Sassy Book
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How Sassy Changed My Life
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21 years old
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
United States
Last Login: 5/21/2009
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| General | boys. zines. riot grrrl. third wave feminism. juliana hatfield. doc martens. baby tees. glitter. the 90s. indie rockers. male white corporate oppression. | | Music | Bratmobile. Sonic Youth. Nation of Ulysses. Courtney Love. Nirvana. All Cute Band Alerts. Tribe Called Quest. REM. | | Movies | Anything with Adrienne Shelley (RIP), Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, or Christian Slater. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the Keanu Reeves oeuvre. | | Television | Blossom (we love you, Mayim!). 90210 (we hate you, Shannen!). | | Books | Weetzie Bat. The Virgin Suicides. The Beauty Myth and Backlash. Not The Morning After. | | Heroes | Jane, Christina, Mary-Kaye, Kim, Mary, Margie, Neil, Mike, Cheryl, Catherine, Maureen, Karen, Diane, Mary Ann, Andrea, Janet, Jacinta, Kate, et al. |
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| Status: | Single | | Hometown: | NYC | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces |
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About me:
http://www.howsassychangedmylife.com/
It's a book about the late, great teen magazine Sassy. You can preorder it at Amazon! Here's the official description:
For a generation of teenage girls, Sassy magazine was nothing short of revolutionary—so much so that its audience, which stretched from tweens to twentysomething women, remains obsessed with it to this day and back issues are sold for hefty sums on the Internet. For its brief but brilliant run from 1988 to 1994, Sassy was the arbiter of all that was hip and cool, inspiring a dogged devotion from its readers while almost single-handedly bringing the idea of girl culture to the mainstream. In the process, Sassy changed the face of teen magazines in the United States, paved the way for the unedited voice of blogs, and influenced the current crop of smart women’s zines, such as Bust and Bitch, that currently hold sway.
How Sassy Changed My Life will present for the first time the inside story of the magazine’s rise and fall while celebrating its unique vision and lasting impact. Through interviews with the staff, columnists, and favorite personalities we are brought behind the scenes from its launch to its final issue and witness its unique fusion of feminism and femininity, its frank commentary on taboo topics like teen sex and suicide, its battles with advertisers and the religious right, and the ascension of its writers from anonymous staffers to celebrities in their own right.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Sassy fans. People who cried when their parents threw away their back issues when they left for college. Liz Phair. Girls who wrote "slut" on their belly in Sharpie and edited angsty zines. Guys who were secretly jealous of Evan Dando. Camille Paglia--but only so we can tell her off. Any and all former Sassiest Girls (and boys) in America or reader-produced issues alumni. Anyone who still abides by "5 Things Never to Ask a Guy" or the recommendations of the junk food taste-off. Anyone who experienced The Intern Room. People who know Kurtney came before TomKat and Brangelina.
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