(Love to you and the fam)

And I kinda agree that there’s LESS need for a Sassy today, however that always depends on your sherpas. There’s less need for a Sassy, but more need for savvy (and sassy) sherpas. There’s a lot of shite out there.

Could not agree more. That was what was so great about Sassy. The celeb shite was just the arm candy of a magazine that allowed young writers to discover and inform. It opened up a socio-political world that was outside of the Seventeen norm and presented that world to a young female audience that was hyped to find…

My favorite Sassy insult was when Winona Ryder (the Sassy Queen) broke up with Johnny Depp and started dating Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum. They put a dreamy pic of Johnny right next to a frightening pic of Dave (who was actually attractive, they just chose a terrible picture) and wrote, “Winona, are ya blind?” For…

Didn’t sassy fold in the 90s? I subscrbed to both it and ‘Teen, and Sassy folded and subscribers got ‘Teen as a replacement, so I ended up getting two copies every month, and this was in 1996 or 1997.

Omfg thank you for this. I was a few years too old to be a Sassy reader, but obvs knew what it was. Every time I see it mentioned, the only thing I think of is this sketch. And then I get sad thinking of the loss of Phil Hartman. Off to find clips of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer and The Anal Retentive Chef.

I know a lot of people are saying it, but it’s hard to overstate how important Sassy felt at the time. For 92 - 94 me, jammed in to the suburbs and fucking furious, I swear that shit kept me alive. Other magazines made you want to BUY stuff. Sassy made you want to BE stuff.

No, this is not a proper Sassy issue. The last “real” Sassy before it was bought and turned into a YM clone was November 1994. This was almost a year and a half after that; Sassy at this point had nothing in common with the original except the name. And Sassy never would have had most of those stories, much less…

I don’t know that anyone could not gush over LL Cool J. I mean, he’s like the Rock, there’s just nothing about him to not like.

I think I remember they called Brendan Frasier a cheeseball, and he sent them an actual cheeseball in the mail as a thank you? That is almost the only thing I know about Brendan Frasier.

this fucking graphic designer is killing me

Sassy, in its prime, was THE BEST. And Marjorie Ingall still rocks the house in the sassiest way (Hi, Marjorie!!) Wasn’t as much a fan of JANE, but will always appreciate Pratt for the writers (and writing) of Sassy and the early days of JANE.

I have never understood why anyone would look to an actor or singer or athlete for penetrating insights. Actors and singers are truly (not in the sarcastic sense) narcissistic, especially the young ones. They don't have normal social interactions; they are insulated from most things that aren't geared to furthering…

I miss my Sassy subscription.

Marky Mark going all in with that duckface, huh?