With The Addams Family Values now available to stream on Netflix, it’s time to face facts: we learned a lot about life from Morticia…

Updated on 1 October 2020: Who is the ultimate 90s feminist icon? When presented to millennials, it’s a question which prompts a veritable plethora of answers: plenty insist the honour be bestowed upon the Spice Girls for spreading the message of “girl power” across the world. Others cite SATC’s Samantha Jones (who taught us that we can be as promiscuous as we damn well please) as the decade’s ultimate pop culture feminist. Then there’s Buffy Summers, who reminded us that we should never underestimate the strength of a woman, Titanic’s Rose, who refused to conform to 1912’s imposed ideals of ladylikeness, and Clueless’s Cher Horowitz, who blazed a trail for feminine feminists everywhere