For others, it’s all about the distinct ’90s aesthetic: grunge, vintage PCs, Seinfeld, and Kate Moss. If you find it pleasing, then you’ll probably love Nineties Anxiety. It’s the place for all things related to the ’90s. Whether it’s a nostalgia-inducing pic with an old-timey cellphone or a cool shot of a young Leo DiCaprio – they’ve got you covered! To know more about nostalgia and how the way we remember the ’90s might differ from reality, Bored Panda reached out to Kendall R. Phillips. He’s a professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University, with interests in public memory, popular film, and popular culture. He’s also the author of numerous books on horror cinema and the author of Framing Public Memory, Global Memoryscapes: Contesting Transnational Remembrance. Read our conversation about the ’90s, nostalgia, and its subtleties below! We asked Professor Kendal Phillips, whose academic interests include popular culture and public memory, to explain whether our nostalgia-saturated view of the ’90s can compare to the reality of the last decade of the 20th century. “Like most decades, the ’90s was a mixed bag of the good, the bad, and the bizarre,” Phillips says. “Unfortunately, all the promise of an era without a simmering cold war didn’t last long,” Philips continues. “The US invasion of Iraq, the 1990s version, not the 2000s, revealed that the ’90s was not going to be an age of peace and tranquility. The genocide in Rwanda was a dark preview of some of the atrocities to come, as was the war in the former Yugoslavia.” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
