Who remembers YM Magazine?

Second only to Seventeen in the world of 90s tween girl periodicals, it was the thinner, cheaper, glossier magazine that featured the usual stories about fashion (grunge! body suits! flats with socks!), celebrities (Luke Perry! Edward Furlong! Alicia Silverstone!) and make up (Lip Smackers! Bonnie Bell! Clinique!).

While all of the above was throughly informative and entertaining, the cornerstone of YM’s success was deeply rooted in the “Say Anything” column. In it, girls from all over wrote in their most embarrassing moments - all of which involved at least one of the following:

-Tampons

-White Pants

-Braces

-7 minutes in heaven

If I had a dollar for every time I accidentally handed the guy who sat behind me a tampon instead of a pen, I’d have well, nothing. Because that never happens. Which is why - even as an impressionable 13-year-old -I suspected that the editors of YM had some fun making up these “blush-booster” moments.

Either way, it was the page I opened right up to so that my friends and I could squeal in horror at even the THOUGHT of getting our braces caught with our crush’s while playing 7 minutes in heaven.

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