Now defunct, it covered a wide variety of topics, and was intended as a feminist counterpoint to Seventeen and YM magazines.

[3] The magazine's original main writers were referred to by Pratt as "Sex" (Karen Catchpole), "Drugs" (Catherine Gysin), and "Rock 'n Roll" (Christina Kelly)[4] because of the topics they covered.

Executive Editor Mary Kaye Schilling became Editor-in-Chief in 1990, when Pratt went on to host a daytime talk show.

[3] When Schilling left, Christina Kelly was promoted to Editor and remained in that position until the magazine's end.

[3][5] The fashion department was headed by Mary Clarke, Jacinta Dobson, and Andrea Lee Linett, who discovered Chloë Sevigny on the street and hired her as an intern.

[6] Petersen Publishing officially took over with the February–March 1995 issue,[7] and its editorial offices were moved to Los Angeles from New York City.

"Don't You Want Me Baby" In April 2007, Faber and Faber released a tribute to and history of Sassy by former Teen Vogue editor Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer called How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time.