been the year of the boy?
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Can Teaching Self-Compassion Improve Teen Mental Health?
According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From Adolescence to the manosphere: has 2025 been the year of the boy?
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From Adolescence to the manosphere: has 2025 been the year of the boy?
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
From Adolescence to the manosphere: has 2025 been the year of the boy?
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ha - that person you linked to has a much spicier account than me!
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Ha - that person you linked to has a much spicier account than me!
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
We changed in SFUSD so our semester ends before break, and it is much better, although the spring semester is almost two weeks longer than the fall semester now.
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We changed in SFUSD so our semester ends before break, and it is much better, although the spring semester is almost two weeks longer than the fall semester now.
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. wapo.st/49zDc43
Making the Invisible Visible: How Misogyny Is Driving Rising Political Violence msmagazine.com/2025/12/04/m...
Making the Invisible Visible: How Misogyny Is Driving Rising Political Violence
excerpt from Cynthia Miller-Idriss' Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism, published in September, on men and mass shootings
msmagazine.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Making the Invisible Visible: How Misogyny Is Driving Rising Political Violence msmagazine.com/2025/12/04/m...
I was interviewed for a story related to that idea this year www.huffpost.com/entry/mankee...
Straight Women Share The Exhausting Reason They Are Stepping Away From Dating Men
Men deserve opportunities to be vulnerable. But women are not an infinite resource for managing the emotions of men.
www.huffpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I was interviewed for a story related to that idea this year www.huffpost.com/entry/mankee...
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Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...
The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...
In Teen Health Today, I share my 10 favorite books of 2025, including great reads from: @margaretgmyers.bsky.social
@milleridriss.bsky.social
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
@sdtaylor.bsky.social
Matt Richtel
Melinda Wenner Moyer
+ Ashanti Branch.
Read here: www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
@milleridriss.bsky.social
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
@sdtaylor.bsky.social
Matt Richtel
Melinda Wenner Moyer
+ Ashanti Branch.
Read here: www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
Teen Health Today's Favorite Books Of 2025
AMAZING books on fatherhood, sex ed, puberty, adolescence, and more.
www.teenhealthtoday.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In Teen Health Today, I share my 10 favorite books of 2025, including great reads from: @margaretgmyers.bsky.social
@milleridriss.bsky.social
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
@sdtaylor.bsky.social
Matt Richtel
Melinda Wenner Moyer
+ Ashanti Branch.
Read here: www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
@milleridriss.bsky.social
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
@sdtaylor.bsky.social
Matt Richtel
Melinda Wenner Moyer
+ Ashanti Branch.
Read here: www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
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A wave of large-scale studies is quantifying how early smartphone access and heavy screen use can harm adolescent minds.
The numbers suggest screens are taking a broader, deeper toll on teens than many expected.
The numbers suggest screens are taking a broader, deeper toll on teens than many expected.
This is your teen’s brain on phones and social media, according to science
A wave of new studies is shedding light on the risks of early smartphone access and heavy screen use for adolescent mental health and development.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A wave of large-scale studies is quantifying how early smartphone access and heavy screen use can harm adolescent minds.
The numbers suggest screens are taking a broader, deeper toll on teens than many expected.
The numbers suggest screens are taking a broader, deeper toll on teens than many expected.
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
“Dig Me Out” is the one for me. Not sure I’ve ever loved a band as intensely as I loved Sleater-Kinney in 1997.
The gender takes on that album influenced me so much in the ‘70s
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
December 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The gender takes on that album influenced me so much in the ‘70s
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
this is what I’m writing about in 2025.
Hello from my aunt’s basement/museum
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Hello from my aunt’s basement/museum
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.