Sassy is, of course, very proud of the work they did in their first few issues -- describing what readers' first sexual experiences might be like, demystifying boys' bodies, profiling out queer couples, and so on. But apparently the hate mail we read in the October issue was just a tiny fraction of what they received, or so we must surmise given November's lead feature: "Virgins Are Cool"! The issue then wends its way through how to land very cool jobs; what life is like for sisters who just cannot get along; a trip to Portland, Maine; and not one but two pieces about living with a mother who is ill. All this and much more: we hope you'll be thankful for our first episode on the November 1988 issue!
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TOPICS
🎧 It Is November 1988
🎧 In Our Lives + Spine Line
🎧 Feature: Virgins Are Cool
🎧 Feature: Terrorizing Your Sister
🎧 Feature: Ten Amazing Jobs (And What It Takes To Get Them)
🎧 Fiction: Visitation Rites
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 It Happened To Me: Lynn’s Mother Died Of Cancer
🎧 Help
🎧 On The Road: Portland
🎧 What He Said: Do You Want To Live With A Girl Before You Marry Her?
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Crack Is Wack
NOTES
📚 Slaves Of New York on Thriftbooks
📽 The Slaves Of New York movie on JustWatch
🏛 MTV's Museum Of Unnatural History
⚡️ "Should You Electrically Vibrate Your Period Pain Away?" at Slate
👙 Betty Beauty Malibu (Aqua Blue) pubic hair coloring kit at Amazon
