Perfect for fans of Peggy Orenstein, Rebecca Traister, and Lindy West, this incisive, timely book pierces our nostalgic 1990s "girl power" bubble to reveal a decade that drastically undermined a century of gains for American women, creating a toxic culture that persists today.

The close of the 20^th century promised a new era of gender equality. However, the iconic women of the 1990s--such as Hillary Clinton, Courtney Love, Roseanne Barr, Marcia Clark, and Anita Hill--earned their places in history not as trailblazers, but as whipping girls of the media. During this decade,...