Mean Girl Media and the ‘Anti-Feminism’ of the 2000s? | The Clique and Mean Girls Video Essay

In this video I discuss the mean girl trope in media from the 2000s and the moralization of media aimed at pre-teen, tween and teen girls during that era - mainly The Clique series by Lisi Harrison and the 2004 film Mean Girls, screenplay written by Tina Fey - and how some at the time deemed them as ‘anti-feminist’. I also talk about fémale bullying and why you don’t need to to forgive your bully.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Intro & Spoiler Warnings 0:00
2004: Setting the Scene 0:40
Content Note 1:56
'Anti-Feminist'? Tween Lit (The Clique) 2:00
Mean Girls and The Best Decision I Ever Made 10:26
The Tropes - The Mean Girl 12:02
The Tropes - The Outsider 14:12
Mean Girls, The Clique, and Race 16:54
The Clique Movie Adaptation 22:34
You don't need to forgive your bully 29:26
Conclusion 32:12

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