Mean Girls

hᴏw ᴍᴇan gɪʀls ᴊulɪan casaʙlancas lʏʀɪcs changᴇs lɪᴠᴇs ᴊulɪan casaʙlancas’s “ᴍᴇan gɪʀls” lʏʀɪcs ʀᴇsᴏnatᴇ dᴇᴇplʏ wɪth lɪstᴇnᴇʀs gʀapplɪng wɪth sᴏcɪal dʏnaᴍɪcs. thʀᴏugh ᴇᴠᴏcatɪᴠᴇ stᴏʀʏtᴇllɪng, thᴇ sᴏng captuʀᴇs thᴇ cᴏᴍplᴇxɪtɪᴇs ᴏf pᴇᴇʀ pʀᴇssuʀᴇ, ʙullʏɪng, and thᴇ quᴇst fᴏʀ ᴠalɪdatɪᴏn. ʙʏ hɪghlɪghtɪng thᴇ paɪn and ɪsᴏlatɪᴏn ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇd ʙʏ ᴍaʀgɪnalɪzᴇd ɪndɪᴠɪduals, casaʙlancas’s wᴏʀds aᴍplɪfʏ thᴇ nᴇᴇd fᴏʀ ᴇᴍpathʏ and undᴇʀstandɪng, ᴇncᴏuʀagɪng a ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪnclusɪᴠᴇ and cᴏᴍpassɪᴏnatᴇ sᴏcɪᴇtʏ. thᴇ huᴍan sɪdᴇ ᴏf ᴍᴇan gɪʀls ᴊulɪan casaʙlancas lʏʀɪcs ʙᴇʏᴏnd ɪts catchʏ ᴍᴇlᴏdʏ and clᴇᴠᴇʀ wᴏʀdplaʏ, “ᴍᴇan gɪʀls” dᴇlᴠᴇs ɪntᴏ thᴇ unɪᴠᴇʀsal huᴍan ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ ᴏf naᴠɪgatɪng sᴏcɪal hɪᴇʀaʀchɪᴇs....

thᴇ huᴍan sɪdᴇ ᴏf dᴏᴇs gᴇn z ᴋnᴏw ᴍᴇan gɪʀls ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ thᴇ fɪlᴍ’s ᴇnduʀɪng ʀᴇlᴇᴠancᴇ lɪᴇs ɪn ɪts ʀᴇlataʙlᴇ thᴇᴍᴇs ᴏf ɪdᴇntɪtʏ, ʙullʏɪng, and thᴇ cᴏᴍplᴇxɪtɪᴇs ᴏf fᴇᴍalᴇ ʀᴇlatɪᴏnshɪps. gᴇn z’s ᴇᴍʙʀacᴇ ᴏf thɪs cultuʀal tᴏuchstᴏnᴇ, dᴇspɪtᴇ ʙᴇɪng ʙᴏʀn ʏᴇaʀs aftᴇʀ ɪts ʀᴇlᴇasᴇ, ʀᴇflᴇcts thᴇ unɪᴠᴇʀsalɪtʏ ᴏf thᴇsᴇ ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇs. dᴏᴇs gᴇn z ᴋnᴏw ᴍᴇan gɪʀls ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ’s dᴇᴇpᴇʀ sᴏcɪal ᴍᴇanɪng thɪs ɪcᴏnɪc fɪlᴍ shapᴇd cultuʀal dɪscᴏuʀsᴇ ᴏn tᴇᴇn cultuʀᴇ and sᴏcɪal ᴍᴇdɪa....