Girl Power Revisited @ 25
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today marks 25 years since Spiceworld was hit with a band-splitting jolt when Ginger Spice officially dropped the bomb that her Girl Power days were over.
The announcement on May 31, 1998, by Gerri Halliwell sent shockwaves worldwide just days before the Spice Girls were to begin a mega-hyped North American tour.
Gerri was considered the guru of the band’s Girl Power philosophy….so we thought this would be a great opportunity to revisit an issue we did at the beginning of season one all about Girl Power.
We’ll be back in two weeks with brand new material….until then….I hope you enjoy the episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime. Today marks 25 years since Spice World was |
| 0:12.6 | hit with a band-splitting jolt when Ginger Spice officially dropped the bomb that her girl-power |
| 0:18.5 | days were over. The announcement on May 31, 1998 by Jerry Hallowell sent shockwaves worldwide, |
| 0:26.8 | just days before the Spice Girls were set to begin a mega-hyped North American tour. |
| 0:32.2 | Jerry was considered the guru of the band's girl power philosophy, |
| 0:36.8 | and we thought this would be a great opportunity |
| 0:39.2 | to revisit a history of the 90s episode |
| 0:41.4 | from the beginning of season one |
| 0:43.1 | that was all about girl power. |
| 0:45.8 | We'll be back in two weeks with brand new material. |
| 0:48.8 | Until then, I hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 0:52.2 | What do girls want? |
| 0:54.2 | What do they really, really want? |
| 0:57.5 | In the 1996 song, |
| 0:59.3 | Wanna Be by the Spice Girls, |
| 1:01.5 | they wanted would-be boyfriends |
| 1:03.2 | to get their act together |
| 1:04.6 | so they could be just fine. |
| 1:07.3 | But that one song launched something more, |
| 1:11.5 | much more. |
| 1:14.2 | Girl power, feminism, do you know what I mean? |
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