slam books
Passed opinion notebooks
Slam books are notebooks passed among friends—typically teenage girls—where each page poses a question and participants write anonymous answers about classmates.
Questions range from harmless (Who has the best hair? ) to cruel (Who do you hate? ).
Popular from the mid-20th century through the 1990s, slam books were social currency and instruments of bullying in equal measure, largely supplanted by online equivalents.
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- commentsSpoken or written reactions
- secretsConcealed information
- rumorsUnconfirmed circulating stories
- opinionsSubjective beliefs or assessments
notebook · gossip · memories · revelations · zines · cliques · friendships · passing notes · yearbook · nicknames · crushes · best friends forever · peer pressure · anecdotes · notes · admissions · rankings · questions
slam booksyearbooks
School memory publications
testimonials · autograph books · recommendation letters · love letters · fan mail
slam booksyearbooks
School memory publications
official transcripts · school newspapers · official records · honor rolls · award certificates
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