The Sporty One

I was a huge fan of the Spice Girls as a kid, just before it became so uncool to love pop music and cool to hate on all those “prefab” bands. It was great to revisit their story now especially through Chisholm's point of view and to have that image of the Spice Girls as a commercial product without substance pretty much torn to shreds.

This book is also in part an exploration of how toxic the culture of the time was regarding how we dealt with celebrities and their bodies and the toll it took on Chisholm's mental health, it's sometimes quite raw but there's an overall sense that she's made peace with her life so it doesn't make for a super daunting read.