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We’re time-traveling back to the 90s to explore the Spice Girls and peak girl power! Join us as we discuss authenticity, the tricky balance of real-world social issues with capitalism, and, naturally, which spice we’d be if we were a spice.
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Spice World is a Brilliant Movie. It Might Even Be Better Than A Hard Day’s Night by Anne T. Donahue
Spice World: Constructing Femininity the Popular Way by Dafna Lemish
Vicars of ‘Wannabe’: Authenticity and the Spice Girls by Elizabeth Eva Leach
‘Spice World’ & Me by Eleanor Stanford
In Defence of Disco by Richard Dyer
‘Spiceworld’ At 25: How The Spice Girls’ Feminine Enthusiasm & Camp Became A Beacon For Queer Youth by Marah Eakin
How the Spice Girls’ Manufactured Girl Power Became Real by Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Jennifer Harlan
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