May 1991 Teen Life: AIDS, Invisibility & Galactorrhea

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It’s May 1991, and Sassy knows exactly what your mom wants most for Mother’s Day: you following her around the house quoting statistics about how bad school sucks in this country! When she tells you to give it a rest, you can learn about Kim Frey, a young woman living with HIV, or why you should consider making friends with boys. (It’s not because they have amazing answers to the What He Said question about what they’d do if they were invisible, that’s for sure.) Also: hay fever, plants, vitamins, deodorant, and more than you ever wanted to know about breast discharge! You’re welcome!!!

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Episode Rundown

It Is May 1991

Feature: How This Girl Lives With The AIDS Virus

Feature: She Says Guys Make Better Friends

Feature: You Spill It About Your Schools

Fiction: The Real World

Body Talk

On The Road: El Paso, TX

What He Said: What Would You Do If You Were Invisible?

Help

Stuff You Wrote

Goodbye For Now

Doxx Everything

I Don't Remember Why I Did This

Episode Notes

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Buy Pam's book Notes To Boys on Bookshop
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Kim Frey's press photo on eBay
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Kim Bergalis's People cover
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"The Angry Death Of Kimberly Bergalis" at Slate
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"How 'Vampire Facials' Infected Three Women With HIV" at BBC
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"First Love, Fatal Love" on Letterboxd
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"First Love, Fatal Love" mentioned in "'Lost'...And Found At The Library Of Congress" at Library Of Congress Blogs
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Jeff Hiller's Actress Of A Certain Age at Simon & Schuster
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Sharon Solwitz's website
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Notice about the cessation of marketing of PPA at DEA Diversion
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"Can You Get Diet Pill With Phenylpropanolamine In Europe?" at Womens Diet And Fitness
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Coronado High School at Great Schools
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"Iconic El Paso Restaurant Closes - Jaxon's Gone Forever" at Kiss El Paso
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"Fact Or Fiction?: Antiperspirants Do More Than Block Sweat" at Scientific American
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"Does Aluminum Cause Alzheimer's?" at Healthline
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Meghann Lacko Kaplan on LinkedIn