Tag: 90s
Courtney Love Against the Riot Grrrls: An Indelible Moment In Not Pandering to Requisite “Female Solidarity”
Over the decades, perhaps no feminist has gotten as much heat for being an antagonistic “trainwreck” (the go-to term people like to use to discredit [Read More…]
Everything Sucks! Is Thorough In Its 90s Research But Doesn’t Quite Achieve What Stranger Things Does With the 80s As Its Less Put Upon Crutch
Because nostalgia is at such a premium in the present era of wanting to escape into the past when it is not merely one’s imagination [Read More…]
Like So Many Pop Culture Moments From the 90s, “As If” Was Grafted From the Gays
Upon reviewing the recently released list of Hollywood’s 100 Favorite Movie Quotes, it’s clear that Clueless is the only representative of “the youth” on the list (there [Read More…]
The End of the Tour Is Just the Start of Analyzing David Foster Wallace
“Technology is only going to get better. And it’s going to become more and more comfortable for people to sit in a room alone enjoying [Read More…]
When Garbage & Daria Combined to Create the Ultimate Alt 90s Experience
There are a lot of “most 90s” things that occurred during the decade of Clinton and dial-up internet, but among the annals of distinctive 90s [Read More…]
Shirley Manson Is My Homegirl
Decades after Garbage’s relevancy, I still have to say that Shirley Manson is one of the most inspiring women to have graced the pop culture [Read More…]
Daria and The Crop Top Anomaly
The sarcastic icon that is Daria Morgendorffer is typically known for being a sexless, snarky type who may or may not have a hole where [Read More…]
Rachel Green Was the Progenitor of Normcore
While normcore may be attributed to many jeans/flannel/muted color-wearing 90s icons, Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) of Friends was not only a visual manifestation of normcore, [Read More…]
Cake’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle” is One of the Most Salient Pieces of Music Ever Made
When “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle” first came out, I didn’t understand it. The year was 1993, and I hadn’t even cleared a double digit age. [Read More…]
The Kurt Cobain Guide to Life
On what would have been Kurt Cobain’s forty-seventh birthday, it seems pertinent to consider how the demigod of grunge would have instructed you to best [Read More…]
