August 1988 Teen Life: Death Row, Teacher Crushes & Boys On Makeup

Jun 08, 2021, 09:00 AM

When we say the Teen Life topics of the August 1988 issue run the gamut, that is precisely what we mean. We're going to start with the story of the youngest person ever sentenced to Death Row; then review the results of a survey conducted on 300 boys in malls, on topics ranging from when they want to get married to which outfit they'd most like to see you wear on a date. Crushing on a teacher? Christina has advice on that, some of which has not aged so well. And Barbara Bondrack's short story takes us backstage at a rock show...sort of. On The Road takes us to Boston; Body Talk covers exercise bands and constipation; Help has some advice about confusing sex dreams and bed-wetting (unrelated). Two extremely important departments make their dรฉbut: Stuff You Wrote and It Happened To Me! And the first IHTM is about...getting an abortion! After that heavy topic, we need to wind down with What He Said about the upcoming presidential election. Tone down your eyeliner -- that's how dudes like it, apparently -- and join us!

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TOPICS

๐ŸŽง It Is August 1988

๐ŸŽง In Our Lives + Spine Line

๐ŸŽง Feature: A Girl On Death Row

๐ŸŽง Feature: The Definitive, Ultimate "Guys Are Weird" Survey

๐ŸŽง Feature: Hot For Teacher

๐ŸŽง Fiction: Backstage

๐ŸŽง On The Road: Boston

๐ŸŽง Body Talk

๐ŸŽง Help

๐ŸŽง Stuff You Wrote

๐ŸŽง It Happened To Me: Amy Had An Abortion

๐ŸŽง What He Said: Who Do You Really Want For President?

๐ŸŽง Goodbye For Now

NOTES

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

๐Ÿ“บย "Indiana Woman Sentenced To Die At 16 Goes Free" at NBC Chicago

๐Ÿ—žย "From Death Row At 16 To Suicide At 45: The Life And Death Of Paula Cooper" at The Intercept

๐Ÿ“ฐย "Grandson Of Murder Victim Who Worked To Stop Killer's Death Penalty Verdict Returns To Gary" at the Chicago Tribune

๐Ÿคย Journey Of Hope

๐Ÿ“–ย "The Emerging Movement For Police And Prison Abolition" at The New Yorker

๐Ÿคย Indiana Federal Community Defenders, where Paula worked as a legal assistant and spoke to troubled youth

๐Ÿ“šย Paula Cooper: The Executioner Within e-book at The Indianapolis Star

๐Ÿ—žย "People Over For-Profit Prisons: A Social Movement In Gary, Indiana" at Counterpunch

๐Ÿ†ย We found the Harvard Lampoon penis quiz! Take it now!

๐Ÿ“บย Cruel Summer on Hulu

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซย "It's Okay To Have A Crush, But Dating Your Teacher Is Wrong" at Teen Vogue

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉนย "How To Cope With A Crush On Your Teacher" at WikiHow

๐Ÿ›‹ย "It Came From The '70s: The Story Of Your Grandma's Weird Couch" at Collectors Weekly

๐Ÿ’บย "Unsightly Recliner Redesigned To Attract Style-Conscious Baby Boomers" at The Los Angeles Times

๐ŸŽถย "Young Girl" lyrics at Genius.com

๐Ÿ˜–ย "Resistance Band Snaps and Hits Guy in Eye While Exercising" at YouTube

๐Ÿ˜ซย "What Could Possibly Go Wrong [Resistance Band Fails]" at YouTube

๐Ÿฉธย "Ten Days In The Life Of A Tampon" at Jezebel

๐Ÿ’†โ€โ™€๏ธย "How I Might Have Just Become The Newest Urban Legend" at pamie.com

๐Ÿ˜ดย "What Do Your Sex Dreams Mean?" at Everyday Health

๐Ÿ”ชย "When Men Need A Dick Chopp One Vasectomy Doctor Proves Man For The Job" at WackTrap

๐Ÿฟย Obvious Child on Showtime

๐Ÿ‘ตย Grandma on Showtime

๐ŸŽฅย Abortion: Stories Women Tell on HBO Max

๐ŸŽžย Never Rarely Sometimes Always on HBO Max

๐ŸŽฌย Unpregnant on HBO Max

๐Ÿ“ฝย Plan B on Hulu

๐Ÿ’ฐย National Network Of Abortion Funds

๐Ÿค ย "Texas Senate Advances Bill Requiring Pre-Abortion Counseling" at The Texas Tribune

๐ŸŒดย The Again With This podcast

๐Ÿ‘™ย Again With This on Patreon

๐Ÿ›นย Shred Cycle