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90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality by Allison Yarrow
1 review
carlaah1984's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
As a girl in the 90's I found this an interesting read that I could remember a lot of points of and get new insights on, and some confirmation of feelings and trends that I experienced.
over the last few years, I have undertaken learning about things that happened during my lifetime but I was too young to understand some of this was repeated information, but worthing support of her thesis. The section about Monica Lewinsky and Marica Clark was a bit long for me, I'm not sure if it's because I listen to the slow-burn podcast about it, but hearing of the sexism and judgment from female reporters was an important piece Yarrow added.
I think the section on Courtney Love was perhaps the most interesting to me, I know here more of the later Hole and Larry Flint era so learning about before that was interesting. The music section with Paula Cole, Meredith Brooks, and Alanis Morissette was something I remembered, and connected with that section was compelling.
The book set up the sexualized nation of being a girl in the late 1990s and setting up the raunch of the early 2000s and I would have kept listening to her talk about that. It really helped me understand why and how being a girl/woman is such an odd concept for me and I struggle to fully understand or embrace it.
I loved Susan Douglas's "Where the girls are", and this book feels like it picks up that material where the book ends in the early 1990's this one marches forward with what it was like to be a female (especially a white female) from that point forward.
over the last few years, I have undertaken learning about things that happened during my lifetime but I was too young to understand some of this was repeated information, but worthing support of her thesis. The section about Monica Lewinsky and Marica Clark was a bit long for me, I'm not sure if it's because I listen to the slow-burn podcast about it, but hearing of the sexism and judgment from female reporters was an important piece Yarrow added.
I think the section on Courtney Love was perhaps the most interesting to me, I know here more of the later Hole and Larry Flint era so learning about before that was interesting. The music section with Paula Cole, Meredith Brooks, and Alanis Morissette was something I remembered, and connected with that section was compelling.
The book set up the sexualized nation of being a girl in the late 1990s and setting up the raunch of the early 2000s and I would have kept listening to her talk about that. It really helped me understand why and how being a girl/woman is such an odd concept for me and I struggle to fully understand or embrace it.
I loved Susan Douglas's "Where the girls are", and this book feels like it picks up that material where the book ends in the early 1990's this one marches forward with what it was like to be a female (especially a white female) from that point forward.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape and Abortion