CW: sexual assault. We're cracking open the June 1990 issue and kicking off with a discussion of its Teen Life topics! After racing as fast as possible through "Boys Who Raped," we lighten up with a look at some of Texas's most impressive teen cowgirls, and another Kim banger -- this time on what might make you a bad friend. Sandra Tyler achieves Elizabeth Mosierian heights with her fiction piece, "Visiting My Father." Tooth brushing techniques, cracking knees, an Alien Nation alien, Stuff You Wrote going 5 for 5 with pure gold -- this episode's got it all!

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🎧 It Is June 1990

🎧 Feature: Boys Who Raped

🎧 Feature: Why I Couldn’t Be A Cowgirl

🎧 Feature: How To Be A Bad Friend

🎧 Fiction: Visiting My Father

🎧 Body Talk

🎧 What He Said: Would You Change Your Appearance For A Girl?

🎧 It Happened To Me: Mother Was A Crack Addict

🎧 Help

🎧 Stuff You Wrote

🎧 Goodbye For Now

⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

🏢 MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility

⚖️ We didn't get to this, but two queer youths are suing MacLaren, alleging harassment and abuse while they were in custody

💁‍♀️ SandraTyler.com

🔵 Blue Glass, from which "Visiting My Father" is excerpted, on AbeBooks.com

👽 Buck Francisco at Fandom.com

💍 Taube Lubart's wedding announcement at NYTimes.com

🧠 Taube L. Vallabha, Ph.D. on Neurotree.org

🫥 "Gone" by Taube Lubart Vallabha, Ph.D. at TBIHopeAndInspiration.com

🖍️ "Let's Color Again" at TheBloggess.com, featuring a comment by Taube Lubart Vallabha

📼 Tamar Coln on YouTube

🌴 The Again With This podcast on Patreon (where we're discussing Alyssa Milano in a Who's The Boss? Christmas episode)

🤔 The June 1990 quiz, "Rate Your Sassy Staff IQ"