My 8-year-old had a free dress day on a Wednesday at her school a few weeks ago (they wear uniforms). She chose a pink shirt and jeans. By chance, two of the other girls in her class chose to wear pink shirts and jeans. One of the other girls decided that the three of them were now the "Mean Girls" and were going to be snotty all day. Wh…
My 8-year-old had a free dress day on a Wednesday at her school a few weeks ago (they wear uniforms). She chose a pink shirt and jeans. By chance, two of the other girls in her class chose to wear pink shirts and jeans. One of the other girls decided that the three of them were now the "Mean Girls" and were going to be snotty all day. When questioned about it, she said "they were pretending to be the cool kids from a movie and they all wear pink on Wednesdays."
I was...WTF. You girls are in second grade. Whose parents let their second grader watch "Mean Girls"? Second-graders aren't going to get the jokes, and they obviously missed that the Plastics are the villains.
There's this weird peddling of high school girl culture to little girls that I've never understood. My kid was way into My Little Pony in the 2010s (one of the best kids shows ever do not @ me) but I was appalled by the alternate reality one where they're high school human girls with identical bodies. WTF.
This is a total aside, but I just yesterday heard an interview with Tina Fey where she pointed out that everyone in Mean Girls has a turn at being the villain, just none of them are the villain in their own story.
very true! I think this whenever people (often adolescent boys of any age) refer to people as NPCs as if they are not an NPC in everyone else's world. Get over yourself. PS I would love to be an actual NPC, sounds like it would be so simple.
My 8-year-old had a free dress day on a Wednesday at her school a few weeks ago (they wear uniforms). She chose a pink shirt and jeans. By chance, two of the other girls in her class chose to wear pink shirts and jeans. One of the other girls decided that the three of them were now the "Mean Girls" and were going to be snotty all day. When questioned about it, she said "they were pretending to be the cool kids from a movie and they all wear pink on Wednesdays."
I was...WTF. You girls are in second grade. Whose parents let their second grader watch "Mean Girls"? Second-graders aren't going to get the jokes, and they obviously missed that the Plastics are the villains.
ha I was just pondering the moment my friends and I used to play She-Ra and we realized that Catra was actually a much better character to be.
There's this weird peddling of high school girl culture to little girls that I've never understood. My kid was way into My Little Pony in the 2010s (one of the best kids shows ever do not @ me) but I was appalled by the alternate reality one where they're high school human girls with identical bodies. WTF.
Oh I (and my girls) LOVE "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" but the Equestria Girls was just weird as hell.
This is a total aside, but I just yesterday heard an interview with Tina Fey where she pointed out that everyone in Mean Girls has a turn at being the villain, just none of them are the villain in their own story.
very true! I think this whenever people (often adolescent boys of any age) refer to people as NPCs as if they are not an NPC in everyone else's world. Get over yourself. PS I would love to be an actual NPC, sounds like it would be so simple.
Very true!
I hate that movie so much, lol.
I love it and found it hilarious, but it is NOT a movie for kids.