December 1988 Teen Life: Smoking, Preachers & Persimmons

Oct 05, 2021, 09:00 AM

It's time for festive fun with the December 1988 issue, and that means...kicking off with a real bummer of a Catherine story about two teen preachers, one of whom should have probably been removed from his father's care. Christina tries to fulfill Jane's request that she figure out what being "in love" actually is, and isn't. Karen brings us what is essentially a holiday "What Now," with gift ideas, recipes, fun facts, and a baffling layout. Karen then tries to convince her readership that smoking is uncool, fighting against decades of pop culture to the contrary. The whole staff pitches in on a holiday-themed short story. And then we're on to the departments! Exercise tights in Body Talk! Going On The Road to Tempe! Highlights from Help and What He Said (about consent)! And another wild installment of Stuff You Wrote! Grab some Oreos -- or don't, if you have political qualms (...you'll see) -- and join us!

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TOPICS

๐ŸŽง It Is December 1988

๐ŸŽง Feature: Children Of God

๐ŸŽง Feature: How To Tell If Youโ€™re Really In Love

๐ŸŽง Feature: โ€™Tis The Season To Be Different

๐ŸŽง Feature: Smoking Is For Dags

๐ŸŽง Fiction: Itโ€™s A Wonderful Story

๐ŸŽง Body Talk

๐ŸŽง On The Road: Tempe

๐ŸŽง Help

๐ŸŽง What He Said: If A Girl Says No, Do You Think She Really Means It?

๐ŸŽง Stuff You Wrote

๐ŸŽง Goodbye For Now

๐ŸŽง Bonus Douche Content!

NOTES

โš ๏ธ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

๐Ÿย Duffey Strode on Oprah

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅย "Fiery family just keeps on punching" at The Deseret News

๐Ÿ“˜ย Strode on Facebook

๐Ÿ“ทย Strode on Instagram

๐Ÿ™ย William Hudson III's episode of Amen

โ›ช๏ธย Hudson's church, Powerhouse Chicago

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿฆฒย Hudson's current bio

๐Ÿ“ฑย Hudson's app

๐ŸŽงย Hudson on Spotify

๐Ÿ“ทย Hudson on Instagram

โฒย A La Machine food processor on eBay

๐ŸŽ„ย Why Christmas is abbreviated as "Xmas"

๐Ÿ˜‡ย One of many reasons not to volunteer at the Salvation Army or give them your money

๐Ÿงซย Summer's Eve, Pam's guest issue of the Rick And Morty comic book, at ComicVine

๐Ÿคžย Take the December 1988 quiz: "How Honest Are You?"