July 1991 Teen Life: Hamburger U, Girls' Self-Esteem & Things You Can Measure In Pints

The editors use an antique slur (sadly surging back to popularity) to describe a contributor's mentally handicapped sister, but let's not focus on that when the piece -- especially the photos it's built around -- is thoughtful and sensitive. Then, we can move on to why and how to dump a guy; no, taking you to the library isn't one of the reasons, though it does come up. Mike reports from the McDonald's training institute Hamburger University, where the sight of students and instructors actually caring about their careers in customer service alarms his apathetic Gen-X sensibilities. On The Road goes to Cleveland; female staffers' brothers confess the ways they tortured them as kids; a teen mother glosses over a LOT of what Happened To her; and more! You might want fries with this pretty early on, so sort that out before you hit play!

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TOPICS
🎧 It Is July 1991
🎧 Feature: Her Sister Amy
🎧 Feature: Dump That Dude
🎧 Feature: Would You Like Some Fries With That Diploma?
🎧 Feature: Why You Liked Yourself Better When You Were 11
🎧 Fiction: Serenade
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 Help
🎧 Help For Him
🎧 What He Said: What’s The Most Horrid Thing You Ever Did To Your Sister?
🎧 On The Road: Cleveland
🎧 It Happened To Me: Teen Mother
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES
🍔 "Michael Jordan McDonald's McJordan Commercial 1993" on YouTube
🎓 Hamburger University at The Best Schools
👦 The Boy Crisis at Warren Farrell's website
📰 "The 'Boy Crisis' Is Overblown" at the New York Times
🧠 Underestimated: The Wisdom And Power Of Teenage Girls by Chelsey Goodan at Simon & Schuster
✍️ Seth Kaufman Writer
🗺 Cleveland's Tower City Center
🌊 "Lake Erie Historical" at Cleveland Historical
📹 "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video" on YouTube
🍛 No Kid Hungry