On this episode of the History of the 90s, Host Kathy Kenzora looks back at Girl Power, a 90’s phenomenon that introduced a generation of young girls to feminism and empowerment.

If you think of the Spice Girls when you hear Girl Power, you are not wrong. But before the Spice Girls were kicking it for the girls with hit songs like “Wannabe,” the Riot GRRL movement in the Pacific Northwest was advocating for Girl Power.  

We’ll talk to authors Alison Yarrow and Anne T. Donahue as we track the Girl Power movement from Riot Grrl to the Spice Girls and try to understand how it impacted music and society in the 90s and today. 

Contact:

Twitter: @1990shistory

Facebook: @1990shistory

Instagram: @that90spodcast

Email: [email protected]

Guests:

Anne T. Donahue 

Twitter: @annetdonahue

Instagram: @annetdonahue

Allison Yarrow, author of 90s Bitch: Media, Culture and the Failed Equality Promise of Gender Equality

Twitter: @Aliyarrow 

Instagram: @Aliyarrow

For exclusive bonus content subscribe to History of the 90s Patreon page.: https://patreon.com/historyofthe90s

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices