Trapper Keeper Mead: 7 Reasons This 80s Binder Ruled
The Trapper Keeper Mead sold 75 million units between 1978 and the late 90s. Here’s why this 80s binder ruled every locker, hallway, and lunch table.
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On This Day: June 20, 1986 — The Karate Kid Part II Premieres
The Karate Kid Part II opened wide on June 20, 1986, and ended its first weekend with $12.6 million in the bank — a franchise record at the time, more than half a million dollars above what the original earned in its 1984 debut. By Labor Day, John G. Avildsen’s sequel had outgrossed The Karate…
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Olivia Rodrigo Borrowed Her Whole Closet From 1993
A 21-year-old pop star is dressing like Courtney Love at the Reading Festival, and the entire fashion industry is sprinting to keep up. Here’s how Olivia Rodrigo turned a thrift-store aesthetic into the dominant look of the decade.
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Grunge Always Comes Back When the Economy Tanks
Every time the economy cracks, grunge crawls back out. It happened in 1991. It is happening again in 2024. The flannel knows something we don’t.
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The Cosby Show: 8 Seasons That Changed Sitcom TV
The Cosby Show saved NBC, redrew Black middle-class TV, and left a cultural legacy that now lives uneasily alongside Bill Cosby’s conviction. The full Huxtable story.
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On This Day: June 18, 1983 — Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride launched aboard Challenger STS-7 to become the first American woman in space — 22 years after the Soviet Union, after a press tour of indignities, and after years of mastering the shuttle’s robotic arm.
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On This Day: June 17, 1994 — OJ Simpson’s White Bronco Chase
On June 17, 1994, 95 million Americans watched a white Ford Bronco roll down the 405 at 35 mph. The OJ Simpson Bronco chase rewrote television.
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Public Enemy: 9 Reasons They Changed Hip Hop Forever
In 1988, the FBI’s Assistant Director, Milt Ahlerich, sent a letter to N.W.A.’s record label complaining about a song. The letter is famous — every rap fan knows about it. What gets forgotten is that the rap group whose actual catalog scared federal agents the most was Public Enemy, and Chuck D had been telling…
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On This Day: June 16, 1995 — Batman Forever Premieres
On June 16, 1995, Batman Forever opened with the biggest opening weekend in history. Inside the Schumacher era, the Kilmer cowl, and Seal’s Kiss From a Rose.
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The Kinderwhore Aesthetic Is Back and Nobody Warned the Parents
Slip dresses, baby barrettes, and smudged lipstick clawed their way out of 1994 and onto TikTok. The kinderwhore look is grunge’s loudest 2020s comeback — and Gen Z has no idea who to thank.
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Menace II Society 1993: 9 Reasons This Hood Film Still Hits
Menace II Society 1993 changed hood cinema with one liquor store scene. Inside the Hughes Brothers debut, Caine, O-Dog, and the West Coast soundtrack that defined an era.
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On This Day: June 15, 1992 — Dan Quayle Misspells Potato
One letter, one classroom, one career. On June 15, 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle walked into a sixth-grade spelling bee at Luis Munoz Rivera Elementary School in Trenton, New Jersey, and walked out with the most famous misspelling in American political history. A 12-year-old named William Figueroa had just written “potato” on the chalkboard, exactly…
