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What's '90s?
A few of the things that should be remembered as hallmarks of the decade.
Dittoheads
Fat-free everything
Nick at Night
The return of John Travolta
Virginity vogue
Susan Faludi's Backlash
Raves
Downsizing
Techno-geeks
Gen-X (one of the few stereotypes still permitted in the oh-so-sensitive '90s)
Real poverty (paying for those madcap '80s)
Details magazine
Wayne's World
Calvin Klein
Talk/shock radio
Heroin: hip again
Karaoke
Demi Moore
Oliver Stone
Celebrating stupidity: "Beavis & Butthead", Forrest Gump, Dumb and Dumber
Heather Locklear
Bulk shopping and outlet stores
Court TV
Neo-noir and serial-killer movies
Gangsta rap
Cyber anything
Free radicals
Recycling
The electronic leash (answering machines, email, pagers, cell phones)
"Alternative" music
12-step programs
Quirky TV: "Northern Exposure", "Picket Fences", "Twin Peaks"
Baby doll dresses
Waifs
Pamela Lee (Anderson)
Talk shows
Rodney King and riots
Comparing childhood traumas
Environmentally friendly products
Psychofemme movies: The Temp, The Crush, Basic Instinct, Disclosure, anything with Drew Barrymore
Cartoons and TV shows being turned into movies
Michael Jordan
Reality TV
Mini foods
Domestic terrorism: the World
Trade Center bombing, Una-bomber, Oklahoma City bombing
Clear liquid products
Mainstream punk
Decaf
Zines
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