Ep. 14: Grunge and Grease in the 1990s

This month we’re staying chronologically close to home, hopping back just a few decades to the roaring '90s. We chose two happy memories of the period --grunge fashion and the McPizza--and set about to see what they have in common.

Torey tried to connect with her inner Kurt Cobain and ended up with only a mild existential crisis in a Value Village. Steph met with much more certain success, finding a veritable double for the McPizza crust recipe (that cornmeal mouthfeel!) and tracing its dubious roots through fast food history.

Steph is obsessed with: Beckoned By the Sea: Women at work on theCascadia Coast by Sylvia Taylor

Torey is obsessed with: Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise andReign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Peterson.

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Check our facts:

FASHION

“Grunge: A Success Story” by Rick Marin in the New York Times, 1992:

Why Kurt Cobain Was One of the Most Influential Style Icons of Our Times” by Chioma Nnadi in Vogue

Champagne Supernovas: Kate, Marc, McQueen,and the ‘90s renegades who remade fashion by Callahan, Maureen. 2014

Style Tribes: The Fashion of Subcultures by Young, Caroline. 2016.

Riot grrrl: Revolution girl style now! 2007 (Note: This is the book that enthralled 18-year-old Torey many years ago.)

We were feminists once: From riot grrrl toCoverGirl, the buying and selling of a political movement. Zeisler, Andi, 2016

FOOD

To recreate Steph’s Reddit journey:
"TIL that in the late 80s and early 90s McDonalds brought in the McPizza..."
"A personal eulogy for the McDonalds McPizzas..."

The magical crust we used for our McPizzas

A general overview of Fast Food in North America

A Globe and Mail article on Canadian eating habits (look out for this one to reoccur!):

Some other interesting McDonalds’ foods

A different podcast, whose hosts actually went to the Pomeroy, OH location to eat some McPizza last year

The wonderful and stereotypical Canadian McPizza ad

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