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  <title>A Sassy Conversation with Magazine Icon Jane Pratt</title>
  <description>When I helped launch&amp;amp;nbsp;Twist&amp;amp;nbsp;magazine in the late '90s, we basically huddled around old issues of&amp;amp;nbsp;Sassy like sacred texts, trying to decode what made them so special. The answer? Jane Pratt.&amp;amp;nbsp;So it was with excitement and a little nervousness that I jumped on a Substack Live Interview with her. We chatted about:   Her miserable boarding school experience and how it inspired&amp;amp;nbsp;Sassy   Getting pulled off 70% of newsstands after a boycott by the religious right   The secret behind&amp;amp;nbsp;Sassy’s success and why it changed so many lives   Her evolution from&amp;amp;nbsp;Sassy&amp;amp;nbsp;to&amp;amp;nbsp;Jane   Working with Michael Stipe, who she dated for years and now calls her best friend and daughter’s godfather   Her decision to launch&amp;amp;nbsp;Another Jane Pratt Thing on Substack rather than a standalone website   How she finds new writers and spots a good story   What makes her such a good editor   Gen X resilience   Why she hates the word “influencer,” even though she was one of the first   Her optimism about the current state of the media   Name dropping   The shift to multi-hyphenate careers, and what she puts as her profession on doctor’s forms.   Subscribe to Small Talk to hear more Substack Live interviews with interesting folk. </description>
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