Thanks to my kids’ reaction to Geri and co’s comeback, I’ve found myself retroactively convinced by Girl PowerI was 19 years old when the Spice Girls’ first single came out and already outside the upper age limit of their target market. I remember seeing the video for Wannabe, and being a bit sniffy about it. Girl Power was a bogus PR ploy, Geri’s espousal of Thatcherism was absurd, and all that cavorting with Nelson Mandela at the famous 1997 press call was just the bloody end.The push-up bras and belly rings are as cartoonish in their way as any made-for-kids’ TV Continue reading…
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