Dec. 8, 2023

The Nostalgia Issue

Sept 2023

Entertainment

All Hail Geri Halliwell-Horner

Author and mom of three Ginger Spice opens up about her life now, her new book, and, of course, the Spice Girls.

ByNolan Feeney

It is a truth universally acknowledged that kids today are soft. After all, they will never know the sheer frustration of having to unspool the tape on a cassette; will never hear the AOL dial-up tone in their sleep; will never understand what a rite of passage TGIF and Saturday morning TV was. I was born in 1982; my first cassette tape was Paula Abdul’s Shut Up & Dance (1990), 1993’s Free Willy was my favorite movie (and oh the soundtrack!), and I lived and breathed Family Matters, “California Dreamin’” and Saved By The Bell. In other words, consider yourself lucky if you’re an elder millennial who came of age in the ‘90s.

Which is why I’m so excited to throw it back to a time when spending an hour at Blockbuster picking out a movie was a regular weekend activity. The slate of stories you see above and below are all meant to make you feel major nostalgia for all the pop cultural mega moments from our youths. We had it good.

— Kate Auletta, Editor-In-Chief

Be Kind Please Rewind
Man, I Miss Blockbuster

It was a whole Friday night teen ritual, and I think we should bring it back.

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Fun Facts You Never Knew About The Spice Girls

Photo credit: Josephine Schiele

Photo Credit Josephine Schiele

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Photo Credit Josephine Schiele
Photo Credit Josephine Schiele
Photo Credit Josephine Schiele