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Spice Girls, 'Feed Your Love'

July 14, 2021 • This slow, sensual song is every bit a '90s throwback, right down to that Boogie Down Productions sample of "South Bronx."

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Music

The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

July 24, 2017 • NPR's list of the greatest albums made by women, from 1964 to the present.

I'm Giving You Everything: A Portrait Of The Writer As A Young Spice Girls Fan

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The Record

I'm Giving You Everything: A Portrait Of The Writer As A Young Spice Girls Fan

July 9, 2016 • On the 20th anniversary of the release of "Wannabe," the single that launched the girl power juggernaut on the world, the writer Laura Snapes recalls her pre-teen obsession with the Spice Girls.

Spice Girls 'Wannabe' Wants To Be An Anthem For Girl Power

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Goats and Soda

Spice Girls 'Wannabe' Wants To Be An Anthem For Girl Power

July 8, 2016 • It's now a star-studded video from the U.N.'s Project Everyone, and it's going viral. We ask some globally-minded girls: Does it do a good job promoting gender equality?

Pop Culture

Girl Power, Revisited

July 11, 2007 • The British girl-band the Spice Girls has announced that they will be reuniting for a world tour scheduled to begin in December. Robin Givhan, Washington Post's fashion editor, talks about how "girl power" is trying to make a comeback.

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