It’s hard to believe that the Spice Girls were active for less than two years during their initial run as a (Spice Force) five-piece. Hot on the heels of their ground-breaking 1996 debut Spice, the gals were on a roll when they put out both Spiceworld (the album) and Spice World (the movie) in 1997. By this point they were cooking with gasoline-soaked platforms, overtaking the globe with their trademark Girl Power at a rate the music industry (and impressionable young music stans) had never seen before. On 31 May 1998 Geri peaced out, breaking our hearts and sending us into a pit of depression. But their work had already been done. Because in just two years, the Spice Girls had recruited an army that would grow up to become feminists, freedom fighters and queer celebrants. In this episode, Andy and Drew welcome entrepreneur, PR maven and Drew’s boss (!) Rebecca Gibbs on to the pod to discuss how the Spice Girls planted seeds of hope, celebration and authenticity into an entire generation of young people, the trees of which are still bearing fierce fruit nearly 25 years later. Our Spotify companion playlist begins with Eminem, but gets better from there, we promise. Follow the pod on Instagram at @auralfixationpodcast, the boys on @drew_down_under and @andrewdoyouthinkyouare, or Rebecca at @rebeccalouisegibbs. Or email us god bless ya! It’s auralfixationpodcast@gmail.com. For further reading, please enjoy When Kathy Acker met the Spice Girls by aforementioned Kathy Acker.