June 1989 Teen Life: Summer Jobs, Activists & Pimples On My Butt

The June 1989 issue starts with a downbeat feature to end all downbeat features: first-person accounts from survivors of incestuous child abuse. Fortunately, the rest of the issue keeps it light: Karen tells you how to land a summer job; Christina profiles young-adult activists; all the female staffers discuss where the best guys come from. Outside the features, there's blisters, butt pimples, London slang, guys' views on feminists, a Hall Of Fame Stuff You Wrote submission, and so much more! Sit your pimply butt down and listen!

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TOPICS

🎧 It Is June 1989

🎧 Feature: Real Stories About Incest

🎧 Feature: Five Easy Steps To Summer $$$

🎧 Feature: Who Wants To Change The World?

🎧 Feature: Where The Best Guys Come From

🎧 Body Talk

🎧 On The Road: London

🎧 It Happened To Me: Dating A Non-Cute Guy

🎧 Help

🎧 What He Said: Do You Like Girls Who Are Feminists?

🎧 Stuff You Wrote

🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES

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

🫠 "It's not just about sex: How to talk to young kids about consent, and why it matters" at The Washington Post

🖊 "Writing to Heal: Therapeutic Uses of Creative Writing by Adult Survivors of Incest" at SpringerLink

🎙 "A Conversation With Karen Catchpole" at Travel Writing 2.0

📃 Karen Catchpole at Contently

👩🏻‍🍳 WSIB "Top Chef" PSA on YouTube

👁 Eye Shrapnel PSA on YouTube

🌎 Rebecca Walker's website

🔗 Krista Alderson on LinkedIn

🏰 Eviction Defense Collaborative

🔗 Alisa Berger on LinkedIn

☹️ "Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys" at TheConversation.com

🧒🏼 "Mental health data shows stark difference between girls and boys" at The Guardian

🎉 "Hooray Henry" on Wikipedia

🏹 "Sloane Ranger" on Wikipedia

📖 "Skint" at Merriam-Webster.com

🔗 Lisa Sharpe on LinkedIn

🎊 Festival d'Annecy

📺 The June 1989 quiz: Rate Your TV Trivia IQ