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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TOPICS



🎧 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



NOTES



⚠️ 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"