We're back to TEEN LIFE topics, now in the April 1988 issue!

Christina Kelly gets a first-person account from a man whose friend died of AIDS as a teen. Karen Catchpole demystifies what it's actually like to date a rock star, killing some Beastie Boys crushes in the process. Karen then dares to tell the truth about boys' bodies -- not just the parts in their boxer shorts, though that is admittedly what we're mostly interested in. And Catherine Gysin prepares readers for how their lives might change after their parents' divorce.

Christina returns with the Short Short Story "What Sudie Didn't Tell Me." On The Road takes a trip to Austin (a place all your co-hosts have lived and loved!). Body Talk moves from Fashion to Teen Life, and with it our comments on its reporting on pap smears, golf, and cross training. Help has some truly wild questions we must pray are fake before closing things out with What He Said: "What do you think of girls who make the first move?"QUICK LINKS
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TOPICS
? Hello, It's April 1988
? Us In April 1988 & Spine Line
? Feature: My Best Friend Died Of AIDS
? Feature: Dating A Rock Star: What It’s Really Like
? Feature: The Truth About Boys’ Bodies
? Feature: The Divorce Is Only The Beginning
? Fiction: What Sudie Didn’t Tell Me
? On The Road: Austin
? Body Talk
? Help
? What He Said
? Goodbye For Now
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
? Angels In America on HBO Max
♥️ The Normal Heart on HBO Max
??‍? Pose on Netflix
? The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
? Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould
? Brian Bloom on the cover of the December 1987 YM
? Chuy's Barton Springs
? Tony O'Dell on Instagram
? The Again With This podcast
?‍♀️ April 1988 Quiz: How Compatible Are you?