Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

By: Tara Ariano Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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  • Summary

  • From 1988-1994, Sassy was the coolest magazine going for Gen-X teens. Celebrate that golden time by joining Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole for a deep dive into every one of its 80 glorious issues and remember what it was like hanging out with Jane, Christina, Catherine, Karen, and the whole crew, learning What Now, What Next, and so much more!
    © Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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Episodes
  • February 1991 Slumber Party: Highlights, Woody's & Dinks

    February 1991 Slumber Party: Highlights, Woody's & Dinks
    Apr 22 2025
    The February 1991 quiz -- How Good Are You In A Pinch? -- has us all doing a little introspection and a lot of complaining about the "d" options that aren't available. (As for Pam's husband Jason's score...well, listen and find out.) Then we're playing some of your latest calls on such topics as at-home highlight kits, turning into the Target lady upon injury, how much we miss catalogs and pleasant department store bathrooms -- and, of course, dinks. At least some of this will make sense when you listen. So you should!

    QUICK LINKS
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
    ☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
    🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky
    📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
    🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
    🛍️ Shop the LTS Store

    JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
    📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
    💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
    🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
    🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
    🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
    💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.

    TOPICS
    🎧 It Is February 1991
    🎧 Quiz: How Good Are You In A Pinch?
    🎧 From The Hotline
    🎧 Goodbye For Now
    🎧 Counting Hitler's Balls

    NOTES
    💤 "Slumber Party" by Carter Vail
    👚 Request the Spring 2025 J. Crew catalog
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    43 mins
  • February 1991 Fashion Etc.: Flowers, Hearts & The Candyman

    February 1991 Fashion Etc.: Flowers, Hearts & The Candyman
    Apr 8 2025
    Pam is still out on assignment, so it's just Dave and Tara this week to talk about all the style contained in the February 1991 issue. Dress in florals, or straight out of a mall store! Dye your hair, for a while or forever! Annoy everyone you know by going overboard with a heart motif! DON'T buy the sketchy products advertised at the back of the issue -- let Karen tell you precisely why! And above all, when you're applying mascara, OPEN YOUR MOUTH. All of this and much much more awaits you in our latest episode!

    QUICK LINKS
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
    🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids
    ☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
    🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky
    📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
    🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
    🛍️ Shop the LTS Store

    JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
    📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
    💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
    🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
    🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
    🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
    💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.

    TOPICS
    🎧 It Is February 1991
    🎧 Fashion Feature: Fresh Cuts
    🎧 Fashion Feature: Worn To Work
    🎧 What Next: Heart Attack
    🎧 Beauty Feature: Fear-Free Hair Coloring
    🎧 About Face
    🎧 Sassy Ads
    🎧 Diary: Will The Real Jane Pratt Please Stand Up?
    🎧 Magazine-y Feature: Karen Tries To Get Thinner Thighs, Longer Hair, Bigger Breasts, Tanner Skin And A Boyfriend Through The Mail!
    🎧 Inside Out: What I Did On My Vacation
    🎧 Goodbye For Now

    NOTES
    🐕 The Doxshund collection at the Through Methods store
    🎱 "Vintage 1980's Leather "8 Ball" Jacket By Boulder Ridge Very Rare 100% Authentic" on eBay
    🎠 "Merry Go...Out Of Business" at the Washington Post
    👱🏻‍♀️ Friends's Rachel Green and her highlights
    💿 The Sassy / Sire Sampler at Discogs
    📼 "Joey Ramone hosting 'The Sassy/Sire Sampler II' promo cassette tape (1992)" on YouTube [oops this was the next year's compilation, so I'm sure we'll talk about it whenever we get to that issue, but since we mentioned it on the podcast, here's the link anyway]
    🎯 'MAGAZINES: GET HIM SYSTEM TURNS OUT TO BE A GOTCHA!' at the Virginian-Pilot
    🪙 "Street Cents - The Get Him System" on YouTube
    📕 @AlexisDelCid's tweet about The Get Him System on Twitter
    📖 The Get Him System on ThriftBooks [sold out as of press time]
    🏠 Tara's review of the S07 review of The Conners at Cracked
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    58 mins
  • February 1991 Pop Culture: Spam, Zines & The Worst Way To Learn A Dance

    February 1991 Pop Culture: Spam, Zines & The Worst Way To Learn A Dance
    Mar 25 2025
    Our very special guest Daniel Blau Rogge is back for another episode that really runs the gamut: from Evan Dando to Roky Erickson; from Edward Scissorhands to Hannibal Lecter; to a punk skateboarder who couldn't return a damn phone call; and to a dance lesson conveyed through printed words and still photographs, which is how we had to learn things before online video came along to improve our lives (...sometimes). Fry yourself up some spam and listen!

    QUICK LINKS
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
    🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids
    ☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
    🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky
    📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
    🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
    🛍️ Shop the LTS Store

    JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
    📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
    💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
    🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
    🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
    🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
    💖 Already a club member? Check out the Pinned Patreon Primer Post.

    TOPICS
    🎧 It Is February 1991
    🎧 What Now
    🎧 Watch It
    🎧 Listen Up
    🎧 One To Watch
    🎧 Feature: Dance Like This
    🎧 Goodbye For Now

    NOTES
    📸 Jesse Peretz on Wikipedia
    🤥 "Scene Stealer: The True Lies Of Elisabeth Finch" at Vanity Fair
    ✂️ Edward Scissorhands on Disney Plus
    🛹 "Danny Way -- Great Wall of China jump" on ESPN
    📷 Danny Way on Instagram
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    43 mins
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