August 1991 Teen Life: Gladiators, Boyfriends & A Whole Bunch Of Wives

August 1991 is the thickest issue we've had in quite a while, but those extra pages were not set aside for Teen Life topics -- in fact, there isn't even a fiction story! There are, however, Kim's try-out for American Gladiators, Christina's musings on long-distance boyfriend pros and cons, a What He Said on breast size, a quick trip over a bridge (or through a tunnel) to Brooklyn for On The Road, and more. Even the bummer feature -- about polygamist Alex Joseph, his nine wives, and their many many children -- is mostly a curiosity in its day, and only a bummer in retrospect. Not a bummer? Our latest episode, featuring original music cues that WILL get stuck in your heads. Or maybe not. Enjoy!

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TOPICS
🎧 Feature: I, Gladiatrix
🎧 Feature: Chronic Long-Distance Boyfriend Distress
🎧 Feature: This Cat Has Nine Wives
🎧 Feature: 9 Things About America That Make Us Want To Scream And Throw Stuff
🎧 Body Talk
🎧 What He Said: Does Breast Size Matter?
🎧 It Happened To Me: “Fighting Homelessness”
🎧 On The Road: Brooklyn, NY
🎧 Stuff You Wrote
🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES
🤺 "Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin To Host American Gladiators Reboot" at Gladiators TV
🧊 Former American Gladiators star Ice on Instagram
💍 Alex Joseph on Wikipedia
👰🏻‍♀️ "Plural Marriage Was 'Best Offer' Of My Life" by Bo Joseph at The Spectrum
🌞 "Can You Get Sunburnt Or UV Skin Damage Through Car Or Home Windows?" at University Of Wollongong Australia
🥥 "Jesse 'Shake It Like A White Girl' Jaymes - College Girls" on YouTube
💰 Jesse Itzler on Wikipedia
⁉️ "Uber Driver Sucked Me Off?!" on Know Your Meme
🏚️ National Student Campaign Against Hunger And Homelessness
🍕 Fascati Pizza on Yelp
🌿 The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
📸 "1992 Press Photo Slidell Factory Store Essay Winner Megan Watson In Louisiana" on eBay
👊 "Double Fisting Two King & Queen Motorcycle Seats | Custom Seat Work At Atomic Cycle Works" on YouTube
🌴 Again With This on Patreon
✊ National Day Labor Organizing Network