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Episode 187 – Mean Girls

We’re tackling one of the world’s most quotable movies—Mean Girls, which brought us wonders like ‘fetch,’ Glen Coco, and Rachel McAdams’ incredible pronunciation of the word ‘disgusting.’ Join us as we discuss the pressures of girlhood, the source and manifestation of meanness, and whether this film’s feminist values are all they’re cracked up to be.

We’re tackling one of the world’s most quotable movies—Mean Girls, which brought us wonders like ‘fetch,’ Glen Coco, and Rachel McAdams’ incredible pronunciation of the word ‘disgusting.’ Join us as we discuss the pressures of girlhood, the source and manifestation of meanness, and whether this film’s feminist values are all they’re cracked up to be.

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Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen’: The Disempowerment of Women ’s Voices in the Film Mean Girls by Anna Kaplan

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