October 1988 Teen Life: Fat Camp, Jelly Beans & Popcorn Lung
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TOPICS
π§ Hello, It Is October 1988
π§ In Our Lives + Spine Line
π§ Feature: Welcome To Fat World
π§ Feature: How To Ask A Guy Out
π§ Feature: Big Bedrooms
π§ Fiction: Jelly Beans
π§ Body Talk
π§ Help
π§ What He Said: How Did You Like Being Asked Out (By A Sassy Staff Member, No Less)?
π§ Stuff You Wrote
π§ Goodbye For Now
π§ On The Road: Salt Lake City
NOTES
π₯Β Luverne, MN's Tri-State Band Festival
πΈΒ Sylvia Plachy's website
πΒ "3,813 Pounds Down, 6,187 Or So to Go" on NYTimes.com
π₯€Β Alba '77
βοΈΒ Weight loss camps still in operation
πΒ Camp Colang alumni group on Facebook
πΒ Camp Colang on LocationsHub.com
π©βπ¨Β Website for "Jelly Beans" illustrator Betsy Everitt
π΄ββοΈΒ The Presidential Fitness Challenge
πΏΒ "Do You Risk Popcorn Lung When You Make Microwave Popcorn?" at CSPInet.org
π£Β "Karen Catchpole Hit The Road 12 Years Ago...And Hasn't Stopped Yet" at the Bare Necessities blog
πΒ "Go To Your Room (and Decorate)" on NYTimes.com
π·Β Andrew McCarthy on Instagram
π©βπ¦½Β Susan Nicastro at Partners for Youth with Disabilities
πͺ¦Β Marci Jean Groteler's grave
πββ¬Β Quiz: How Superstitious Are You?