Tag Archives: 90s women
Let’s Talk About Sex
So, Ada, we had a great interview today with Dr. Elizabeth Keenan, who is working on a book about 90s nostalgia. One of our favorite topics! We ended up talking a lot about sex. One of our other favorite topics! On … Continue reading
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90swomen Caring About Body Image, Class Issues, and Other 90swomen Things
Ada, I had so many favorite EMP moments, many of which were somehow related to the post-panel after-party, at which I drank a number of Fat Tire beers out of a can in a roomful of music nerds whose idea … Continue reading
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Defending Alanis Morissette’s Feminist Honor
So, Ada, I asked Marisa (our friend, fellow EMP panelist, my Sassy book co-author, and author of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music) if she wanted to chat with me about the much-maligned Alanis Morissette. There are lots of … Continue reading
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90swomen are Ahead of the New York Times
Ada, we’ve talked a lot on this blog about 90swomen making more money than their male partners. We have not talked about how the NYT‘s David Brooks is a total un-90s-ish reactionary. Here he is talking to Gail Collins about … Continue reading
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Lilith Fair, Menstruation Music, and how Riot Grrrl Inspires Gen Y
Ada, I wanted to post a few of my favorite links to stories and posts about Marisa’s book on the 90s, feminism, and music. This is partly because Girl Power is about many of the issues we talk about here; … Continue reading
“riot grrrl was a reaction against grunge” and other excellent thoughts on 90s feminism
So, Ada, I was telling you last night about the great panel I went to on 90s feminism and I thought I would write some of it down. For posterity! The irony of the event is that there was a … Continue reading
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Confessions of an Alpha Wife: Sometimes it’s Annoying. Sometimes it’s Great.
So, Ada, my friend Suzanne just emailed me a great story from the New York Post. In “Confessions of an Alpha Wife,” former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Janice Min talks about how she used to make more money in one paycheck … Continue reading
