Baby bumps.. the new uggs

After 17 students in one Massachusetts school turned up pregnant this year, Time magazine called it the "Juno Effect." The term referenced the hit comedy Juno, about a high school girl who's unexpectedly expecting. By depicting the sunny, even redemptive side of Juno's plight, the magazine argued, Hollywood had perhaps made motherhood attractive for teens.

It's the kind of conclusion that sometimes draws criticism for being hasty. But Jane Brown, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the Juno effect is real.