The staff of Sassy is probably hoping you already finished your back-to-school shopping, because this month's fashion editorials are not their most inspired. You can wear French-y stripes or bone and beige shades straight out of the Spiegel catalogue, or possibly destroy a skirt to make yourself some fringe. If you're feeling bold, you can sneak into a tattoo studio or piercing pagoda. But maybe your style icon is alleged high school cheerleader Icy Blu, whose début album is advertised in this issue? We've got questions about desert boots, cellulite treatments, "Sammies," and so much more: put down your copy of The Vampire Diaries BOOK and listen!

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TOPICS
🎧 It Is September 1991
🎧 Fashion Feature: Vous Êtes Vraiment Une Artiste
🎧 Fashion Feature: Relax Already
🎧 What Next: Cool School Shoes
🎧 Making It: Fringy
🎧 About Face
🎧 Zits And Stuff
🎧 We Try It: Smooth, Soft, Very Clean Skin
🎧 Sassy Ads
🎧 Diary: 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST
🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES
💃 "DIY: How To Make A Fringe Skirt - Cute, Fun & No Sewing Required!" at Fiskars
🫟 The Conscious Ink Subscription
🥪 "The Retinol Sandwich Method: A Gentler Way To Use Retinoids" at Westlake Dermatology
⬜️ Clarins Multi-Mass on Mercari
🥶 Icy Blu on Wikipedia
🫠 "Icy Blu's Disappearance" at @untoldstoriesweb on TikTok
🌄 "Twin Peaks Collectible CardArt By Star Pics - Julee Cruise" on Twin Peaks Blog
📺 "'The Rockford Files' Remains One Of Television's Greatest Hangs" at Defector

The pop culture Sassy covers in the September issue includes some venerable names: Prince, Duran Duran, Violent Femmes. But there are some thrilling new ones, too. All the women who work in the music industry that Christina profiles, getting readers hyped about how to get jobs like theirs. Reese Witherspoon, a mere 14 years old in her breakout movie, The Man In The Moon! All the Commitments from The Commitments! And, probably most importantly, a show whose fortunes Sassy will continue to track until it, amazingly, outlives the magazine: Beverly Hills, 90210. Sure, you've seen their pinup pages in Teen Beat and Bop, but you've never seen them like this: in their underwear, just waiting for you to cut them out along with their clothes and put their paper dolls in situations Darren Star never dreamed of. Fact-checking Christina's blurbs is but one of the many orders of business in our latest episode -- listen!

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TOPICS
🎧 It Is September 1991
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It
🎧 Listen Up
🎧 One To Watch
🎧 Feature: Beverly Hills, 90210 Indecently Exposed
🎧 Feature: How To Have A Job In Music And Be Female
🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES
🎓 "Valedictorian Legal Battle Continues" at UPI
🐴 "Sinéad O'Connor Tribute - Jessie Buckley & The RTÉ Concert Orchestra | Troy Live - Culture Night"
🗽 Violent Femmes' "American Music" video on YouTube
👖 Samantha Fox's "(Hurt Me! Hurt Me!) But The Pants Stay On" video on YouTube
🎨 Judy Francis on Illustrators Online
🕷️ The Torture And The Desert Spiders website
📑 Janet Billig Rich on Wikipedia
🏆 "Judy Mareiniss - SAMMY's Hall Of Fame Induction" on YouTube
🧑‍🎓 Students Engaged

Tara needs to thank the scissor-happy Sassy reader who sold her the podcast's original copy of the September 1991 issue, because if not for the missing pages (full and partial), we would never have had to acquire another copy of the same issue and find out there were TWO VERSIONS of the cover -- one lipsticked and glossy, one nude-lipped and matte! Stand by as Pam uses her angles to try to get the inside story. While you wait, we can tell you about the issue's Teen Life topics. Karen does a shoddy job trying to make us take up for the beleaguered American farmer. Kim tries to make us chill out about the popular kids. Boys are crying and REALLY defensive about it. And much more! Get into it!

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TOPICS
🎧 It Is September 1991
🎧 Feature: Why You Should Lose Sleep Over Farming
🎧 Feature: Popular People Are As Insecure As You (And Other Reasons Fabulosity Is Vastly Overrated)
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 What He Said: Do You Ever Cry?
🎧 Help
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Who Else Was Big Here?

NOTES
🥔 "Potato Vitamin C: Truth, Loss Rates & Smart Cooking Tips" at Alibaba
🧫 "Story Of Discovery: Hepatitis C: From Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis To A Cure" at the National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases
🐞 Coccinellidae on Wikipedia
❄️ "Why No Two Snowflakes Look Alike" at Montana Public Radio
🍑 Catherine Matzig receiving a check from BUTTCON on Instagram
🛩️ Tara's Love Story recaps at Decider