The phrase "girl power", as a term of empowerment, expressed a cultural phenomenon of the 1990s and early 2000s (decade). It is also linked to third-wave feminism. The term was made popular by the Spice Girls in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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Famous quotes containing the words girl and/or power:
“Should I get married? Should I be good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustus hood?”
—Gregory Corso (b. 1930)
“I am willing, for a money consideration, to test this physical strength, this nervous force, and muscular power with which I’ve been gifted, to show that they will bear a certain strain. If I break down, if my brain gives way under want of sleep, my heart ceases to respond to the calls made on my circulatory system, or the surcharged veins of my extremities burst—if, in short, I fall helpless, or it may be, dead on the track, then I lose my money.”
—Ada Anderson (1860–?)