<description> &lt;p&gt;Despite everyone&amp;rsquo;s nostalgic feelings for the &amp;lsquo;90&amp;rsquo;s, it was undoubtedly a complicated time for women.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Feminism was alive and well at the start of the decade, but author &lt;a href="https://www.sophie-gilbert.com/"&gt;Sophie Gilbert&lt;/a&gt; explains how the movement&amp;rsquo;s energy collapsed into a problematic media storm that still lingers today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;She chronicles the decline through the &amp;lsquo;90s pop culture that shaped women from the Riot Grrrl movement, to the Spice Girls, and beyond in her book &lt;em&gt;'Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.&amp;rsquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;At the beginning of the '90s, third wave feminism was very much alive. Anita Hill was testifying in Congress, it was the &amp;lsquo;Year of the Woman.&amp;rsquo; You had Riot Grrrl, you had all this energy and this momentum behind trying to make things better for women,&amp;rdquo; Sophie explains. &amp;ldquo;And then over the course of the decade, it just kind of flatlined.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sophie talks to Sam about her book, how feminism is more fractured than ever, and how the extreme caricatures of women we see today aren&amp;rsquo;t that different from the tropes of women in the &amp;lsquo;90s. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Sign up for &lt;a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-sam-sanders-show"&gt;Sam&amp;rsquo;s Newsletter&lt;/a&gt; to get behind the scenes stuff from every interview each week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Sam Sanders Show is a production of KCRW and Sam Sanders Productions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

The Sam Sanders Show

KCRW & Sam Sanders

Did the ‘90s Kill Feminism?

MAY 1, 202633 MIN
The Sam Sanders Show

Did the ‘90s Kill Feminism?

MAY 1, 202633 MIN

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<p>Despite everyone&rsquo;s nostalgic feelings for the &lsquo;90&rsquo;s, it was undoubtedly a complicated time for women.&nbsp;</p> <p>Feminism was alive and well at the start of the decade, but author <a href="https://www.sophie-gilbert.com/">Sophie Gilbert</a> explains how the movement&rsquo;s energy collapsed into a problematic media storm that still lingers today.&nbsp;</p> <p>She chronicles the decline through the &lsquo;90s pop culture that shaped women from the Riot Grrrl movement, to the Spice Girls, and beyond in her book <em>'Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.&rsquo;</em></p> <p>&ldquo;At the beginning of the '90s, third wave feminism was very much alive. Anita Hill was testifying in Congress, it was the &lsquo;Year of the Woman.&rsquo; You had Riot Grrrl, you had all this energy and this momentum behind trying to make things better for women,&rdquo; Sophie explains. &ldquo;And then over the course of the decade, it just kind of flatlined.&rdquo;</p> <p>Sophie talks to Sam about her book, how feminism is more fractured than ever, and how the extreme caricatures of women we see today aren&rsquo;t that different from the tropes of women in the &lsquo;90s. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Sign up for <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-sam-sanders-show">Sam&rsquo;s Newsletter</a> to get behind the scenes stuff from every interview each week.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Sam Sanders Show is a production of KCRW and Sam Sanders Productions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>