Thanks for the useful review. I was skipping this one anyway, as the 90s were hectic for me: working 2 jobs (my choice, I loved both), getting married, having 2 kids, becoming fully adult in my 30s. Popular culture was not in my forefront at all, although I remember the huge moments. Happy Sunday!!
“Meh” was my response to The Nineties, too. I was born in 1991 and had hoped for the book to provide some deep context for the first decade of my existence, but it just skated around bits and pieces. I’ve read a ton of Klosterman, so I had high hopes, but this one was such a bummer!
Appreciate your comments about the lack of acknowledgment of anyone/anything not white or male.
The part I found most important was about the telephone - being completely unreachable unless you were home. There will never be such an untethered time again! Really enjoyed your perspective on this one.
I literally felt my self shriveling like a raisin with that framing. I started high school in 1991 😱
Thanks for the useful review. I was skipping this one anyway, as the 90s were hectic for me: working 2 jobs (my choice, I loved both), getting married, having 2 kids, becoming fully adult in my 30s. Popular culture was not in my forefront at all, although I remember the huge moments. Happy Sunday!!
“Meh” was my response to The Nineties, too. I was born in 1991 and had hoped for the book to provide some deep context for the first decade of my existence, but it just skated around bits and pieces. I’ve read a ton of Klosterman, so I had high hopes, but this one was such a bummer!
Appreciate your comments about the lack of acknowledgment of anyone/anything not white or male.
The part I found most important was about the telephone - being completely unreachable unless you were home. There will never be such an untethered time again! Really enjoyed your perspective on this one.