E9: Standing in Front of a BoyE9.3: CassandraEmma and Chloe confront the ghosts of pretty boys past, in this episode where they look at white masculinity in the 1990s and its legacy. They explore the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Grant, and how their careers and reputations have survived into the present while others’ didn’t. They also consider the ‘grunge’ movement, and how claims for the dissolution of the boundaries between men and women, despite some success, also left many women behind.LinksJames Hibberd, “Vanilla Ice throwing Fourth of July concert: 'We didn't have coronavirus' in the '90s,” Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2020, https://ew.com/music/vanilla-ice-4th-of-july-concert-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=5efd1c86621aa70001d0241aAlan Riding, “Why 'Titanic' Conquered the World,” The New York Times, 26 April 1998, https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/movies/why-titanic-conquered-the-world.htmlTatiana Siegel, “"His Brand Is Excellence": How Leonardo DiCaprio Became Hollywood's Last Movie Star,” Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2019, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-leonardo-dicaprio-became-hollywoods-last-movie-star-1225416Jason Rodrigues, “Hugh Grant arrested with sex worker 20 years ago,” The Guardian, 26 June 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/film/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jun/26/hugh-grant-arrest-prostitute-divine-brown-20-1995#_=_Darragh McManus, “Just 20 years on, grunge seems like ancient history,” The Guardian, 1 November 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/oct/31/grungeChioma Nnadi, “Why Kurt Cobain Was One of the Most Influential Style Icons of Our Times,” Vouge, 8 April 2014, https://www.vogue.com/article/kurt-cobain-legacy-of-grunge-in-fashionDouble J, “The 50 most important female artists of the 90s,” ABC Online, 16 June 2017, https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/the-50-most-important-female-artists-of-the-90s/10267896Allison Yarrow, “How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality,” Time, 13 June 2018, https://time.com/5310256/90s-gender-equality-progress/Evelynn McDonnell and Elisabeth Vincentelli, “Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here’s an Essential Listening Guide,” The New York Times, 6 May 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/03/arts/music/riot-grrrl-playlist.htmlEl Hunt, “A brief history of Riot Grrrl – the space-reclaiming 90s punk movement,” NME, 27 August 2019, https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/brief-history-riot-grrrl-space-reclaiming-90s-punk-movement-2542166Hugh Grant on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1995, NBC Studios & NBC ProductionsWayne’s World, 1992 Paramount PicturesTitanic, 1997 Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.