April 14

One of the most stereotypical films I’ve seen is Mean Girls, which portrays high school girls as overly dramatic, shallow, and obsessed with popularity and appearance. The movie shows cliques like “the popular girls” as mean, manipulative, and focused only on looks, which is an oversimplified view of teenage girls. At the time, it made me think that most girls acted that way in school, even though that’s not true for everyone. Looking back, I realize the film exaggerated these traits for entertainment, but it still shaped how I viewed certain groups until I had real-life experiences that showed a more accurate and diverse perspective.

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