September 1988 Teen Life: Racism, Boarding School & Talking Toes

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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!

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00:00:00 Hello, It Is September 1988 00:01:46 Spine Line + In Our Lives 00:04:01 Feature: Living With Racism 00:10:55 Feature: Where The Boys Aren’t 00:15:39 Fiction: The Talking Toes 00:21:26 On The Road: Lexington, Kentucky 00:23:16 Body Talk 00:34:18 Help 00:39:43 It Happened To Me: Tom Cruise Made a Movie at My House 00:41:48 What He Said: What Do You Think of Girls Who Are Jocks? 00:43:41 Stuff You Wrote 00:48:43 Goodbye For Now 00:50:44 Girl School Daze 00:51:49 Ten Little Toe Coffins 00:53:02 Pam Never

Episode Notes

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Dave overstated the death toll from hurricane Gilbert by a factor of 10 because he's a monster
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Nancy Toy on LinkedIn
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Emma Willard School
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Inderal drug facts (including side effects)
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"What Your Skinny Jeans Are Really Doing To Your Vagina" on Self.com
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"10 Facts About Toxic Shock Syndrome Every Tampon-Wearer Should Know" on Self.com
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Pauline Ach at the Wooster Voice in 1989...
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...and 1991
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1984 Velveeta Slices commercial starring Kirk Cameron and Jenny Lewis
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The Midnight Miracle on Luminary