This week on The Watchers, Jodie and Andrea are heading to North Shore High to take on Mean Girls, a defining entry in the canon of girlhood, but one we both struggled with more than expected. We get into what makes the movie mean, what it gets wrong that Clueless gets so right, and how it lands in 2025, when girlhood is messier, more public, and more scrutinized than ever.

Next week, we’re revisiting Election, Alexander Payne’s razor‑sharp satire of ambition, repression, and suburban malaise.

Recommended Reading:

• “Mean Girls”: A Time Capsule of Casual Bigotry - Glenda Brown
• ”Fey Grateful That Film Seems to ‘Stick With People’” - Ashley Spencer
• I Adore “Mean Girls,” But Let's Stop Acting Like Teen Girls Are Mean" - Amanda Scherker

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