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90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
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3.5 stars rounded up. I have a lot of thought about this one! This book simultaneously triggered both my nostalgia and ptsd. Enjoyed the analysis, overall, and it got more intersectional with time. I would say, I think, that a lot of the points feel familiar, things I’ve heard on “You’re Wrong About� or depicted in the NYT documentary about Britney Spears, etc. One thing: why can’t trans women be included in this feminist rehashing of the nineties? The pop culture depiction of trans women in the nineties was a nightmare. I was even thinking in the chapter about men dressing as women on SNL, inherent transphobia of that in it of itself serving as a punchline, but the author never really goes there.
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Reading Progress
August 29, 2021
– Shelved
August 29, 2021
– Shelved as:
to-read
September 9, 2021
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Started Reading
September 9, 2021
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15.0%
"The Good: I’m just reveling in the throwbacks to the pop culture of my youth. The not-so-good: Already wishing the analysis was more intersectional. Example, the author talks about how Tammy from Real World LA was villianized as the prototypical “Real World Bitch� without even mentioning the fact that she is a Black woman and how that impacted how she has been treated."
September 11, 2021
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40.0%
"Okay, it’s starting to get a little better with the intersectionality now"
September 16, 2021
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Finished Reading
