In addition to data from the two corpora, I have also used written and oral materials related to British teenagers' culture and lifestyles: magazines (Sugar, Bliss, Shout, Mizz, It's Hot, Alternative Press, Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, Oh Boy, Teen now, etc.), web-based glossaries and diction...
I know that I would love to work for Cosmo, Glamour, or the newly online-aphied version of Company, but is it naïve to entertain the thought of miraculously landing some kind of features writing role rather than just the opportunity to make tea...