Introduction: Teen Moms and Baby Daddies: Interrupting the Conversation on Teen Pregnancy / Letizia Guglielmo
Part I. Feminist Interventions or Tired Narratives?
Teen Momism on MTV: Postfeminist Subjectivities in 16 and Pregnant / Caryn Murphy
16 and Pregnant and the "Unvarnished" Truth about Teen Pregnancy / Letizia Guglielmo and Kimberly Wallace Stewart
Teen Moms Negotiate Desire: The (Re)production of Patriarchal Motherhood in MTV's Teen Mom / Anastasia Todd
Othering the Mothering: Postfeminist Constructs in Teen Mom / Jennifer A. Fallas
Part II. "The Personal is Political": Teen Pregnancy and Hegemony
"100% Preventable": Teen Motherhood, Morality, and the Myth of Choice / May Friedman
Teen Sex: An Equal Opportunity Menace: Multicultural Politics in 16 and Pregnant / Clare Daniel
Sensationalizing the Sentimental: National Culture and Futurity / Melanie Anne Stewart
Pathological Motherhood, Parental Relationships, Expert Counseling, and Heteronormativity: A Framework of Anxiety and Reassurance throught MTV's Teen Mom / Martina Thomas
Part III. Making Room for Daddy: Images of Teen Fatherhood
16 and Pregnant, Masculinity, and Teen Fatherhood: Reconciling or Reinforcing Stereotypes? / Jennifer Beggs Weber and Enid Schatz
Teenage Fathers: The Disruption and Promotion of the Heterosexual Imaginary / Andrea M. McClanahan
What's a Baby Daddy to Do?: Fathers on the Fringe in MTV's 16 and Pregnant / Laura Tropp
Part IV. Is This Real Life? Mediating the Whole Story of Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood
"Having an Abortion Is Not Uncommon, but Talking about It Publicly Is": Exploring the Potential for Positive, Feminist, Pro-Choice Portrayals of Young Women's Experiences with Abortion in Mass Media through MTV's "No Easy Decision" / JoAnne Gordon
"I'll See You in Court": The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy / Alison N. Novak and India J. McGhee
The Young and the Pregnant: Edutainment, Reality Television, and the Question of Teen Pregnancy Prevention on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom / Margaret Tally
Isolated and Struggling: A Real-Life "Sixteen and Pregnant" Narrative / Allison Bass.