HOW I GOT RADICALIZED

Unlearning Toxic Taboos With Carmen Electra’s Stripper Workout Video

The sexual politics of the 2000s were profoundly weird and confusing

Carmen Electra holding her workout dvd cover against filtered images of her mid-workout. — Photo illustration, Image source: Han Myung-Gu / Getty Images

Welcome to “How I Got Radicalized,” a series from GEN that tells the story of a cultural moment that made you drastically rethink how society works.

In the teen movies of the 2000s, the kids always seemed to be drinking at house parties (on weeknights!), necking with boys (on weeknights!)…

She may have been Rory’s best friend, but she was more than that to Asian American audiences

Photo: Warner Bros. Television

The first time Lane Kim of Gilmore Girls falls in love, it’s with an instrument.

Lane lets out a soft “oh my” when she sees it — a sparkling red drum set with gold cymbals — and beams with pleasure when invited to sit on the stool by the crotchety…

HOW I GOT RADICALIZED

Unlearning Toxic Taboos With Carmen Electra’s Stripper Workout Video

The sexual politics of the 2000s were profoundly weird and confusing

Flashback

Lane Kim of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Defied First-Generation Expectations

She may have been Rory’s best friend, but she was more than that to Asian American audiences

Naureen Khan