Episode 350: The Scamminess and Scumminess of Growing Up in the 90s with Sophie Gilbert

Doree and Elise speak with journalist and cultural critic Sophie Gilbert about the prescient and important themes of her book Girl on Girl (out 4/29). They discuss her cultural history of the 90s through the 2010s, and what effect this period had on the women's movement and the momentum of feminism, the lasting influence of porn in shaping early aughts culture, and why the girl boss era was a scam. 

Mentioned in this Episode

• The Watch from The Ringer

• Sophie Gilbert at The Atlantic

• On Womanhood: Bodies, Literature, Choice by Sophie Gilbert

• Girl On Girl by Sophie Gilbert 

• What Porn Taught a Generation of Women, book excerpt in The Atlantic

• American Pie

• Flawless by Elise Hu

• Glow House

• Connect with Sophie

• Sophie Gilbert (@sophiegilbertwrites) | Instagram

• sophie gilbert | Website 

• @sophiegilbert.bsky.social on Bluesky 

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