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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1991 Slumber Party: Waste, Self-Esteem & The Dox OxWe skipped a Slumber Party for the December 1990 issue, so this time we've got two quizzes to take. How wasteful are we, and how high is our self-esteem? Find out who landed in the happy middle, and who ended up in the freak extremes. Then we move on to playing your calls on topics ranging from who got scammed by the How To Get The Guy You Want system, which early 90s movies have a surprising link, and which mascot should rightly represent Pam and her adventures in doxxing. Get a nice big breath of fresh air (not you, Pittsburgh...2025-02-2549 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1991 Fashion Etc.: Pastels, Jean Jackets & Apple Cider VinegarTo kick off the new year, Sassy wants you to wear pastels, catalog fashions, jean jackets, white t-shirts, and an alice band you made yourself. It also wants you to shave your legs, fix your skin, and buy the right bra. If you're in L.A.? You're doing everything right. As for the Etc., we've got a sneaky claim about mono (but whose?), a whole new computer program to design the magazine in (so many fonts!), and a staff retreat that is something Jane Pratt should put on as a Sassy fantasy camp TODAY. Put on your shorteralls: your latest...2025-02-111h 21
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1991 Pop Culture: Hats, Mermaids & JohnsonsHow many offspring can cockroaches produce? Why should you keep sending postcards? Why were weird hats having a moment in 1991? Believe it or not, these are all questions that get explored in our January 1991 POP CULTURE episode -- but we do cover more expected topics -- shocking omissions from Karen's reviews of Mermaids and Listen Without Prejudice; not-so-shocking half-assery from Neill in his INXS album review; a One To Watch who wasn't; and much more. Put on YOUR dumbest hat and listen in!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Three Types Of CookiesThe tale of "Eat Through Austin," the domestic follow-up vacation to Dave, Pam and Tara's trip to the Big Island of Hawai'i as told on the old podcast Overwhelming Positivity. We'll back next time with more actual Listen To Sassy stuff.
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Tandoori LadyBack in 2009 Tara, Pam and Dave went to the Big Island of Hawai'i. It was a time. We recorded an episode of the Overwhelming Positivity podcast while we were there. A lot happened.
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1991 Teen Life: Depression, Douching & The New Sassiest Girls In AmericaIt's a new year in the Sassy timeline, and you know what that means: time to crown a new Sassiest Girl In America! The latest crop of hopefuls descend on New York (thanks to Clairol and L.A. Gear), and apparently don't slow down for photos because other than the winner on the cover, all you get are silver dollar-sized, super-processed photos of them. (If this is what we have to look forward to from the magazine's new redesign, its first since its launch almost three years ago: boo.) Elsewhere, we hear first-person testimony from staffers' bouts of depression, a...2024-12-1042 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1990 Fashion Etc.: Denim, Body Image & The World's First Bath PuffsSome of the readers in charge of fashion freak it, like stylist Daisy von Furth's fun and quirky denim looks. Others, like Shelly Franklin, went to a Gap and grabbed the first seven garments she saw. The two co-exist uneasily over 12 pages in the December 1990 issue's one and only fashion feature. (Which stylist did you prefer? Tell us at 720-SASSY-GO!) Beyond that, we get a makeup enthusiast getting mentored by an expert; an essay about how weight-related beauty standards change over time, an absolutely cuckoo Making It project, and much much more. Put down your new-fangled bath puff and listen!2024-11-2641 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1990 Pop Culture: Judas Priest, Darkman & GnardsOur second episode on Sassy's first reader-produced issue covers its pop culture topics. Whose mom surprisingly liked Das Damen? Is "gnard" going to catch on as a slang term? And is Nathan Limbaugh...okay? There's also movie reviews, a One To Watch who may or may not be, a profile of Faith No More's Mike Patton, and a bushel AND a peck of a Mystic, CT scribe named Eva Peck. Put down your Factsheet Five for just a second and listen!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1990 Teen Life: Protests, Fruit & CocaineThe staff at Sassy had impeccable instincts for building its community -- and in the days when doing so required going to the post office to put actual paper goods in the actual mail, too -- and there's no better proof of their success than its first-ever reader-produced issue. The proof that some 80+ real readers made the issue happen is that...you know, the photos are kind of dark. Also that a lead feature about parents doing cocaine and the effect of their drug use on their 10-year-old son showing a few more gaps than we typically like to see...2024-10-2948 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1990 Slumber Party: Spacing Out, Chasing Boys & Counting TamponsHow spacy are we? According to Sassy's November 1990 quiz, the answer is "possibly a lot spacier than some of us would care to admit" or "just about as spacy as we thought." Then, because we spaced on our last combined Slumber Party episode, we go back in time to take the September quiz and Rate [Our] Boy-Obsessiveness. (If you predicted that Pam's score would require a whole different scale, good job: you've REALLY been listening.) Then we move on to some of your latest calls, which cover topics including how a driver's ed teacher might work smarter, not harder; how...2024-10-1554 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1990 Fashion Etc.: Hair School, A Witch & Brown SquatsThe weather's getting chillier, and the fashion (etc.) of the November 1990 knows it. Hence a whole story about brown coats, and a spread to help you source all the goth-y looks your black heart desires. Mary brings us a report on her time auditing classes at the Vidal Sassoon Academy and actually getting to cut real (mannequin) hair. Jane tells a confusing story about getting mugged, a pet store owner's daughter sticks up for her mom (we're not having it), and much much more in an episode that REALLY smells like Teen Spirit!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1990 Pop Culture: Deee-Lite, Kim Gordon & Dinky BossettiDid Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry approach their "Well, Did You Evah?" cover for Red Hot + Blue with the appropriate level of professionalism? Which downtown shopping and dining spots Christina visited with Sonic Youth still exist today? Was Shawn Wayans One To Watch? What does "gerbiling" really mean? And how did Winona Ryder EVER agree to play a character named Dinky Bossetti? We can't promise we answer all these questions, but we definitely try in the November 1990 Pop Culture episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1990 Teen Life: Dates, Vegetarians & SleepLet's all open up a new issue together! Yes, the first feature is a dispiriting profile of Bill, who only recently left foster care to reunite with his family. But there's also dating, sleeping, a primer on becoming a vegetarian, and a truly classic fiction story. What He Said is all about your potty mouth; Body Talk is telling you about a new-fangled piece of exercise gear known as a step; Help For Him addresses bad smells Down There...and more! Grab a tall glass of orange juice and listen!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1990 Slumber Party: Sisters, Paint & Driver's EdAfter skipping the September 1990 Slumber Party, we're resuming with our results from the October 1990 quiz -- What Kind Of Sister Are You? -- then launching into a bumper crop of your latest voicemails. Why are driver's ed films so horrifying? Can you still get Mad magazine? What's lymph? We figure out SOME of this in this all-new episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1990 Fashion Etc.: Twin Peaks, Muscles & Be Fri NecklacesThis month's fashion stories run the gamut more than most issues. Do you want to dress like everyone on Twin Peaks? It's 1990 -- of course you do, and so does everyone else! Do you want to wear velvet? Mmmm, depends if you like everyone to see sweat stains on your catsuit. This month we're also learning why we should exercise with weights, how gardening clogs could be worn in everyday life, what benefits you could obtain from loitering around a department store wig section (???), and who came SECOND in the Sassiest Boy In America contest -- but first in our...2024-08-061h 12
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1990 Pop Culture: Christian Slater, Whit Stillman & WoofsWho has tattoos? What snack does Iggy Pop most resemble? How seriously do we need to take Perry Farrell's 1990 First Amendment statement? What's wrong with Whit Stillman? Is there a minimum age for album reviewers? What's "Balt"?! We answer all these questions and so many more in the October 1990 Pop Culture episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1990 Teen Life: Driving Lessons, Alcoholism & CroutonsMore so than usual, the Teen Life topics of the October 1990 issue are here to help you figure out your life. What might a wise older person tell you about trying to get your driver's license? What jobs are so weird you might actually want to do them? How do you heal from a parent's substance use issues? Then there's Amy, who writes an It Happened To Me about her internship at Mad magazine, not knowing what hangs us all up is her throwaway detail about spending the summer BEFORE that working at a crouton factory, but...did she? Really...2024-07-0959 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1990 Fashion Etc.: Shoes, Lubriderm & Even More Dutch BoyShop like a model; dress like an elf!2024-06-2549 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1990 Pop Culture: Movie Sequels, James Marshall & The Hothouse FlowersThere's a lot of pop culture in the September 1990 issue that will need revision sooner or later. Like: a report on the cancellation of 21 Jump Street, just weeks before its revival in syndication. And: making James Marshall One To Watch off the strength of one season of Twin Peaks, before he went off the grid. Or: an extensive feature on The Hothouse Flowers, perhaps to justify the expense of whoever paid for Christina to go to Dublin and interview them. And while giving Die Hard 2 a mere 2 stars is, of course, a matter to taste...it's not taste we share...2024-06-1142 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1990 Teen Life: Tricking Boys, Puppy Mills & PaintingThe first thing you need to know about this episode is that there was an issue with one of the tracks. It doesn't matter who did what: the result is that Dave had to use a backup to the backup, which means this is going to be a more rough-and-ready version of the podcast than you're used to. We're sorry about that, but hey: it'll be all the more enjoyable when the next episode reaches you with its usual level of polish. MOVING ON: the September issue's Teen Life topics include gangs, puppy mills, and a bedroom painting project your...2024-05-2137 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Slumber Party: MTV, Extra Balls & East Side Mario’sThe two of us who grew up without MTV do our best on the August 1990 quiz, Rate Your MTV-ness! (That "best" is...bad.) Then it's on to your latest calls! What bedding treasures are you finding online? Who's out here defending Madonna's I'm Breathless? Which chain restaurants reign supreme? We thrill to the journeys you're taking us on in the August 1990 Slumber Party!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Fashion Etc.: Boats, Socks & DietsIt's nearly time to go back to school, and Sassy has your wardrobe inspiration. Retro nerd? Cute jock? Merchant marine? It's all possible if you run with Sassy's latest tips. There's also advice on doing your hair and makeup like you didn't try, making perfectly good underwear borderline unwearable, and ads, ads, ads. (Yes, Filippo-Totti is back, THANK GOD.) Turn down your Keith Sweat or MC Hammer albums and listen to all our thoughts on the August 1990 issue's Fashion (Etc.)!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Pop Culture: Michael Rank, Michael Rank & Michael RankConsidering that Pam has not seen a single one of the five movies reviewed in the August 1990 Watch It, we find an awful lot to say about them. But that's not all! There's also dolphins, Butt-head, Goo, spack, Barbie, garbage, Sondheim, Michael Rank, Michael Rank, and Michael Rank -- and it's all stuck together with God's glue. If that's not Enuff? Z'Nuff!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Teen Life: Eastern Europe, Wet Pastrami & Mr. SpermTime for a new issue! Catherine kicks things off with a dark reporting trip to several locations that were, until quite recently, in the Soviet Union. Kim shares the results from a poll of guys' and girls' views, though what we mostly remember is what we thought they looked like in their underwear. Karen walks you through each day of your month as the owner of a female reproductive system. The fiction runner-up is about...talking to pastrami. All this plus Sassy staffers' romantic boyfriends, the return of Help For Him, unorthodox uses for avocados, and much much more! Stop...2024-03-1955 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Slumber Party: Horse Parking, Cher Impressions & A Mall Security Guard With A SecretSkipping the June 1990 Slumber Party means we're doubling up on the quizzes this time, which is just as well since they're both about half as compelling as usual. Rate Your Sassy Staff IQ? Rate Your Prejudices? Is...everyone okay? Fortunately, everyone who's left us messages since the last time we heard from you is doing great: we're delighted to hear your stories of life in Phoenix during the rodeo, how to use a pot lip balm without greasing up your finger, which smutty book compromised the integrity of your toys, and so much more. Grab a cocktail -- maybe NOT...2024-03-1256 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Fashion Etc.: Dickies, Curlers & Miss Personality PlusThe July 1990 issue has a lot of ideas about your look. Some are good, like the spread of 40s-inspired swimsuits. Some are weird, like the Making It suggestion that you cut off the collar and cuffs of a buttondown shirt and just tuck them, loose, into a pullover sweater, hoping for the best. Some are simply Not Done anymore, like getting white girl "beach braids" on your visit to the Caribbean. We're telling you about all this and more -- including a bumper crop of all-new ads! -- in the July 1990 Fashion Etc. issue!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Pop Culture: Bart Simpson, Scott Garrison & Dozens Of RecommendationsFor its July 1990 issue, Sassy COULD just give you five reviews each in Listen Up and Watch It, as usual. But no: they've gone above and beyond to save you from boredom by creating a special pop culture supplement you can tear out and take straight to the video store, record store, bookstore, and library to load up on all the movies, albums, and books Sassy thinks you need to check out. Are some of their recommendations weird or wrong? Sure! But a lot of them are solid; we go through the lists to say which ones we co-sign. All...2024-02-1336 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Teen Life: Road Trips, Boyfriend Fights & Inverted NipplesWe're diving into a new issue and...finding horror, unfortunately. Catherine interviews a girl whose high school boyfriend murdered her parents. Help offers painful-sounding advice to a letter writer looking to turn out her inverted nipples. AND Kim, Karen, and Mike are staying in low-end hotels?! Okay, that last one was a joke; their road trip sounds pretty fun. And there's a lot to love in the issue's teen life topics, from great advice about fighting with a partner to a contest-winning fiction story from a future bestselling author to a whole new column: Help For Him! Take a break...2024-01-0937 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1990 Fashion Etc.: Water, Sun & How To Ruin A SwimsuitSummer is officially here, and that means learning how to stay beautiful in the water, and not use too much, but also splash your face 20 times when you wash it. It means spending time in the sun, and boiling a whole lettuce head to use the juice to soothe your skin if you burn it. It also means taking a perfectly good one-piece swimsuit, cutting it into two, tying it in knots, and hoping for the best? We cover all this, plus a bumper crop of ads, in the June 1990 Fashion Etc. episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1990 Pop Culture: Kate Pierson, Fan Mail & One Of Pop Music's NicksWe're learning a lot both in the pop culture topics as covered in the June 1990 Sassy, and ALSO in our further research about them. A Parenthood TV show? The couple I Love You To Death was based on? Who Rachel Hunter would end up with after Kip Winger? How many more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies would follow the 1990 début? There's just so much to know! We also touch on Kate Pierson, Spanky Taylor, and Natalie Maines's future ex-husband. Put Bad Influence on pause, but definitely come back to it AFTER you listen to our latest episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1990 Teen Life: Cowgirls, Aliens & CrabsCW: 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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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Slumber Party: Embarrassment, Temu & The Other Keanu ReevesThe May 1990 Sassy quiz invites us to Rate [Our] Embarrassability, almost as though they don't know the kinds of things we have disclosed on this podcast. And then, we're taking your calls, including some of YOUR embarrassing disclosures! What got up a listener's child's nose, and how did it get out? What are your phones recommending you buy, perhaps based on your listening to us? HOW MANY of you want to hit up your local Olive Garden with David T. Cole?! We cover all this and much much more in the May 1990 Slumber Party!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Fashion Etc.: Mixed Prints, Sweepstakes & Very Discolored ColorsWe still have a little left to say about Johnny Depp -- he is our cover boy, after all -- but then we get into the fashion (etc.) of the May 1990 issue. The photos for a swimsuit story starring Lou Rawls's model daughter Louann all come out looking brown. Editorial on mixing prints gets mixed reviews. And the blue-green beauty story raises a lot more questions than it answers. We also cover Alice bands, harsh acne treatments, sunscreen, suntan oil, the slow death of Sassy Club, and much more! Put on your Artcarved class ring and get into it!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Pop Culture: Johnny Depp, Samantha Mathis & More Johnny DeppWe've had a lot of different feelings about Johnny Depp, the May 1990 cover boy, over the course of our lives, and while we might want to distance ourselves from the people we were in May 1990, when he was about as hot and sexy as he would ever be...we can't; we have to talk about him -- not only because there's a feature profile on him, but because he's all over the rest of the magazine too! His TV show, 21 Jump Street, comes up in What Now as the source material Dick Wolf's Nasty Boys is obviously ripping off! His...2023-10-1756 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Teen Life: Pets, Fishbowls & Tortured MomsIt's time to crack open a brand-new (33-year-old) issue of Sassy! A lovely profile of Cara Dunne, a blind Harvard student, is chased by the horror show of Karen's report on volunteering at a vet's office. Kim has the brilliant brainstorm of soliciting stories of her colleagues' teen cruelty to their moms, and THEN reaching out to said moms for comment. Christina goes to Hawaii to interview some world-class surfers about the sport. And the rest of the Teen Life topics are a rich tapestry too: we do a tight ten on the bizarre photo choice for Body Talk; critique...2023-10-0348 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1990 Slumber Party: Movie Trivia, Nasal Mishaps & The Olive GardenIt's the April 1990 Slumber Party, which means we've gotten into our sleeping bags despite having had WAY too much Jolt Cola. After sharing our results in the Rate Your Movie Knowledge quiz, we're playing your 20+ calls, on subjects ranging from the sound of dot matrix printers, how Jason Priestley's cuteness defies pixelation, and what criteria you must meet to join Dave at The Olive Garden. All this and more in our latest loopy episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1990 Fashion Etc.: Tattoos, Wigs & Strawberry FrankensteinThe April 1990 issue knows exactly what you need to wear. Six essential pieces, half of which are actually visible in the fashion story! Tattoo prints and embroidery! Ballet slippers with gold shoelaces for some reason! WIGS! All this plus ads for Rit dye and a demented t-shirt, intern testimonials and world-class letters, and much much more in our latest Fashion Etc. episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1990 Pop Culture: Milk, Deadheads & Jason PriestleyIs Tremors actually a better movie than its marketing would have you believe? Will new Young Guns make the Young Guns sequel more compelling than the original? Who exactly is ruining the scene outside Grateful Dead shows? And why didn't Jason Priestley talk to Christina -- surely Sister Kate couldn't be keeping him that busy? We answer all these questions and tons more you literally never could have anticipated in our latest pop culture episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1990 Teen Life: Dangerous Questions, Dolphins & DischargeThe April 1990 issue may have fewer Teen Life features, but what they lack in number they make up for in discussion value. Mike counsels us on how not to talk to guys. A story on an anorexic girl basically leaves her out entirely. Christina is stunned to learn that dolphins...may not want to swim with humans? All this and more, from Gilda Marx to the family restaurant Dave is deprived from visiting, awaits you in our April 1990 Teen Life episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1990 Slumber Party: Butts, Teratomas & Your Self-CenterednessThe March 1990 quiz dares readers to "Rate Your Self-Centeredness," and we dropped everything to do a deep analysis on life's main characters: us! In fact, because the voicemailbox was a bit empty this time around -- maybe the heat wave fried your phones? -- that we were able to focus on our responses to the quiz for twice as long as we normally do! Then, we flipped over to your calls on topics including Buns Of Steel, a Sassy cameo in Christmas Vacation, how far back our lives on the internet actually exist, among many other concerns. Take a break...2023-07-2532 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1990 Fashion Etc.: Prom, Audrey & Wildly Expensive BrushesSassy's second birthday coincides with prom, and this issue is on it, showing you how to get ready (with...a bodybuilding magazine?) and one ad full of Merry Go Round's weirdest dresses. There's also a great spread on Audrey Hepburn as a fashion muse, and a weird spread on environmentally conscious fashion that doesn't quite think things through. We're also learning which natural beauty products passed Sassy editors' testing, what Climax Springs is, and how friggin' many soap stars had their own 900 numbers in this era. Put on your most diaphanous sleeves and get into it!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1990 Pop Culture: Stephen Baldwin, Rikki Rockett & The JohnsAre you still calling all guys "Fred"s? Did you hoard your Debbie Gibson autobiography or are you one of the people selling it for three figures on eBay? Can you pick Stephen Baldwin out of a lineup? Did you thrill to Mama, There's A Man In Your Bed? DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE GOOD?! ...This is not actually a quiz; we're just letting you know some of the questions you may ask yourself after listening to our March 1990 Pop Culture episode. Get into it!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1990 Teen Life: One-Night Stands, Pick-Up Lines & Mother TeresaSassy embarks upon its third year with a fun, kicky feature on a girl whose parents committed her to a mental institution for what sure seem like spurious reasons. Christina gets heteronormative about one-night-stands, starting with the assumption that you, a girl, might not want to have one. A list of the 20 coolest women hasn't aged well the whole way through (although "Mom" probably still rocks). All this plus another weird short story, Young MC abandoning his whole ethos to pretend he doesn't use pick-up lines, all the ginseng news you can handle, and much much more!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1990 Slumber Party: Willpower, Pedicures & Poetry ScamsFirst off, we take February 1990 "Rate Your Willpower" quiz. If you think you may know what kind of tangents that leads us to, you are almost certainly wrong. Then we play your latest voicemails, in which you tell us about your own experiments with Sassy's beauty hacks, your musings about which kind of medical procedure would be least terrible if interrupted by an earthquake, what it's like to get scammed by a poetry contest, and so much more!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1990 Fashion Etc.: Embroidery, Cologne & DIY Beauty BasicsAfter blowing past cover girl Gina Marie DeGiovanni, we delve into the Fashion (Etc.) of the February 1990 issue. Give your preppy basics some edge! Canoodle with your boyfriend while you're both swathed in embroidery! Dump a bottle of cranberry juice on your head and see what happens! Also: Christina tries a bunch of beauty treatments; you get the best red lipstick recommendations at all price points; the New Kids are popping off in a full-page ad for their (very pricey) hotline. All this and more in our latest episode!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1990 Pop Culture: Lenny Kravitz, Rap & Norwegian SkateboardersThe February 1990 What Now claims to be a "Low-Venom Edition," then lashes out at Combos and Child's Play for no good reason on the very same page, so we're not sure what to believe. (We aren't going to "bail" on it, though we now know that's a slang term we could use if we did!) After we learn about Alyssa Milano's Japanese pop album, illicit Norwegian skateboard imports, and so much more, it's on to Watch It, where Courage Mountain (a Heidi take with Charlie Sheen, of all people) and The War Of The Roses get surprisingly good reviews, and...2023-05-0255 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1990 Teen Life: Divorce, Dude Defects & A New Sassiest Girl In AmericaThirteen months have gone by since Sassy crowned Rinnan its first Sassiest Girl In America, so it's time to pick a new one from a notably smaller field of finalists. Did we agree with the judges' choice? (Would we bring it up here if we did?) Catherine reports on a woman who was divorced before she was old enough to vote. Kim France makes her debut with a confusing piece on "dude defects." Karen tries her hand at fiction again. All this, plus What He Said about fantasy women, an It Happened To Me that's more It Happened To Dad...2023-04-1851 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1989 Slumber Party: Christmas, Fuddrucker's & OphthalmologyYes, we know it's spring and we're talking about the winter holidays, but that's just how things shake out sometimes. After the "Rate Your Ho-Ho-Ho-ness" quiz discussion takes a surprisingly contentious turn, we play some of your latest calls! Topics include but are not limited to: Cher, Tori Spelling, the redheaded guy from Workaholics, Comedy Central, Cher, chambray, Fuddrucker's, Skyline Chili, Hatchet, Belk, and how many eye puff tests one person can experience in a day and still live to tell about it. Roll out your sleeping bag, it's the Slumber Party!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1989 Fashion Etc.: Sequins, Lucy & Cheap-Ass Christmas GiftsOne decade's ending and another one's starting: maybe your old aesthetic should end and you should try out a new one? The December 1989/January 1990 double issue has some ideas! What if you dressed like Lucille Ball, or a crow? What if you glued sequins to a t-shirt, or your face? What if you gave yourself dreadlocks??? ...Actually, don't do that one. Elsewhere, readers are calling out fur that turns out to be faux; a feature writer keeps her job thanks to fax machines; and the whole staff is giving you Christmas presents that cost them absolutely nothing and that they...2023-03-211h 00
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1989 Pop Culture: Billy, Björk & TrixieThe pop culture topics of the December 1989/January 1990 issue fall into a few clear categories. Want to learn about age-appropriate boys? There are What Now items on Fred Savage and Jared Rushton. Want to get confused by feelings of horniness for unbelievably hot men? There's a shirtless Patrick Swayze and Billy Wirth, the latter apparently One To Watch. Want to be really mean about people who are wealthier and more powerful than you will ever be? There's a swipe at Cher for being old (at 43), and a WHOLE bunch of snark in the results of the entertainment poll -- including...2023-03-0745 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1989 Teen Life: Sobbing, Speculums & Saving The PlanetSassy's first and only double issue kicks off with a classic bummer: the story of teenager Billy Rosebud, whose murder cops only bothered to look into after his own family spent years doing most of the investigating for them. From there, things lighten up, as Karen tells us what to expect from a gynecologist appointment, Christina walks us through a truly cathartic crying fit, and Mary Kaye attempts to help us save the planet. (Whoops.) Plus: a fiction story about a dad's hypocrisy (yes, we know, that's all fiction for teen girls); a stark warning about extended-wear contacts; the truth...2023-02-2155 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober & November 1989 Slumber Party: NKOTB, Frogs & ToiletsHaving skipped the October Slumber Party episode in late 2022, we're bringing you a SUPER-SIZED installment featuring our results in not one but TWO quizzes: Rate Your Self-Destructiveness from the October 1989 issue, and Rate Your Mall Knowledge from November 1989. Then it's on to several months' worth of calls on such subjects as whether physical therapy is a scam, how to lord a birthstone ring over your haters, Crocs, tarot, Lady Gaga, and what is and isn't necessary when it comes to public pooping. Sorry but also this is partly on you, or at least your fellow listeners!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1989 Fashion Etc.: Loungin', Thanks & Shades Of FragranceHaving bid adieu to our dear guest co-hosts Kim and Megan, we welcome back Pam for the November 1989 Fashion Etc. episode. Fashion spreads tell us how to dress like a pilgrim, or a rodeo queen (?), or in a jacket. Karen does an exposé on how worthless your expensive modeling school education actually is. The lone beauty story tries to show us what...smells......look like. There's also beauty gadget trials, an update on how to wear your jeans, curly hair makeovers, some very emotional letters, and so much more!
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1989 Pop Culture: New Kids, Josh Charles & A Cute Baby BoyMegan and Kim wind up their guest-co-hosting gigs with a bumper crop of pop culture topics. What Now takes us through The Keeper, "Bettys," acceptable crush objects Simon de la Brosse and Ethan Hawke, and Unacceptable crush object Leaf Phoenix. We attempt to understand the plot of Nightmare On Elm Street 5 and the appeal of Queen Of Hearts. We celebrate Mike's extremely correct five-star review of the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, and why the youth still know Tears For Fears. Then it's on to another successful One To Watch pick, and a feature all about every cool late '80s...2023-01-1056 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1989 Teen Life: Pregnant, Drafted & DumpedMegan and Kim return to help us cover all the Teen Life topics of the November 1989 issue! After racing through the lead bummer feature about the passes rich white criminals get, we discuss some solid advice from Christina on what to do -- and, more importantly, what NOT to do -- when you get dumped. The winners of a photography contest surprise us with their competence. Some guys DON'T surprise us with their shallow thinking about whether women should be subject to a military draft. There's also soup, Harvard, anemia, adoption, a bumper crop of Stuff You Wrote, and oh...2022-12-2744 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1989 Fashion Etc.: Boots, Model Bones & Snapped NecksWhile Pam continues globe-trotting, we are joined by guest co-hosts Megan McCafferty and Kim Reed for a discussion of the fashion (etc.) of the October 1989 issue! We're painting our feet, squinting at boots, sewing crap to the bottom of our blazers...okay, we're only doing some of that -- but we're talking about all of it. Prepare yourself for a deep dive on the "Welcome To Bedrock" fashion story, which instantly finds itself in the top 5 weirdest in the magazine's young life. Plus! Ads, letters, desks, the '20s, and so much more!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1989 Pop Culture: Frogs, Whale(y) & River Phoenix’s DogPam is overseas and Kim Reed's internet has been destroyed, but guest co-host Megan McCafferty is here! And eager to dig in on October 1989's pop culture topics. Her beloved Keith Coogan gets a mention in a What Now blurb about Star Search! Her object of teenage obsession, River Phoenix, gets a whole page to proselytize to Christina about animal rights! And there's more: we also cover Gleaming The Cube, The Karate Kid Part III, Frank Whaley, acceptable potatoes, whether The Pogues and reggae are repetitive (spoiler: yes), and -- somehow -- Steven Spielberg's defunct theme restaurant, Dive!. Make yourself...2022-11-2950 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1989 Teen Life: Reputations, Periods & World StatisticsFor once, the lead feature is not heavy with tragedy -- it's just a little research piece on stats about teens in the U.S. compared to other countries. Do WE find a way to end on a bummer note anyway? ...Sorry, but yes, we do. We also discuss a piece that claims to help you "blow off" a reputation you might not want, and a collection of Sassy staffers' most horrifying and graphic period stories. Beyond the features, we're talking gum, toilet strat, cheaters, eye twitches, and much much more! Pull up your 3D socks and join us!2022-11-1556 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1989 Slumber Party: Annie, Bonhomme & DrysolThe September 1989 issue truly gets to the heart of what 90% of Sassy readers (give or take) were obsessing about: Rate Your Guy Appeal. How strong should you come on to a hypothetical Danish exchange student? Take the quiz and compare your results to ours. Then it's on to your latest voicemails, covering subjects ranging from how to interact with Northern Irish children; whether Bonhomme is a force for evil; how dangerous Drysol may actually be, and much much more!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1989 Fashion Etc.: Buttons, Blimps & Horse GirlsWhat's your look going to be when you head back to school this year? Horse girl? All-red Christmas elf? Sticking buttons on all your garments, until they inevitably fall off in a trail behind you? Sassy is here for ALL these ideas! We also learn about tiny jewelry, models so "quirky" they actually look smart, some truly demented ads, and the arrival of a Fashion Editor, at last. Put down your glue gun and listen!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1989 Pop Culture: Batman, Love Shack & All My ChildrenThe September 1989 issue gives us much to discuss in the world of pop culture. Is "well-gutted" a valid Sassy Glossary entry when "gutted" is just fine on its own? Should men pay for dates? How much can we discuss the TV adaptation of The Outsiders that won't be out for several months? How much baseline knowledge should a Gen Xer have about the Indigo Girls? How much worse is The Batman (2022) than Batman (1989)? How many of the All My Children stars Christina hung out with on set are still working on soaps today? What does it mean to call Paula...2022-10-041h 03
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1989 Teen Life: This, This & ThatTime to go back to school (in 1989) with the Teen Life topics of the September issue! Catherine goes to Northern Ireland to report on The Troubles and gets real poetic about it. Christina relays tales of raging jealousy with the tiniest nod to more productive ways their subjects could have handled themselves. Your co-hosts are divided on "Grace," this month's fiction story. It Happened To Me's contributor shares her wisdom from an unsuccessful Remote Control tryout. All that plus interracial dating, nipple hair, NutraSweet (remember her) and so much more await you in our latest podcast!QUICK LINKS2022-09-2056 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Slumber Party: Mellencamp, Moods & Kingpin HatsWas this the right week for us to Rate Our Moodiness, as the August 1989 issue invited us to do? Given what we were dealing with, maybe not! (Content warning: hip talk.) Then we move on to some of your latest voicemails, which cover matters as diverse as John Mellencamp's dating history and cross-country appeal; avant-garde uses for Sun-in; an extremely romantic-sounding job playing piano in the Yukon; and much much more!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Fashion Etc.: Jeans, Beads & Boy StuffIt's time for back-to-school shopping, so we're going back to basics, with fashion stories on jeans and sweaters. There's also a suggestion that you sew 1000 teeny-tiny beads on a dress, but who has the time? In the beauty lane, we're learning about traditionally male grooming products and tips and all about kingpin hats, the down sides of manicures, how to match your foundation color AND dig in on a new feature: Zits And Stuff. All this and more is waiting for you!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Pop Culture: Charlie, Spike & RockmelonsHow many calories in every hamburger McDonald's has ever sold? Was Booker the right career move for Richard Grieco? All this and more is covered in What Now. Watch it has, among others, a correct rating for Do The Right Thing and a wildly unfair rating for The Tall Guy. Listen Up finds us divided on The Ramones' "Pet Sematary," but united on 10,000 Maniacs. Dave agrees that Billy Zane is One To Watch, then protests the Ones To Watch. And we only have one pop culture feature this month, but when it's as memorable as Christina's sitdown with Charlie Sheen...2022-08-0951 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Teen Life: Gambling, Cheerleading & FlingsWant to learn how grim a teen's journey into gambling addiction actually is? NO? Well, too bad, because Catherine's piece on Kim Cohen leads off the features in the August 1989 issue. We also cover cheerleading, summer flings, the intimate results of the recent Sassy readers' poll, and a short story about a girl short-circuiting her mom's affair with an electrician (see what we did there). But wait, there's more! Soy sauce! Bad breath! Communes! Abortion! Athlete's foot! And a whole new feature, It's My Life, to make you jealous of a girl you never met just because she got to...2022-07-2658 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1989 Slumber Party: Social Conscience, Cinema Boycotts & Sun InThe July 1989 quiz invites us to rate our social conscience and then feel very smug about ourselves -- but do we? Then it's on to your calls, which are the usual chaotic mix, careening from the summer movies of yesteryear to the unexpected cautionary tale that is the Harry Connick Jr. vehicle Copycat to the works of Canadian YA author Gordon Korman, with many stops in between. Get into or out of the sun and join us!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1989 Fashion Etc.: Vests, Dots & PolymersThe time has come to discuss the fashion (etc) of the July 1989 issue! We're back in Morocco for stories on colonial costume and culturally appropriative beauty! We're also doing vests and polka dots! We're learning how to stay safe in the sun! And we're...making a bandana cap? Or not! In the "etc" section, we're reviewing Jane's staff's review of her in Diary and commenting on the latest round of letters. All this and more (girl, control your facial oil!) in our latest podcast!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1989 Pop Culture: Robert, Reggae & Road HouseThe pop culture coverage of the July 1989 issue gets into a lot of different areas. The breakup of Johnny Depp's latest engagement? An offensive Guns N' Roses song? Censorship? A surprising amount of Ken Ober? What Now goes there! We also get reviews of Say Anything..., Road House, Boy George, and Julian Lennon, among many others. One To Watch tells us about Alex Désert, yet another young actor with a perfectly respectable character-actor career ahead of him. Our features tell us about Robert Downey Jr. (in his second profile in the magazine) and reggae (uh oh, Pam). But what yo...2022-06-1459 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1989 Teen Life: Family Vacations, Fiction Winners & The Northern LightsYou're not going to believe this, but the first feature of the July 1989 issue -- about getting through vacations with your family -- is not extremely depressing; it's merely somewhat worrisome if you read between the lines about maintaining harmony amongst everyone on the trip. In fact, there's hopefulness in all the features, which also include a visit to Navajo and Hopi girls on an Arizona reservation, and theories on why guys might say "no" to you. We also read the first- and second-place finishers in Sassy's first fiction contest; learn...very little about Las Vegas; find out how much...2022-05-3154 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Change, Self-Care & YouListen To Sassy is changing from a weekly podcast to an every-other-weekly podcast; let us tell you why. (And also tell you we love you.)QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Slumber Party: TV Trivia, Taco Bell & TamponsIt's one thing to test your TV trivia IQ today, when there are hundreds of networks and dozens of streaming platforms. It's quite another to test how well you can recall TV trivia that, at its most recent, is 33 years old -- but your co-hosts bravely attempt it with the June 1989 quiz, Rate Your TV Trivia IQ. (Which of us got a perfect score? The answer won't surprise you.) Then it's on to your latest voicemails, which run the gamut from tales of high school employment, good and bad; beloved YA novel series of yesteryear; one particularly memorable Chicagoland Batman...2022-05-1739 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Movie Commercials Of Summer 1989Summer movie season is just around the corner, so for our latest special episode, we're traveling back 33 years to recall the summer movie season of 1989. We've collected a bunch of TV spots from that year's movie hits (and misses) and are sharing our memories of what we rushed out to see that June, July, and August...or what we just possibly happened to be on for a $2 Tuesday when we needed to soak up some air conditioning. Join us, won't you?QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Fashion Etc.: Marrakesh, Navy & The Return Of BloomersWant to dress like a John Waters protagonist, but only half the time? Risk abuse in a Muslim-majority country by flouting their standards of modest dress? Find a new way to confound your loved ones with bloomers? Give yourself a migraine with wildly complicated braids? The June 1989 issue is here for you! Our podcast on its fashion (etc.) also covers whether navy is basic; how young the cover model is; the absolute worst photo ever used for a contest ad; and much much more! Take a break from tracing the Bold Hold logo onto a drug store receipt and join...2022-05-031h 00
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Pop Culture: Anthrax, Tiffany & TurtlesHave you ever wanted to: know what's in a lava lamp? Get Sassy to approve of your taste in music? Find out where Karen and Tiffany stand one year after the disaster that was Karen's attempted profile? What Now covers all of this and more. Watch It reviews The Dream Team and Troop Beverly Hills (among others), but which is the Hit and which is the Bomb? The answer may surprise you! Opinions are split on Hugo Largo's second (and apparently final) album Mettle, while Cowboy Junkies' breakout album The Trinity Session is rightly fêted. One To Watch gets i...2022-04-261h 02
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Teen Life: Summer Jobs, Activists & Pimples On My ButtThe June 1989 issue starts with a downbeat feature to end all downbeat features: first-person accounts from survivors of incestuous child abuse. Fortunately, the rest of the issue keeps it light: Karen tells you how to land a summer job; Christina profiles young-adult activists; all the female staffers discuss where the best guys come from. Outside the features, there's blisters, butt pimples, London slang, guys' views on feminists, a Hall Of Fame Stuff You Wrote submission, and so much more! Sit your pimply butt down and listen!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1989 Slumber Party: Sleep, Skid Row & Psych!Have you ever wanted to know how susceptible you may be to possibly developing an addiction to...anything? The May 1989 quiz -- Rate Your Addictability -- claims to tell you how worried you should be about it, but we think it just might be too vague. As always, it's a joy to move on to your latest voicemails on such subjects as supporting your local abortion providers; which hair metal bands were buying novelty vehicles in the late '80s, and from whom; how you developed the habit of sleeping on your back; and so much more. Don't be concerned...2022-04-1231 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1989 Fashion Etc.: Blush, Stress & Split EndsLet's just say it's a May tradition to do a spread on day-glo swimsuits and a spread on white garments, because we got both of those in the May 1988 issue, and here they are again! There's also a spread that's reggae in fashion form, lessons on how to use blush, and tips to reduce stress -- or at least its effect on your looks -- that have not all aged particularly well. We go in on denim styles and ad layout mistakes, debate whether hair brushing is right for everyone, and educate Dave about split ends. All this and more...2022-04-051h 05
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1989 Pop Culture: Matthew, Deborah & BreatheThe full complement of pop culture coverage returns for Sassy's May 1989 issue, PHEW. Following a What Now full of shrug items that read a lot like placeholders (what fell out?!), we're on to a very effusive Watch It, featuring Chances Are in the HIT slot and four-star reviews for Sing (not the one with animated animals) and Heathers. Listen Up vibes with Robyn Hitchcock and Elvis Costello's latest, Spike, but not even resident headbanger Laura could get on board with Skid Row's self-titled album. Matthew Sweet is our One To Watch, and then we close up with a profile of...2022-03-2944 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1989 Teen Life: Weightlifting, Shoplifting & What Guys WantWe're opening up a brand-new issue and discussing its Teen Life topics! What's it like to be a competitive weightlifter who is also female? Which camp should you go to...next year, since if you're reading recommendations in May it's too late for this summer? Do guys REALLY only want sex? And what kind of slang are they busting out in Boulder? All this and much more in our latest podcast -- the perfect soundtrack to your next shoplifting trip!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: TV Commercials Of May 1989As poorly qualified as I am to uplift individuals and communities on a global scale to prescribe a course of action, I hope you will bear with me while I begin this sincere and earnest attempt. And please don’t get mad with me if, in doing so, I must rail against the pseudoscience that attempts—and continually fails—to prove that it is Major American Corporate Conglomerates’s moral imperative to sell us into a lifetime of servitude. So let’s begin, quite properly, with a brief look at the historical development of the problem, of its attempted solutions, and of the...2022-03-1522 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1989 Slumber Party: Nerds, Brainers & Epilady DisappointmentDeclining to submit ourselves to the literal vocabulary quiz in the April 1989 issue of Seventeen, we launch straight into your calls. What is it like indoctrinating your kids into They Might Be Giants fandom? What were the smart kids called at your school? How does Dave make flavored powder stick to his popcorn? And what call prompts a deep dive on colored toilet paper? Listen to our latest Slumber Party episode, where all these questions (and more) will be answered!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1989 Fashion Etc.: Hats, Blurs & Swamp SwimsuitsIt's a slimmed-down Fashion (etc.) issue this month, but we still find plenty to yell about in the features. Why aren't any of the photos in "Going Fast" in focus? What is aspirational about a swimsuit shoot in a swamp? Who are they trying to kid with this friggin' hat story? All this plus a bunch of new ads, a deep dive on Sassy Club and much much more in our latest episode!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1989 Pop Culture: Debbie Gibson, Tiffany & Peter DeLuisePop culture offerings are slimmed down this month -- everyone was tired after the big anniversary issue, perhaps! -- but there's still lots of What Now to discuss, from the death of Acid House to the Brady ladies to Axl Rose's tresses, and...everything in between? A remarkably effusive Watch It delivers four-star reviews to the likes of Criminal Law, The Return Of Swamp Thing, and Big Man On Campus, but no love for Earth Girls Are Easy. Opinions are divided on Listen Up's Hit (They Might Be Giants) and Bomb (Tiffany's sophomore album). And Pam tries to keep it...2022-02-2255 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1989 Teen Life: Spring Break, Cliques & Bra SizesThe April 1989 issue is a little stripped-down -- no fiction, no quiz -- but still gives us lots to chew on. Catherine's profile of Andi, a teen addict, left us with a lot of questions. Laura Norton heads to a Yonkers high school to get close to its cliques. Christina and Jane's trip to spring break in Daytona Beach might not have gone into enough detail on a vacation that sounds like our worst nightmare. Body Talk leads us to our new favorite Las Vegas journalist. And there's also much to learn in Help, What He Said about dating a...2022-02-151h 02
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Slumber Party: Accutane, Epilady & Popsicle BrasThe March 1989 issue's quiz invited us to Rate [Our] Social Style, so we did -- and we were all a bit dismayed by the results that came back. Then we get to your latest calls, which run the usual gamut from adding on to previous callers' remarks, sharing hilarious high school memories, and uninhibited musings (thanks, NyQuil)! We love all of you, and we hope you love our latest roundup!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Fashion Etc.: Prom, Pool & Big, Beautiful EyesYour prom is going to be here before you know it, so the March issues of every magazine marketed to teen girls is going to be full of dress inspiration, and Sassy is no exception. But how effective is "Photo Finish" at making its looks seem aspirational? We've got critiques! The issue also tells you how to dress for pool (as in snooker), which blouses will look best with your underwear (???), how to protect your eyes, how a model spends her day, what you should sew on your perfectly good clothes NOW, and so much more!QUICK LINKS2022-02-011h 09
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Pop Culture: Surfing, Beaches & Unprepared InterviewersIf there's one thread that runs through nearly all the pop cultural coverage of the March 1989 issue, it's writers acting like preparation is for nerds. Christina admits in a What Now item that she assumed U2 was an inspiration for The Go-Betweens when it was actually the other way around. Neill reviews Rain Man without knowing anything about it. Christina jumps in on the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise with its fourth installment. And Neill ends up with so little material for his Christina Applegate Q&A that he has to leave in "How are you?" -- yes, really. At...2022-01-2557 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Teen Life: Shyness, New Orleans & Period MythsWe spend a lot of time talking about what Tara was doing in March 1989 -- at band camp for what would be the last time -- and then it's another jokefest about REGINA, perhaps because none of us is that excited about discussing a very long and journalistically very questionable article about "Young White Racists." But Karen's advice about "How To Ask The Time Without Hyperventilating" is nearly as contentious! Is it too casual about the struggles of social anxiety, or were (are?) two of your co-hosts maybe too self-conscious for their own good? We do our best to skip...2022-01-1856 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1989 Slumber Party: Alice, Change Rooms & RetainersAfter we take the confounding February 1989 quiz -- How Romantic Are You? -- and share our results, we dive into your latest calls, and they are doozies. Your fellow listeners tell us their experiences with: the scary "real" "memoir" Go Ask Alice; innovations in cursing by the children of Somerville, Massachusetts; and the antisocial uses of retail fitting rooms. But by far the most calls we've received this time -- and maybe in the whole life of the podcast -- revolve around Pam's admission that she made her own fake retainers as a kid, because lots and lots and LOTS...2022-01-1151 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1989 Fashion Etc.: Flips, Clogs & BathsWhat looks did Sassy hope you would looooooove for Valentine's? Catalogue deliveries, mismatched prints, flipped hair, and Birkenstocks, for starters. The issue also tells you how to bathe, how to be a model (or, more accurately, why it's probably not as cool as you think), what's in your hair products, what Jane's assistant does with her days, and more! Grab a handful of cinnamon hearts and join us for our discussion!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Spot The SassyWe are off for the holidays but bring you the Listen To Sassy x The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show episode featuring three LTS listeners testing their Sassy and Sassy-era knowledge! Featuring guests judges Tara and Pam!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Sassy Era TV CommercialsIt's Christmas, so in lieu of a regular episode, we've filled your stocking with a whole stack of TV commercials from 1988 and 1989 -- because what's more appropriate for the holidays than jingles? God bless us, everyone! (Especially 1988 Matt LeBlanc and his Cherry 7UP spot.)QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1989 Pop Culture: DeLuise, Milano & LeBlancWhile the reviews and What Now items educate us about peace signs and future druid Julian Cope, it's two real Italians and a fake one who get the most attention. Peter DeLuise returns in a What Now blurb about a bad Valentine's Day; Alyssa Milano succeeds in convincing Catherine that she is not "stupid" (that's Catherine's word, not ours!); and One To Watch notches another win with future Friends star Matt LeBlanc back when he was only associated with Fruitful Bran. Don't watch Twins -- or do; we couldn't reach consensus -- and join us for our February 1989 pop culture...2021-12-1444 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1989 Teen Life: Swimming, Braces & How To Tell If Someone Likes YouXXXOOO, says the February 1989 spine line, and the issue is full of Valentine's spirit...but first we need to talk about Christina's article on unhoused teens in New York. THEN we can get to her 12 DEFINITIVE ways to tell if a guy loves you, as a treat. (What He Said flips the question by asking a panel of dudes how they can tell when a girl likes THEM.) There's also another short story by the great Elizabeth Mosier, technological innovations in braces and pregnancy tests, a trip to Chicago, a first-person account of OCD, and much much more. Let this...2021-12-071h 01
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1989 Slumber Party: Mom Breasts, Swear Loopholes & Period BearsOur callers have a lot to say about our most recent episodes, including talking back to previous callers. The best way to shave legs? Setting makeup with hairspray? We're getting feedback on the feedback! We also discuss the difference between GPAs from 1989 to the present, Afterschool Specials on YouTube, scandalous doings in the Merry Go Round dressing rooms, and so much more -- including a call from a friend of the podcast about the otherwise unmemorable January 1989 quiz, What's Your Sports IQ? Hear all about it in our latest episode!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Prove How Well You Know SassyWe've carefully read 11 issues of Sassy so far, but how much information have we actually absorbed? For this special episode, Tara puts her co-hosts' memories to the test in a no-stakes trivia quiz!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1989 Fashion Etc.: Menswear, Pajamas & The National Teen-Ager FoundationThe holiday parties of late 1988 are behind us: time to hunker down for the long, long winter in pajamas and layered white leggings, sweaters, and shawls! If you simply MUST go out, why not remix your wardrobe with some menswear pieces borrowed from your boyfriend, or possibly your much, MUCH taller dad? There's also tips on achieving pretty hands, faking long lashes, and a future movie cutie hawking tampons. We get into all the fashion (etc.) of the January 1989 issue right here!QUICK LINKS
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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1989 Pop Culture: Mary Stuart Masterson & Wacko Entertainment Poll ResultsThe pop culture topics of the January 1989 issue cover a lot of ground, from a sad update on June 1988 child genius profile subject Adragon DeMello to the movie Patrick Swayze's doing instead of a Dirty Dancing sequel (it's only ROAD HOUSE!!!), five-star reviews for two very dark movies, and a sweet profile of Mary Stuart Masterson. But there's also a lot of snarking at the stars! Duran Duran's latest dance album gets slammed. And a whole bevy of celebrities are judged and found wanting as Sassy reports the results of its entertainment poll. Retract your claws -- or don't...2021-11-0954 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1988 Slumber Party: Eating Disorders, David Byrne & The Sassiest GirlWe've vetted all your applications (and we thank each and every one of you who filled one out), and the time has come to announce OUR Sassiest Girl In America! Then it's on to July 1988's extremely intense yet also possibly poorly constructed quiz: Could You Become Anorexic Or Bulimic? CW: This segment, of course, finds us talking about eating disorders, diets, and weight loss, so if those are triggering subjects for you, please skip ahead to...your calls! Past issues' pop culture! Getting punked by the Sassy Glossary! Believe it or not, EVEN MORE Miracle Whip talk! It's all...2021-06-0129 min