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September 1988 Teen Life: Racism, Boarding School & Talking Toes
Sassy's first back-to-school issue makes a few major missteps: a feature called "Living With Racism" whose white author relentlessly others her interview subjects, all young women of color; and an imbecilic fiction story from premiere issue Justine Bateman harasser John Elder. But "Where The Boys Aren't," about the all-girl boarding school Emma Willard, leaves at least one of your co-hosts yearning for some single-sex scholastics. Then we go On The Road to Lexington, where Sassy is disabused of some of its hick stereotypes; get an It Happened To Me from a girl whose house was used as a Rain Man shooting location; hear What He Said about female athletes (and, as usual, wish we hadn't); and take a trip through the feelings being expressed in Stuff You Wrote. All this plus an itchy Body Talk and a typically squicky Help in our latest episode!
QUICK LINKS
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TOPICS
🎧 Hello, It Is September 1988
🎧 Spine Line + In Our Lives
🎧 Feature: Living With Racism
🎧 Feature: Where The Boys Aren’t
🎧 Fiction: The Talking Toes
🎧 On The Road: Lexington, Kentucky
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 Help
🎧 It Happened To Me: Tom Cruise Made a Movie at My House
🎧 What He Said: What Do You Think of Girls Who Are Jocks?
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Girl School Daze
🎧 Ten Little Toe Coffins
🎧 Pam Never
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🌀 Dave overstated the death toll from hurricane Gilbert by a factor of 10 because he's a monster
💼 Nancy Toy on LinkedIn
🏫 Emma Willard School
💊 Inderal drug facts (including side effects)
👖 "What Your Skinny Jeans Are Really Doing To Your Vagina" on Self.com
🩸 "10 Facts About Toxic Shock Syndrome Every Tampon-Wearer Should Know" on Self.com
📰 Pauline Ach at the Wooster Voice in 1989...
🗞 ...and 1991
🧀 1984 Velveeta Slices commercial starring Kirk Cameron and Jenny Lewis
🎧 The Midnight Miracle on Luminary
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By Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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Sassy's first back-to-school issue makes a few major missteps: a feature called "Living With Racism" whose white author relentlessly others her interview subjects, all young women of color; and an imbecilic fiction story from premiere issue Justine Bateman harasser John Elder. But "Where The Boys Aren't," about the all-girl boarding school Emma Willard, leaves at least one of your co-hosts yearning for some single-sex scholastics. Then we go On The Road to Lexington, where Sassy is disabused of some of its hick stereotypes; get an It Happened To Me from a girl whose house was used as a Rain Man shooting location; hear What He Said about female athletes (and, as usual, wish we hadn't); and take a trip through the feelings being expressed in Stuff You Wrote. All this plus an itchy Body Talk and a typically squicky Help in our latest episode!
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
🎧 Hello, It Is September 1988
🎧 Spine Line + In Our Lives
🎧 Feature: Living With Racism
🎧 Feature: Where The Boys Aren’t
🎧 Fiction: The Talking Toes
🎧 On The Road: Lexington, Kentucky
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 Help
🎧 It Happened To Me: Tom Cruise Made a Movie at My House
🎧 What He Said: What Do You Think of Girls Who Are Jocks?
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Girl School Daze
🎧 Ten Little Toe Coffins
🎧 Pam Never
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🌀 Dave overstated the death toll from hurricane Gilbert by a factor of 10 because he's a monster
💼 Nancy Toy on LinkedIn
🏫 Emma Willard School
💊 Inderal drug facts (including side effects)
👖 "What Your Skinny Jeans Are Really Doing To Your Vagina" on Self.com
🩸 "10 Facts About Toxic Shock Syndrome Every Tampon-Wearer Should Know" on Self.com
📰 Pauline Ach at the Wooster Voice in 1989...
🗞 ...and 1991
🧀 1984 Velveeta Slices commercial starring Kirk Cameron and Jenny Lewis
🎧 The Midnight Miracle on Luminary
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