Imagining those Sassys lined up on your shelf makes me feel Zen. Not a feeling I get often! So thank you for that and for your phrasing about the drip of dopamine. Sassy girls are the coolest.
Now I'll refer to you as Another Heather from now on and I hope that's OK. Thank you so so much for the anal subscription! Seriously can't stop laughing oh Lord.
Alas, I am already an annual subscriber, but upgrading is out of my financial reach. Here's hoping they'll be another chance to snag one of these beauties in the future!
That's amazing to hear. And this is a very very new thing (one month old exactly!), so you're not even late on it. I hope you like what we're doing here also and let me know! It will mean the most coming from someone who I basically grew up with.
I mean. Interacting with THE Jane Pratt is already blowing my mind.
I was telling someone last week that growing up in fairly conservative central mass, stumbling on a copy of Sassy meant a portal opened for me. I didn’t really know how to find any of the bands in the “Cute Band Alert,” but I understood immediately that they, and these girls in manic panic and skirts made out of shirts were my people. I’d say it was “seminal,”but that’s way too male. Anyway, I’m so happy you continue to make work in the world that gives people an opportunity to connect with one another. It’s excruciatingly hard, and so desperately important. Big love to you!
What an incredibly insightful comment. You said so much of that better than I could. Thank you, Sarah. And for the laugh over the term seminal being way too male. Why are defining works not called "ovarian" or something else?
I was in a small town in Central Mass—20 minutes from Worcester. I lived in Northampton for a summer on a co-op in college, though!
I was gifted a subscription to Sassy for my Bat Mitzvah, wearing the dress and matching vest my mom made. So, it was a journey to striped tights.
In high school I made my way on the commuter line to Newbury Street in Boston. My mother was…intense, we’ll say, and I was absolutely forbidden from dyeing my hair, or even wearing make up.
So I’d just absorb the vibe at Newbury Conics and pine for Doc Maartens. I did manage to find a pair of Mary Jane Doc knock offs at TJ Maxx and a plaid flannel baby doll dress at the Urban Outfitters basement in Harvard Square. And I hennaed my hair in a desperate attempt to look like Tori Amos.
The early 90s for me really were about following these clues away from childhood, making my way toward my weirdest, truest self. At 46, now in perimenopause (which I’ve no doubt will feature in future posts and comments) I can proudly say I’ve arrived to myself. And I still wear striped tights.
I might have had those same shoes from the TJ Maxx in the basement of the Holyoke Mall. Love that you are still wearing the striped tights. And last but not least see extra safe space 15? 16?for my unsolicited and thoroughly unnecessary comments regarding perimenopause .
I had a similar experience to you, though I was in the rural mountains of California! We didn’t have a record store anywhere in the vicinity, but sometimes the one pharmacy in town stocked a few cassettes, and I’d ask them to order REM and They Might Be Giants and other music I read about in Sassy.
I just looked and I'm going to go ahead and give you the news that you're not too late. Enjoy that shirt! And that anal upgrade! (It's a joke from elsewhere in the thread, so I don't think I'm totally crazy.) Thank you, Tiffany!
HAHAHAHAHA this is the best typo EVER! I say the next t-shirt design should be “Upgrade to Anal.” Heather we can model it like they did on the sassy club page! (I’m only kidding if you’re offended - otherwise let’s convince Jane)
That all sounds so great and send any and all ideas to jane@anotherjaneprattthing.com. Esther and I will look at them from there. But keep me laughing here in the comments too, please! You're the best.
I can't stop laughing. That is the line of my night: "I'm gonna upgrade to anal." I'll have to reuse that one somewhere but I'll give you credit I promise.
I really cannot stop laughing about this. This could go on all night for me. And would you please please please write that for us? Or something else you are passionate about? I would love it so much.
I think I was part of the first 200 who subscribed, but I never got an email about the t-shirt. Not a big deal, but just wondering if there's any update or better way to find out. Thanks!
Hi! Sassy got me through the dark days of being a teenager! I subscribed on Nov 2 but didn't see anything about the tshirt in my email. Was I too late for a t-shirt? Or am i just confused and missed the details that are in an email I skimmed somewhere? Thanks!
You will get an email from us about it. Corynne here is handling this so lovingly and won't forget, but you were not too late and so you should hear something soon. Thank you!!
Imagining those Sassys lined up on your shelf makes me feel Zen. Not a feeling I get often! So thank you for that and for your phrasing about the drip of dopamine. Sassy girls are the coolest.
Another Heather who upgraded to Annual! Not anal, but that comment thread made me LOL too!
Now I'll refer to you as Another Heather from now on and I hope that's OK. Thank you so so much for the anal subscription! Seriously can't stop laughing oh Lord.
Hi, Another Heather!
I LOVE when you all talk to each other. It makes me so happy. Thanks to both and all Heathers!!
Saying Heathers made me want to watch it again too. Thanks for the recommendation and I'm so glad it held up!
I was so sad about Shannon Doherty passing and the first person I wrote to about it was Christina Kelly (from Sassy, of course).
Also, remember the movie?? I watched it again a couple years ago and it’s aged quite well. RIP Shannon Doherty
Alas, I am already an annual subscriber, but upgrading is out of my financial reach. Here's hoping they'll be another chance to snag one of these beauties in the future!
Thanks for being an annual subscriber already, Bianca! I'll work on that for you, don't worry. And I'm so so glad that you like it!
Upgraded! And if I made it in time, Jane you can sign the back of my shirt as big as the logo on the front!
You're the sweetest!
Same and same!!! The front, even!!!
Thanks, Camille!! Invite me over and I'll sign your whole wardrobe if you want me to. But I'm sure you don't!
Be careful what you wish for… (said in the very least creepy way possible)
Subscribed!
Thank you, lovely Annie! I will make every bit of that subscription so so worthwhile – and we can wear our shirts together.
Now I just have to figure out how to get back to the subscription page, lol, since it can’t be done in the Substack app
I am the worst with that stuff. I always ask Charlie what to do. Charlie, what should Heather do?
Just subscribed! I had no idea your substack was a thing. But Sassy was my everything, from 12 years old.
That's amazing to hear. And this is a very very new thing (one month old exactly!), so you're not even late on it. I hope you like what we're doing here also and let me know! It will mean the most coming from someone who I basically grew up with.
I mean. Interacting with THE Jane Pratt is already blowing my mind.
I was telling someone last week that growing up in fairly conservative central mass, stumbling on a copy of Sassy meant a portal opened for me. I didn’t really know how to find any of the bands in the “Cute Band Alert,” but I understood immediately that they, and these girls in manic panic and skirts made out of shirts were my people. I’d say it was “seminal,”but that’s way too male. Anyway, I’m so happy you continue to make work in the world that gives people an opportunity to connect with one another. It’s excruciatingly hard, and so desperately important. Big love to you!
What an incredibly insightful comment. You said so much of that better than I could. Thank you, Sarah. And for the laugh over the term seminal being way too male. Why are defining works not called "ovarian" or something else?
Same! Also Western Mass. Did you go to Roz’s place in Northampton for Manic Panic and striped tights???
The line about seminal is great, we just get called hysterical, sadly.
I was in a small town in Central Mass—20 minutes from Worcester. I lived in Northampton for a summer on a co-op in college, though!
I was gifted a subscription to Sassy for my Bat Mitzvah, wearing the dress and matching vest my mom made. So, it was a journey to striped tights.
In high school I made my way on the commuter line to Newbury Street in Boston. My mother was…intense, we’ll say, and I was absolutely forbidden from dyeing my hair, or even wearing make up.
So I’d just absorb the vibe at Newbury Conics and pine for Doc Maartens. I did manage to find a pair of Mary Jane Doc knock offs at TJ Maxx and a plaid flannel baby doll dress at the Urban Outfitters basement in Harvard Square. And I hennaed my hair in a desperate attempt to look like Tori Amos.
The early 90s for me really were about following these clues away from childhood, making my way toward my weirdest, truest self. At 46, now in perimenopause (which I’ve no doubt will feature in future posts and comments) I can proudly say I’ve arrived to myself. And I still wear striped tights.
I might have had those same shoes from the TJ Maxx in the basement of the Holyoke Mall. Love that you are still wearing the striped tights. And last but not least see extra safe space 15? 16?for my unsolicited and thoroughly unnecessary comments regarding perimenopause .
Wait, where are these comments? I absolutely want to read them!
I had a similar experience to you, though I was in the rural mountains of California! We didn’t have a record store anywhere in the vicinity, but sometimes the one pharmacy in town stocked a few cassettes, and I’d ask them to order REM and They Might Be Giants and other music I read about in Sassy.
Oh, I love that you asked, and I love that they did it for you!
Yesssssss! I just upgraded from monthly to annual. Always happy to be around for more Jane and friends content ♥️
I'm so so happy you are part of it. Wear that shirt proudly!
How cute is that shirt?!
And how cute are we all going to look wearing them? I keep thinking about a whole group of us looking so so cute. And we will!
Oh dear- just upgraded I hope I’m not too late!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I just looked and I'm going to go ahead and give you the news that you're not too late. Enjoy that shirt! And that anal upgrade! (It's a joke from elsewhere in the thread, so I don't think I'm totally crazy.) Thank you, Tiffany!
🤣🤣🤣yes I saw that joke 🤣🤣thank YOU Jane 🙌🙌🙌💜
Yay! Happy to now be subscribed to Another Jane Pratt Thing. So looking forward to being a regular reader and wearing my Sassy tee shirt!
Thank you, Mary, and I won't let you down with any of it. I really really appreciate your support. I'm excited to wear our shirts together!
I remember the original Sassy merch!
I WANT
I love that you are the first person to respond to this, Heather. I don't actually know you, but I feel like I do, and of course you are first!
Yay! Hold my place, I’m gonna upgrade to anal!
HAHAHAHAHA this is the best typo EVER! I say the next t-shirt design should be “Upgrade to Anal.” Heather we can model it like they did on the sassy club page! (I’m only kidding if you’re offended - otherwise let’s convince Jane)
Let’s do it, I’m ALL IN
That all sounds so great and send any and all ideas to jane@anotherjaneprattthing.com. Esther and I will look at them from there. But keep me laughing here in the comments too, please! You're the best.
Annual. OMG
I can't stop laughing. That is the line of my night: "I'm gonna upgrade to anal." I'll have to reuse that one somewhere but I'll give you credit I promise.
Believe me, I have actually attempted to upgrade to anal and have a really embarrassing story about it!
I really cannot stop laughing about this. This could go on all night for me. And would you please please please write that for us? Or something else you are passionate about? I would love it so much.
I think I was part of the first 200 who subscribed, but I never got an email about the t-shirt. Not a big deal, but just wondering if there's any update or better way to find out. Thanks!
If you email me jane@anotherjaneprattthing.com, I will pass it along to Corynne who is helping out with this and we can straighten it out!
Hi! Sassy got me through the dark days of being a teenager! I subscribed on Nov 2 but didn't see anything about the tshirt in my email. Was I too late for a t-shirt? Or am i just confused and missed the details that are in an email I skimmed somewhere? Thanks!
You will get an email from us about it. Corynne here is handling this so lovingly and won't forget, but you were not too late and so you should hear something soon. Thank you!!
Thanks to you and Coryanne! Email received and form submitted. Appreciate it :)
LOVE this! 🩷
Love YOU