Shop Betches, ix
Shore, Pauly, ix
Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America (study), 271–72, 275
sildenafil. See Viagra
Silverstein, Rich, 174
Simpson, Alan, 61, 65–66, 130–31
Simpson, Nicole Brown, 236–41, 244
Simpson, O. J., 236–41, 244
Simpson, O. J., murder case, 89–90, 93–94, 106–10, 114–15, 123–24, 236, 239–41
single mothers
Murphy Brown, 95–97
welfare queens, 134–36
singleness, 87–88, 97–101
60 Minutes (TV series), 41, 115
Clinton interview, 143–44, 147
Skate America, 270
skinniness, 7–10
Skirtgate, 93
Slate (magazine), 19–20, 203, 269
“slut,” 178
slut-shaming, 36
of Monica Lewinsky, 76–80
Smash Mouth (band), x
Smith, Anna Nicole, 12–13, 16–18, 75, 292
Smith, William Kennedy, 40–42, 63–64
SNL (TV series). See Saturday Night Live
Snow White, 250
Softlips, 6
Sonic Youth, 69–70, 297
“Sophisticated Bitch” (song), xiv
Soren, Tabitha, 46, 144, 199, 205–6
Spacey, Kevin, 161
Speaking Truth to Power (Hill), 53–54, 59–59
Spears, Britney, 215, 298–300
Special Teen Diet, 8
Specter, Arlen, 61
Spelling, Aaron, 3, 21, 28, 192
Spelling, Tori, 190
Spencer Gifts, 295–96
Spice (album), 286
Spice Girls, ix, 180, 183, 279, 286–89, 297–98, 300–301
Spin (magazine), 174, 213, 292, 293
Spitzer, Eliot, 86
Sports Illustrated, 255, 262, 265–66
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, 12
Spy (magazine), 150, 159
Stahl, Lesley, 115
stalking, 65, 78–79
“Stand by Your Man” (song), 144, 145, 174
Stant, Shane, 258
Star, Darren, 33
Starr, Kenneth, 47, 71–72
“Stay (I Missed You)” (song), 280–81
STDs (sexually transmitted diseases), 31–37
Stefani, Gwen, 280, 291–94, 298
Steinem, Gloria, 120
stereotypes, xvi–xvii, 25, 68, 99, 123, 135, 248–49
Stern, Howard, 190, 191
Stoller, Debbie, 288–89
Strauss, Neil, 105
suicide, 64, 185, 210
Sunny Delight, x
Tailhook scandal, 41–42
Take Back the Night, 41
Take Our Daughters to Work Day, 291
Tanenbaum, Leora, 259–60
Tannen, Deborah, 113
Tapper, Jake, 75, 78, 153
Tarantino, Quentin, 199
Teacher of the Year, 164
Teen (magazine), 7
teen birth rate, 308
teen magazines, 7–8, 36–38
Teen People, 38
teen pregnancy, 31
television. See TV
Texas A&M University, 295
“Thank Heaven for Little Girls” (song), 290
That ’70s Show (TV series), 117
Thelma & Louise (movie), 226
Thiessen, Tiffani, 34
“Thin Ideal, Depression and Eating Disorders in Women, The” (McCarthy), 9
thinness, 7–10
This Fire (album), 173–75
Thomas, Clarence, 52–54, 56–58, 81
pickup technique, 82–83
playing of race card, 67–69
Senate testimony, 58–63, 65–68
Thomas, Rozonda “Chilli,” 181–83, 186–90
Thomas, Virginia, 81
Thompson, Doug, 153
Thompson, Robert, 225
thongs, 14–15, 302–3
Thorne-Smith, Courtney, 10
Thurmond, Strom, 60
Tidal (album), 212–14, 215
Time (magazine), 41, 44, 77, 120, 158, 160, 167–68, 213, 228
#TimesUp movement, 307
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 55
Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972, 306
TLC (group), x, 181–83, 186–90
Today Show (TV series), 105
“Tonyagrams,” 259
Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum (Brooklyn), 267–68
Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, 260, 262, 267
Tonya Tapes, The (Prouse), 251
Toobin, Jeffrey, 75, 90, 116
Toronto Star, 182
Tragic Kingdom (album), 293–94
traumarama, 36–38
TrimSpa, 16
triple axel jump, 253–54
Tripp, Linda, 71–72, 74, 76
Troy, Gil, 149, 150
Trump, Donald, 88, 124, 155, 307–8
Trump, Ivana, 124
Trump, Melania, 151
Tunney, Robin, 29
Turner, Bonnie, 117
TV (television). See also specific TV shows
Adorable Dopes, 117–22
beauty ideals, 16–20
body ideals, 7–10
ideal woman, 2–6
marketing tie-ins, 5–6, 8
reality TV, 25–27
rise of twenty-four-hour news cycle, 1–2
villainess bitches, 20–27
witches, 27–30
women producers, 3
working women, 95–101
20/20 (TV series), 232, 242
Twist (magazine), 38
Tyler, Liv, 198
Tyler, Steven, 198
Tylo, Hunter, 21
Tyson, Mike, 40–41, 64
“Ugly Bitches” (song), xiii
Unbearable Lightness (De Rossi), 10
underarm hair, 172
United Nations, and Madeleine Albright, 162–69
United States Figure Skating Association, 266
United States Olympic Committee (USOC), 261
United States Senate elections of 1992, 141–42
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 240
University of Oklahoma, 58, 80–81
University of Pennsylvania, xii, 9, 92
U.S. News & World Report, 158
USA Today, 297
Vagina Monologues, The (play), 301
Vail, Tobi, 177
Vanity Fair (magazine), 38, 63, 146, 148, 152–53, 198, 199, 207
Veep (TV series), 96
Verdi, Bob, 260
Veronica’s Closet (TV series), 117–19
Viagra, 44–46
Vibe (magazine), 186
victims and violence, 223–46
Amy Fisher, 226–30
battered woman syndrome and, 241–42
breaking the silence, 243–46
Lorena Bobbitt, 231–36
Nicole Brown, 236–41
uptick in, 230–31
Woman in Jeopardy movies, 223–26, 229
Victoria’s Secret, 11–13, 15
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, 301
Vietnam War, 131, 167
villainess bitches, 20–27
on Melrose Place, 21–24
on Real World, 25–27
Tonya Harding, 247–70
violence. See also domestic violence; female anger; gun violence; victims and violence
gender differences in, 230–31
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA), 244–45
Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context (report), 230–31
virginity, 5, 33
Vogue (magazine), 38, 206
Waco siege, 154, 156–57
“waif wave,” 9, 213
Wald, Gayle, 280, 283
Walker, Alice, xi
Walker, Lenore, 241, 242
Walls, Nancy, 112–13
Wall Street Journal, 14, 67
/> Walters, Barbara, 14–15, 51, 78, 79–80, 110–11, 152
“Wannabe” (song), 286, 287
Wapshott, Nicholas, 221
Washington, Desiree, 64
Washington, Kerry, 84
Washington City Paper, 75
Washington Post, 19, 32, 35, 67, 70, 85, 91, 107, 111, 126, 129, 154, 158, 165–66, 167, 182, 200, 206, 214, 261, 265
Washington Times, 121
“Waterfalls” (song), 187–88
Watergate Apartments, 73
Watkins, Tionne “T-Boz,” 181–83, 186–90
Weekly Standard, 150
weight loss, 7–8
of Monica Lewinsky, 75–76
Weiner, Anthony, 86
Weinrib, Eric, 203
Weinstein, Harvey, 84, 309
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy (Kohen), 82, 154, 162
welfare queens, 123, 134–36, 181
Welfare Reform Act of 1996, 31, 32
Weller, Sheila, 237, 239
Wellesley College, 163
West, Kanye, 20
West, Ty, 45, 94
“whale tails,” 15
What Men Want (Gerstman and Pizzo), 104–5
“Where Have All The Cowboys Gone” (song), 173–74
White, Vanna, 191
“whore,” xiv, 178
Williams, Robin, 126–27
Winfrey, Oprah, 76
Wings (TV series), 6–7
Winter Olympics (1992), 250
Winter Olympics (1994), 249, 257, 260–64
witches, 27–30
Without a Doubt (Clark), 91–92, 114, 240
Wizard of Oz, The (movie), 27
Wolf, Naomi, 8–9
Woman in Jeopardy movies, 223–26, 229
Woman Who Sinned, The (movie), 224
Women on Ice: Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle (Baughman, ed.), 270
women’s rights, 243–45
Wood, Carmita, 55
Wood, Kimba, 132–33
working mothers, 123–40
fathers’ rights and, 125–28
Murphy Brown, 136–40
working-class, 133–36
Zoë Baird and Nannygate, 128–33
working women, xii–xiii, 89–122. See also Clark, Marcia; working mothers
Adorable Dopes, 117–22
dating self-help, 102–6
Living Single, 97–101
marriage age, 101–1
Murphy Brown, 95–97
World AIDS Day, 42
World Figure Skating Championships (1993), 250–51
Wright, Angela, 70
Writers Guild of America strike, 95–96
Wurtzel, Elizabeth, xv
Wynette, Tammy, 144, 145, 153, 174, 305
X-Files, The (TV series), 30
Yale Law Journal, 145
Yale Law School, 53
Yankee Stadium, 201
Year of the Woman (1992), 141–42, 236, 277, 306
#YesAllWomen, 306
YM (magazine), 7, 37–38, 216
You Just Don’t Understand (Tannen), 113
“Youth Against Fascism” (song), 70
Zeisler, Andi, 180–81
About the Author
ALLISON YARROW is an award-winning journalist and National Magazine Award finalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Vox, and many others. She was a TED resident and is a grantee of the International Women’s Media Foundation. She produced the Vice documentary Misconception, and has appeared on the Today show, MSNBC, NPR, and more. Allison was raised in Macon, Georgia, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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