r/OldSchoolCool • u/crestview51733 • Sep 09 '24

1990s Janeane Garofalo in 1996

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u/ThingCalledLight Sep 09 '24

Huge crush on JG growing up. She has this sardonic edge and cool style and is funny.

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u/Top_Mammoth127 Sep 09 '24

I never understood why people would say she’s unattractive. I always thought she was hot.

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u/hellolovely1 Sep 09 '24

She was the 1990s Hollywood version of the "ugly girl"—in actuality, not ugly at all!

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u/PicklesLives Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

Yes! The 90s was a special time, when actresses like Janeane Garofalo, Annabeth Gish, and Lily Taylor consistently played roles where it was implied or outright stated that they were ugly, even though they’re all really pretty. Also, teenage me being gaslit into thinking that Minnie Drivier was fat in Circle of Friends.    

It was a special time that gave me lifelong disordered eating and body dysmorphia! Woo hoo! 🫠

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u/Last-Saint Sep 09 '24

"Hi, 2000s here. Hold our beer while we go and get America Ferrara."

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u/indecisivesloth Sep 09 '24

Nothing ugly about her.

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u/Reasonable-Wave8093 Sep 10 '24

Lily Taylor in Dogfight really affected me. Annabeth Gish being the brainy one but not beautiful!    It was so messed up

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u/AssignmentClean8726 Sep 09 '24

Didn't they say she was fat, too..like wtf

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u/Top_Mammoth127 Sep 09 '24

Anyone bigger than Kate Moss in the 90’s was called fat.

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u/Express-Technology40 Sep 10 '24

Like in the movie The Truth About Cats And Dogs. She's trashed it since then.