Millennial pop culture has a lot to answer for. From Britney Spears' sexy schoolgirl outfit to an underage Kate Moss on the cover of Vogue and Paris Hilton in pube-skimming velvet tracksuits, the message was clear — being hot, sexy and desirable meant #girlpower. So how did we all buy into the lie that self-objectification is empowerment? Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist Sophie Gilbert says the Spice Girls, Demi Moore, Britney Spears and the Kardashians all had a role to play in how we feel about ourselves as women. Sophie chats to Yumi Stynes about how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves and what we can do about it. What to listen to next:  Emotional labour with Rose Hackman  Clare and Jessie Stephens on twinning, pregnancy and envy  Has Ozempic killed body inclusivity?  Are our boys ok? Fighting online misogyny with Kate Scott  You can binge more episodes of Ladies, We Need to Talk on the ABC listen app (in Australia) or wherever you get your p...