The 1990s

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, The 1990s has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Morbid | Podcast (Aug 2025). Whitney dates the start of her mother's experiences to roughly 1999.

The 1990s was a decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of Russia's status as a superpower, the end of a multipolar world, and the rise of anti-Western sentiment. China was still recovering from a politically and economically turbulent period, allowing the US to eme