The ’90s are sometimes described as the beginning of the postfeminist era. But if feminism died 30 years ago, who killed it? The Atlantic staff writer Sophie Gilbert seeks to answer this question in her new book, Girl on Girl, and finds a likely suspect in the contemporaneous rise of internet pornography. 
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<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738003/girl-on-girl-by-sophie-gilbert/">Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves</a>, by Sophie Gilbert 
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“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/romance-novels-women-elinor-glyn-books/670609/">Don’t Call Them Trash</a>,” by Sophie Gilbert 
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“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/04/can-we-stop-kids-from-watching-porn/682455/">Would You Give PornHub Your ID?</a>,” by Jerusalem Demsas
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“<a href="https://www.ggd.world/p/romantic-love-is-an-under-rated-driver">Romantic Love Is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality</a>,” by Alice Evans
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Have you ever heard a commonly held belief or a fast-developing worldview and asked: Is that idea right? Or just good on paper? Each week, host Jerusalem Demsas and a guest take a closer look at the facts and research that challenge the popular narratives of the day, to better understand why we believe what we believe.