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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

By: Tara Ariano Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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 From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!© Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole Art Relationships Social Sciences
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  • July 1991 Pop Culture: Chapterhouse, Jamie Walters & Summer Recommendations

    July 1991 Pop Culture: Chapterhouse, Jamie Walters & Summer Recommendations
    Dec 23 2025
    It's summer, and everyone at Sassy is already too hot to work. Christina admits that What Now is kind of a flop -- she's even a month late mentioning Ian Svenonius's birthday! (It's June 1, in case you also want to mark your calendar for the most important event of the year.) One To Watch Jamie Walters, we can now agree, burned bright in his moment, but that his moment did not last long. And then the staff just foregoes Watch It, Listen Up, AND an entertainment feature, instead assembling an insert full of recommendations for what they're all going to be watching, reading, and doing in the summer of 1991. Which of them do we think you should listen to? Listen to US to find out. QUICK LINKS 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website 🖼️ Check out 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 Bluesky 📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram 🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com 🛍️ Shop the LTS Store 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 🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers 🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today! 💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post. TOPICS 🎧 It Is July 1991 🎧 Feature: Her Sister Amy 🎧 Feature: Dump That Dude 🎧 Feature: Would You Like Some Fries With That Diploma? 🎧 Feature: Why You Liked Yourself Better When You Were 11 🎧 Fiction: Serenade 🎧 Body Talk 🎧 Help 🎧 Help For Him 🎧 What He Said: What’s The Most Horrid Thing You Ever Did To Your Sister? 🎧 On The Road: Cleveland, Ohio 🎧 It Happened To Me: Teen Mother 🎧 Stuff You Wrote 🎧 Goodbye For Now NOTES 🏡 Chapterhouse on Wikipedia 🌎 "The Overpopulation Myth And Its Dangerous Connotations" at The Sierra Club Washington State 🌍 "Beyond 8 Billion" at The Population Institute ⚙️ Simple Machines 👖 Jamie Walters's Levi's TV commercial 🧑‍🚒 "Over The Hills: I Was A Beverly Hills, 90210 Heartthrob And Engaged To An A-List Actress -- But I Gave Up Fame To Become A Firefighter" at The U.S. Sun ⚓️ Odyssey on YouTube 🐤 Adam Hann-Byrd's website 🚇 The International Pop Underground Convention on Wikipedia 🎂 "IPUC At 30!" at Chick Factor 😶 "Words In Your Face" on YouTube 📰 "Words In Your Face" review at the New York Times 💅 Cover Girl NailSlicks in Tawny Peach at Amazon 🎞️ "I Watch Slacker To Read Austin In The Original" at Places Journal 😝 Ho Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha Ha at Woolly Mammoth 🤡 "It's 1:30 AM, And A Clown Wants To Fix You" at the New York Times
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    27 mins
  • July 1991 Teen Life: Hamburger U, Girls' Self-Esteem & Things You Can Measure In Pints

    July 1991 Teen Life: Hamburger U, Girls' Self-Esteem & Things You Can Measure In Pints
    Dec 9 2025
    The editors use an antique slur (sadly surging back to popularity) to describe a contributor's mentally handicapped sister, but let's not focus on that when the piece -- especially the photos it's built around -- is thoughtful and sensitive. Then, we can move on to why and how to dump a guy; no, taking you to the library isn't one of the reasons, though it does come up. Mike reports from the McDonald's training institute Hamburger University, where the sight of students and instructors actually caring about their careers in customer service alarms his apathetic Gen-X sensibilities. On The Road goes to Cleveland; female staffers' brothers confess the ways they tortured them as kids; a teen mother glosses over a LOT of what Happened To her; and more! You might want fries with this pretty early on, so sort that out before you hit play!

    QUICK LINKS
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
    🖼️ Check out 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 Bluesky
    📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
    🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
    🛍️ Shop the LTS Store

    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
    🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
    🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
    💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.

    TOPICS
    🎧 It Is July 1991
    🎧 Feature: Her Sister Amy
    🎧 Feature: Dump That Dude
    🎧 Feature: Would You Like Some Fries With That Diploma?
    🎧 Feature: Why You Liked Yourself Better When You Were 11
    🎧 Fiction: Serenade
    🎧 Body Talk
    🎧 Help
    🎧 Help For Him
    🎧 What He Said: What’s The Most Horrid Thing You Ever Did To Your Sister?
    🎧 On The Road: Cleveland
    🎧 It Happened To Me: Teen Mother
    🎧 Stuff You Wrote
    🎧 Goodbye For Now

    NOTES
    🍔 "Michael Jordan McDonald's McJordan Commercial 1993" on YouTube
    🎓 Hamburger University at The Best Schools
    👦 The Boy Crisis at Warren Farrell's website
    📰 "The 'Boy Crisis' Is Overblown" at the New York Times
    🧠 Underestimated: The Wisdom And Power Of Teenage Girls by Chelsey Goodan at Simon & Schuster
    ✍️ Seth Kaufman Writer
    🗺 Cleveland's Tower City Center
    🌊 "Lake Erie Historical" at Cleveland Historical
    📹 "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video" on YouTube
    🍛 No Kid Hungry
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    50 mins
  • June 1991 Fashion Etc.: Bikinis, Bandana Prints & The Face Shade 2000

    June 1991 Fashion Etc.: Bikinis, Bandana Prints & The Face Shade 2000
    Nov 25 2025
    Just in case you haven't already picked out every bathing suit you're going to need for the summer of 1991, Sassy's bringing you one more fashion story on bikinis. Hope you like the way Bronwyn models them because there's very little variation in her poses! The issue also covers vaguely pan-Latin American looks, some kind of fairy tale beauty story, bandana and patchwork-y prints, and how to keep the sun's harmful rays off your precious skin. Sure, a deep tan sounds good now, but someday you'll be in your fifties and VERY aware of sun damage! TRUST US!!! All of this and so very much more awaits you in our latest episode!

    QUICK LINKS
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
    🖼️ Check out 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 Bluesky
    📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
    🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
    🛍️ Shop the LTS Store

    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
    🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
    🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
    💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.

    TOPICS
    🎧 It Is June 1991
    🎧 Fashion Feature: Fiesta Forever
    🎧 Fashion Feature: When Wet
    🎧 What Next: Country Trip
    🎧 Beauty Feature: Legend
    🎧 About Face
    🎧 We Try It: Protect Your Bod In The Sun
    🎧 Zits And Stuff
    🎧 Sassy Ads
    🎧 Diary: One Way To Ask A Guy Out
    🎧 Say What
    🎧 Goodbye For Now

    NOTES
    🔎 "My dad claims to have made a product. And I need help finding it" in r/find
    💃 Leslie Bibb Credits Oprah For Her Big Break After Winning 1990 Modeling Contest That 'Opened Up A Whole World'" at People
    📫 "Mail-Order America" at the New York Times
    🥪 The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank's food pantry locator
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    55 mins
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