in 1997. More singles such as 'Say You'll be There', '2 Become 1' and 'Mama' also received commercial success that the girls continuously made headlines. When featured in an article by tabloid Top of the Pops, each of them were given nicknames: 'Sporty' Melanie C, 'Scary' Mel B, ...
the Spice Girls are mentioned at least twice, and not in happy tones: Rita Hao worries that “the Spice Girls end up pushing a vision of femininity and feminism that re-creates women as rather dim.” Rachel Fudge grumps that “Riot Grrrls had already been...