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December 1988 Teen Life: Smoking, Preachers & Persimmons
It's time for festive fun with the December 1988 issue, and that means...kicking off with a real bummer of a Catherine story about two teen preachers, one of whom should have probably been removed from his father's care. Christina tries to fulfill Jane's request that she figure out what being "in love" actually is, and isn't. Karen brings us what is essentially a holiday "What Now," with gift ideas, recipes, fun facts, and a baffling layout. Karen then tries to convince her readership that smoking is uncool, fighting against decades of pop culture to the contrary. The whole staff pitches in on a holiday-themed short story. And then we're on to the departments! Exercise tights in Body Talk! Going On The Road to Tempe! Highlights from Help and What He Said (about consent)! And another wild installment of Stuff You Wrote! Grab some Oreos -- or don't, if you have political qualms (...you'll see) -- and join us!
QUICK LINKS
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🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids
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TOPICS
🎧 It Is December 1988
🎧 Feature: Children Of God
🎧 Feature: How To Tell If You’re Really In Love
🎧 Feature: ’Tis The Season To Be Different
🎧 Feature: Smoking Is For Dags
🎧 Fiction: It’s A Wonderful Story
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 On The Road: Tempe
🎧 Help
🎧 What He Said: If A Girl Says No, Do You Think She Really Means It?
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Bonus Douche Content!
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🐝 Duffey Strode on Oprah
❤️🔥 "Fiery family just keeps on punching" at The Deseret News
📘 Strode on Facebook
📷 Strode on Instagram
🙏 William Hudson III's episode of Amen
⛪️ Hudson's church, Powerhouse Chicago
👨🏾🦲 Hudson's current bio
📱 Hudson's app
🎧 Hudson on Spotify
📷 Hudson on Instagram
⏲ A La Machine food processor on eBay
🎄 Why Christmas is abbreviated as "Xmas"
😇 One of many reasons not to volunteer at the Salvation Army or give them your money
🧫 Summer's Eve, Pam's guest issue of the Rick And Morty comic book, at ComicVine
🤞 Take the December 1988 quiz: "How Honest Are You?"
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It's time for festive fun with the December 1988 issue, and that means...kicking off with a real bummer of a Catherine story about two teen preachers, one of whom should have probably been removed from his father's care. Christina tries to fulfill Jane's request that she figure out what being "in love" actually is, and isn't. Karen brings us what is essentially a holiday "What Now," with gift ideas, recipes, fun facts, and a baffling layout. Karen then tries to convince her readership that smoking is uncool, fighting against decades of pop culture to the contrary. The whole staff pitches in on a holiday-themed short story. And then we're on to the departments! Exercise tights in Body Talk! Going On The Road to Tempe! Highlights from Help and What He Said (about consent)! And another wild installment of Stuff You Wrote! Grab some Oreos -- or don't, if you have political qualms (...you'll see) -- and join us!
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
🐦 @ListenToSassy on Twitter
📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
🧑💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
👀 Monthly watch-alongs of Sassy-era movies and TV specials
🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
👚 Merch discounts and free stickers
🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
TOPICS
🎧 It Is December 1988
🎧 Feature: Children Of God
🎧 Feature: How To Tell If You’re Really In Love
🎧 Feature: ’Tis The Season To Be Different
🎧 Feature: Smoking Is For Dags
🎧 Fiction: It’s A Wonderful Story
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 On The Road: Tempe
🎧 Help
🎧 What He Said: If A Girl Says No, Do You Think She Really Means It?
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Bonus Douche Content!
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🐝 Duffey Strode on Oprah
❤️🔥 "Fiery family just keeps on punching" at The Deseret News
📘 Strode on Facebook
📷 Strode on Instagram
🙏 William Hudson III's episode of Amen
⛪️ Hudson's church, Powerhouse Chicago
👨🏾🦲 Hudson's current bio
📱 Hudson's app
🎧 Hudson on Spotify
📷 Hudson on Instagram
⏲ A La Machine food processor on eBay
🎄 Why Christmas is abbreviated as "Xmas"
😇 One of many reasons not to volunteer at the Salvation Army or give them your money
🧫 Summer's Eve, Pam's guest issue of the Rick And Morty comic book, at ComicVine
🤞 Take the December 1988 quiz: "How Honest Are You?"
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