Minx, November 1996

Are you MAD FOR IT?? This week, the Mag Hags are in 1996, scaling Peak Britpop and working their way through a magazine determined to prove that women can objectify men too. Sex by the inch! Tastiest man in the world stripped bare!! 

In entirely coincidental timing, the Mag Hags meet some real life Patsys (as in Kensit) and Liams (as in Gallagher). Unfortunately, some of what passed for passionate, rock ‘n’ roll love in 1996 would have the Hags devising escape plans and calling Women’s Aid in 2025. 

But it’s not all public rows with your boyfriend. Elsewhere, we’ve got Shirley Manson’s demand for cunnilingus, a creative editorial take on Mad Cow Disease, and some reportage on the burgeoning skate scene. It’s tops! 

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LINKS

WATCH - A Vodazap! Advert from 1996 

READ - Shirley Manson’s interview with The Guardian from April 2025 

CHAPTERS

03:54 – Intro to 1996: on witches, the British beef ban and Britpop 

20:46 – Wild thing: Is it passionate, tempestuous love… or an increasing body of trauma to discuss at length with a therapist? Three couples reveal all 

33:06 – *An ad break from 1996*

35:35 – Shirley Manson’s 10 Commandments Of Love: From honouring her ginger pubes to going down with abandon 

47:31 – Fashion and beauty: Getting lacey and adventures in hair gel

50:17 – Skateboarders: some time-capsule reportage of the skate scene that finds skaters are in fact people too

1:01:16 – What's hot and what’s not in October 1996

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