

Girls have it hard enough in a world where men shame them for their sexuality, so why add to the girl hate? When girls make their peers feel bad for having sex, boys will take note and think its okay to do the same. Norbury's insistence the girls quit the slut and whore talk. One of the most brilliant quotes from Mean Girls, and the most applicable to real Girl World, is Ms. Girls need to stop calling each other "whores." If men are intimidated by women who dominate where they're used to ruling, that's their problem. Boys out number girls four to one in scientific fields, and the last thing the world needs are girls who feel afraid to be in these fields because of that. Never pretend to be less intelligent than a boy just to get his attention.Ĭady's con artist math-class act with Aaron Samuels taught girls that they definitely should not pretend to be less intelligent than boys just to get attention. Cady's confusion over the Plastics bemoaning their physical state in the mirror shined a light on how ridiculous and overblown self-scrutiny can become, especially when its about how "weird" your hairline is. But, there's a between difference between airing out one's insecurities and obsessing over them.

"I used to think there was just fat and skinny," Cady Heron says, "But apparently there's lots of things that can be wrong on your body." In a world where we girls are constantly scrutinized for our bodies, it makes sense that we can get down on ourselves for the shape they're in. Obsessing over your "flaws" is unhealthy.
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Here are 10 valuable lessons for girls to learn from this teen movie staple. From backstabbing popular girls to the art-nerd revenge, Mean Girls' characters taught female movie-watchers more serious life lessons about high school, Girl World and womanhood than might immediately meet the eye. The film has become iconic for its golden comedic screenplay, written by the talented Tina Fey, and its realistic take on high school drama. There was a line outside the store, and there was a wedding planner in that line.It's been 10 years since the classic teen movie Mean Girls hit the silver screen and a generation of young women started quoting the movie's dialogue line-by-line. She knew I did calligraphy and said, “We should have a calligraphy event in the store where whatever customers buy, for one day only, they can bring it to your table and you can do calligraphy on it.” So we did that, and it was a huge success. I was lethargically dragging myself through life, and I was talking to the manager one day. How did you move on? I got a job at a paper store in downtown Toronto where I actually bought paper for calligraphy. You spent six years researching and hoping for the main role in Life of Pi, but the director went with someone else. Trust me, I’ve been trying.” All the while, I continued to do my other hobbies. People would often stop me and say, “Oh, what else have you done?” and the answer was always, “Nothing.” And they’re like, “Why, you were so good in Mean Girls?” and the answer was, “Well, it wasn’t for lack of trying. As the popularity of Mean Girls was growing over the years, I was interested in pursuing a career in acting, but it was just very, very hard to actually land roles. You were cast as the now legendary Kevin G.
