Nineteen Hundred Nineties

June 8, 2023

Aggressive Skating, Like Other 1990s Trends, Is Re-emerging

On a May afternoon at a Venice Beach skate park, the drooping sun cast an amber glow on Kayla Dizon as she shot her way across […]
May 11, 2023

How MTV Broke News for a Generation

MTV News bridged a gap between news and pop culture without talking down to its young audience. As it prepares to shut down, Kurt Loder, Tabitha […]
March 31, 2023

Millennials Pay for a Dose of ’90s Nostalgia

At the second annual 90s Con, aging millennials traveled from across the United States to connect with the stars of their youth. HARTFORD, CONN. — The […]
July 28, 2022

Mike Judge Brings Back ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’

Judge, the creator and voice of the malevolent metalheads, explains why he’s reviving his emblematic 1990s cartoon series in 2022. There are certain sounds that will […]
January 13, 2022

Contouring Is Back. It’s Not What You Remember.

A lot of women who once avoided contouring because of its unnatural, made-for-Instagram effect, are now gravitating toward it. A simple scroll on TikTok reveals that […]
January 13, 2022

Contouring Is Back. It’s Not What You Remember.

A lot of women who once avoided contouring because of its unnatural, made-for-Instagram effect, are now gravitating toward it. A simple scroll on TikTok reveals that […]
December 23, 2021

How Gen Z is Channeling 1990s Fashion

The icons and fashions of the fin de siecle are objects of fascination for those who didn’t experience them the first time around. Here’s what they […]
December 23, 2021

Gen Z Channels the 1990s

The icons and fashions of the fin de siecle are objects of fascination for those who didn’t experience them the first time around. Here’s what they […]
December 15, 2021

Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back

There’s now a thriving cottage industry for content that re-examines the recent past through a contemporary critical lens. Is that a good thing? Time is an […]
March 26, 2021

‘Kid 90’ and the Days When Even Wild TV Teens Had Privacy

A documentary from Soleil Moon Frye, star of “Punky Brewster,” and a reunion of “The Real World” remind us that Gen X didn’t curate themselves for […]