I remember watching the special "Girl Power A-Z" hosted by the Spice
Girls. They named Courtney Love for C and showed a clip of the "Doll
Parts" video. The Spice Girls commended Courtney for her anger, "Yeah
Courtney! Throw that chair! Yeah! Raw! Courtney!" They clearly had no
understanding of feminist politics, post-structural analysis or the fact
that the inversion of gender roles is counter-productive and binary.
But did I? Fuck no. That's something I figured out third year
university. Deconstructing Spice was something I would do as a woman,
not a girl.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
"How The Spice Girls Taught Me To Be a Riot Grrl" By Mish Way
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