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Article: Girl Power goes out of fashion in Spiceworld Geri's departure has failed to move the Spice Girls' fickle young fans.
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 6, 1998
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THE day that Robbie Williams left Take That, teenage girls
congregated outside a house in our street with blotchy, tear-
streaked faces. A plump girl, who was obviously known locally as a
major fan, stood on her doorstep sobbing, her room lit- up against
the evening sky above her with smiling posters of the doomed boy-
band.
It was difficult not to smirk with adult cynicism when I asked
them if they were all right, and words like "abandonment",
"loneliness" and "betrayal" tripped off their tongues as easily as in
a Hollywood group therapy session. Later that evening, my sister