Sassy
Mary Kaye, Mary Kaye, L.A. Quite Contrary: Sassy Sister to New York
Mary Kaye Schilling’s final days as an entertainment editor at the Los Angeles Times were bleak.
“It was incredibly stressful there,” she said on the phone June 17 from California. “I really believed the L.A. Times could make a comeback, but the situation really became untenable.”
Two months ago, Ms. Schilling parted ways with the West Coast paper of record—she says it was mutual, sources there say otherwise—and in mid-July she’s returning east, where she worked in magazines for many years, to become the culture editor at New York. Women’s Wear Daily reported the news first on June 17. read more »
Early-Nineties Revival Alert! Sassy Follows in Spy's Footsteps With Tribute Book, Party
"Our inner 15-year-olds are like, oh my God," said Marisa Meltzer, co-author of How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time (Faber and Faber), standing next to her collaborator, Kara Jesella, at the aptly named Lolita Bar on the Lower East Side.
The two women were celebrating their 128-page, extensively researched homage to a publication that expanded boundaries of girl culture to include Doc Martens, indie-rock bands and first-person essays using the phrase blow job. read more »
