December 1989 Teen Life: Sobbing, Speculums & Saving The Planet

Feb 21, 2023, 10:00 AM

It's a double issue, but don't cry! Especially not at someone else's birthday party.

Sassy's first and only double issue kicks off with a classic bummer: the story of teenager Billy Rosebud, whose murder cops only bothered to look into after his own family spent years doing most of the investigating for them. From there, things lighten up, as Karen tells us what to expect from a gynecologist appointment, Christina walks us through a truly cathartic crying fit, and Mary Kaye attempts to help us save the planet. (Whoops.) Plus: a fiction story about a dad's hypocrisy (yes, we know, that's all fiction for teen girls); a stark warning about extended-wear contacts; the truth about hickeys, and much much more!

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TOPICS

๐ŸŽง It Is December 1989

๐ŸŽง Feature: What Happened To Billy Rosebud?

๐ŸŽง Feature: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Going To The Gynecologistโ€ฆAnd Then Some

๐ŸŽง Feature: Your Guide To The Perfect Crying Fit

๐ŸŽง Feature: 10 Ways You Can Save The Planet Right Now

๐ŸŽง Fiction: Waiting

๐ŸŽง Body Talk

๐ŸŽง Help

๐ŸŽง It Happened To Dave

๐ŸŽง It Happened To Me: My Dadโ€™s Adoring Students Didnโ€™t Know He Was A Violent Alcoholic

๐ŸŽง Stuff You Wrote

๐ŸŽง Goodbye For Now

๐ŸŽง Tara Gets An A+

๐ŸŽง So Much Coffee

๐ŸŽง A Cold One

NOTES

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

๐Ÿ“ฐ Meredith Fish entry at Tampa.gov

๐Ÿšจ "Murdered Woman Was Forgotten Victim" at TampaBay.com

๐Ÿ›๏ธ "Individuals Can't Solve The Climate Crisis. Governments Need To Step Up" at TheGuardian.com

๐ŸŒ Help Save Planet Earthย on IMDb.com

๐Ÿš๏ธ Gif: Homer Simpson dropping Grampa at the Nut House

โ›ช๏ธ Lori Klande's Church, Asbury United Methodist Church, on Facebook

๐Ÿ† MyYearOfDicks.com

๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป December 1989 quiz: Rate Your Ho-Ho-Ho-Ness