Word: jem
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Jem’s greatest contribution, however, was her ability to show young girls they could exert influence in the world that was the 1980s. Jem came out just four years after the birth of MTV, and her cartoon show demonstrated that female-dominated bands could have kick-ass rock videos. The hour-long show was specked with music video sequences, each one carrying the mark of MTV. Even Starlight Records was a beacon of hope to young women. Through her work as Jerrica the CEO, Jem showed young girls that the booming big business world...
...little girls today look up to the ever-troubled and half-naked Britney, the not-so-there-anymore Spice Girls or the (gasp) billion-dollar grossing Olsen twins, I’m still standing behind Jem. And somehow, I don’t think that’s so truly-truly-truly outrageous...
When other 21-year-olds in the ’80s were crushing on Michael J. Fox, Britta Phillips was getting paid to be the singing voice of Jem. The current bassist for the band Luna—fronted by Harvard’s own M. Dean Wareham ’85—looks back on her fast times as a singing diva on the USA Network and reflects on Jem’s ongoing influence...
...think you have anything in common with Jem...
...Well, it really depends on how you define the Jem character. Jem was very good—I would say she was probably a lot more self-sacrificing than I am. I feel like I’m a good person, but I don’t have an orphanage, and I don’t devote a huge part of my time to a cause outside myself...