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!
Visual Aids
Episode Rundown
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
