“Strength and courage in a wonderbra”
Femininity, drag, and the spice girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maayan Padan (0000-0002-0050-7763, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1324-1338 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13634607231152600 |
| OpenAlex | W4317653610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
The Spice Girls were a unique pop phenomenon, promoting feminist ideology while being dismissed as proponents of postfeminism and positioned as collaborators with the patriarchy. Drawing on music videos the band released during 1997, this article suggests that the band’s queer choices, regarding the spice personas the band adopted, were overlooked. This article explores the spice personas presentation of femme embodiments using drag: subverting notions of femininity as natural and monolithic, and resisting femininity as ubiquitously disempowering. By highlighting the heterosexual bias and anti-sex undertones in postfeminism, this analysis generates a multifaceted reading of popular femme performances as female-to-femme drag
Aesthetics · Art · Courage · Dirt · Drag · Femininity · Patriarchy · Political science · Queer · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Music History and Culture
Keynote Address
Critically Queer
Israeli Cinema
The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader
Young men, public space and the production of fear in downtown Adelaide
The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism
Feminine Power
Is there anything “toxic” about femininity? The rigid femininities that keep us locked in
Femme resistance
We were feminists once
Postfeminist media culture
Beyond the visible
Confidence you can carry!’
Spice World
Femininity? It’s the Aesthetic of Subordination”
Post‐feminism and popular culture
Representations of femininity in popular music
Empowered
The gendered carnival of pop
Vicars of 'Wannabe
Gaga feminism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |