Geri Halliwell, best known to the world as Ginger Spice in the Spice Girls girl band, is still about Girl Power after all these years. Her latest YouTube video is proof of that.
Geri has come a long way from her Union Jack dress-wearing days with the Spice Girls, though there are some reports that she might be on board for a planned reunion once the health crisis is officially and permanently put to rest. Today, she’s married to Christian Horner, the team principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One. She's also a mother, an actress, and philanthropist.
But she’s still about Girl Power.
Halliwell has a new YouTube series called Rainbow Woman, which is meant as a love letter to her fans and all the things she loves in life. The latest episode is called "Grrr… Power" and sees her learning to drive a tank and then using it to smash a car at a junkyard as a means to exercise some of her 2020 demons and rage.
To be fair, car-smashing by tank is not a new thing. Jay Leno did it thanks to and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and pretty much everyone can do it if they’re looking for an adrenaline rush and are willing to pay for it. For Halliwell, like for regular folks, it’s a means to let go of the anger by channeling it elsewhere.
You can see the video in full below. It’s clearly scripted and dramatized, from the way she starts out her day and everything goes wrong, to her apparent spur-of-the-moment decision to go tank driving. But it’s good to show how liberating such an outdoor… exercise can feel if you live within reach of one of these places that offer this type of service.
It can also serve Halliwell’s intended purpose: a confidence booster for other women, especially since she talks about being underestimated - when she’s actually like a fluffy bunny with a gun in her pocket.
“I bet so many women, girls and all sorts of people feel like that – underestimated. And sometimes we want to table thump about it!” Halliwell proclaims. “Strength is the new pretty!” she concludes.
But she’s still about Girl Power.
Halliwell has a new YouTube series called Rainbow Woman, which is meant as a love letter to her fans and all the things she loves in life. The latest episode is called "Grrr… Power" and sees her learning to drive a tank and then using it to smash a car at a junkyard as a means to exercise some of her 2020 demons and rage.
To be fair, car-smashing by tank is not a new thing. Jay Leno did it thanks to and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and pretty much everyone can do it if they’re looking for an adrenaline rush and are willing to pay for it. For Halliwell, like for regular folks, it’s a means to let go of the anger by channeling it elsewhere.
You can see the video in full below. It’s clearly scripted and dramatized, from the way she starts out her day and everything goes wrong, to her apparent spur-of-the-moment decision to go tank driving. But it’s good to show how liberating such an outdoor… exercise can feel if you live within reach of one of these places that offer this type of service.
It can also serve Halliwell’s intended purpose: a confidence booster for other women, especially since she talks about being underestimated - when she’s actually like a fluffy bunny with a gun in her pocket.
“I bet so many women, girls and all sorts of people feel like that – underestimated. And sometimes we want to table thump about it!” Halliwell proclaims. “Strength is the new pretty!” she concludes.