January 1989 Teen Life: Tattoos, Teen Dads & The First-Ever Sassiest Girl In America

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3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s 1989, and we’re kicking off our coverage of the January issue by talking about its Teen Life topics. What’s teen pregnancy like for the dads? Why is your body going wacko? How did Christina survive an Outward Bound rafting trip? And who was named the very first Sassiest Girl In America? (Okay, the cover kind of gives that one away.) There’s also What He Said about tattoos; a trip to Wabash, IN; another too-whimsical fiction story; a wildly fake It Happened To Me; and so much more. Make some noise!

Episode Rundown

It Is January 1989

Feature: My Girlfriend Got Pregnant

Feature: Whoโ€™s The Sassiest One Of All?

Feature: Why Your Bodyโ€™s Going Wacko

Feature: Thereโ€™s No MTV In The Wilderness

Fiction: Joeโ€™s Dead

Body Talk

On The Road: Wabash, IN

Help

It Happened To Me: Friend Getting Sexually Abused

What He Said: What Do You Think Of Girls With Tattoos?

Stuff You Wrote

Goodbye For Now

Episode Notes

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Steel Magnolias on Wikipedia
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Deano Mueller on Twitter
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Program from Nobody Knows The Francher Kid, starring Annisa Morrison
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Gena Cheng on LinkedIn
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Margo Phillips (nรฉe Meriwether) on Facebook
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Obituary for Margo's mother, Dr. Myrtle Lillian Capehart
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Sandra Oda's profile on OutSchool.com
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A Josie Hodgson at Commo.com.au [co-host jury is out on whether it's the same one]
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The same Josie Hodgson on LinkedIn
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Rinnan Henderson on IMDb
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Rinnan on Instagram
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Rinnan mentioned in a post on Compendium Of Cool
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Henry H. Roth on Amazon
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The Buttered Cat Paradox on Wikipedia
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The conundrum in OMNI magazine
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Veronica Chambers on Wikipedia
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Veronica on Twitter
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Veronica on Instagram
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The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast