Jezebel: Mean Girls

Creepily Enthusiastic Maryland Teen Asks Legislators to Outlaw Gay Marriage for Her Birthday

Erin Gloria Ryan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST

A Maryland teenager who asked Maryland state legislators to vote 'no' on marriage equality for her 14th birthday has become the first human to successfully break the homophobe sound barrier. In her speech before Maryland's Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, she managed to claim being gay is a choice, that parents of gay kids are harming them, that gays indoctrinate children, and that redefinition of marriage will lead to all other words being redefined. Wow. A full Homophobic Bingo card. What does she win? More »

Gloria Allred Puts Pee-Flinging Mean Girls on Trial

Erin Gloria Ryan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:40:00 EST

Gloria Allred, who apparently has a whole show wherein shut-ins watch her Dispense Justice on the teevee, took on a doozy of a case in a recent show, a case that pitted three popular girls against one girl who couldn't hack it with their crew. Regina George on trial! More »

How To Stand Up To Adult Bullies

Anna North — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:40:00 EDT

Bullying is supposed to be a junior high thing, but everyone knows it doesn't always end when childhood does. Today we have some tips for dealing with bullies, mean girls, and mean guys who are long past their cafeteria days. More »

Department of Stereotypes Reports That Women Make Great Frenemies

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:24:19 EDT

Do you ever feel like everyone is just terrible? Everyone thinks you're terrible, too. Especially if you're a woman. More »

Does A Sexist Work Environment Create "Queen Bee" Bosses?

Lane Moore — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:30:00 EDT

The Leiden University in the Netherlands asked 63 senior female employees at police departments in three Dutch cities to take an online questionnaire designed to gauge how important their gender identity was at work and whether or not they felt they identified with other women in the police force: More »

The Death Of The Mean Girl

Anna North — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:15:00 EST

A writer who had a hand in creating the early-aughts hysteria over female bullying now says the era of the mean girl is over. But not everyone agrees. More »

The Ten Worst Things Robin Givhan Ever Wrote

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:16:00 EST

Amanda Hess offers this compendium of Pulitzer-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan's underminery. "Kagan's version of middle-age seems stuck in a time warp, back when 50-something did not mean Kim Cattrall or Sharon Stone, Cougar Town or Sex and the City." More »

Little Mean Girls Are Really, Really Mean

Sadie Stein — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:44:00 EST

A scourge of toddler mean girls has parents frantic. More »

Watch The Blasphemous Mean Girls 2 Trailer

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:16:00 EST

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You love Mean Girls, right? Well Mean Girls 2 is just like the original! (But with an idiotic plot, crude barf jokes, and actors you've never heard of.) In other words, it's the ugliest effing direct-to-DVD remake we've ever seen. More »

Tina Fey's Jokes Make D.C. Crowd Nervous—And She's Team Cake

Irin Carmon — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:05:30 EST

Right-wing women, said Tina Fey last night, are great for all women, "unless you don't want to pay for your own rape kit...[or] you're a lesbian who wants to get married to your partner of 20 years." More »

Sarah Palin Snubbed By Mama Grizzlies In California

Megan Carpentier — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Though Sarah Palin is making the rounds in California this weekend, appearances with Palin-endorsed Senate candidate Carly Fiorina and gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman aren't on the agenda. Apparently, conservative popularity has its downsides, even for Palin. [Salon] More »

Teen Girl Gets Death Threats From Bieber's Global Army

Irin Carmon — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:56:23 EDT

Two months ago, teenager Sydney Dalton and her friends made a YouTube video saying they were over Justin Bieber and ripping his posters off her wall. The recent result: Her name trending on Twitter, the hashtag #SlutneyDalton, and violent threats. More »

Californians Take A Stand In Favor Of Barbara Boxer's Hair

Irin Carmon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:42:56 EDT

BREAKING: Thanks to Public Policy Polling, we now know Californians prefer Barbara Boxer's hair to opponent Carly Fiorina's by a narrow margin. Additionally, despite Fiorina's claim that Boxer's hair is "so yesterday," young people actually widely preferred Boxer's hair. More »

What If Yesterday's Teen Movie Characters Had Today's Technology?

Hortense Smith — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:40:00 EDT

When a sequel to Mean Girls was announced last week, I started thinking of all the ways technology has changed since the 2004 original, and began to wonder how various classic teen film characters would handle today's methods of communication. More »

Mean Girls Times Two: "Sequels" In The Works

Irin Carmon — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

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Rumors of a straight-to-DVD Mean Girls sequel have been confirmed by SlashFilm. Also: Mean Moms! Without Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan, it's hard to get excited about it. But it's worth thinking about how the 2004 classic should be updated. More »

Mean Moms Hit The Big Screen

Sadie Stein — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:40:49 EDT

We have mixed feelings about the advent of Mean Moms, which, says Variety, "will carry some resemblance to Paramount's 2004 comedy Mean Girls." More »

Fashion Blogger Tavi Gevinson On Terry Richardson, Cute Shoes, & Generation Y

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:20:00 EDT

Teen blogger Tavi Gevinson spoke this morning to a packed room of industry professionals, reporters, and marketers about the "unpredictability" of Generation Y. They wanted to know how the generation's personal qualities would make young people liable to buy things. More »

— Amanda Seyfried

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

who won't take credit for her character's hilarious lines in Mean Girls. But her breasts really do know when it's ~~going to rain~~ raining, right? [Teen Vogue] More »

Standing Up For Courtney Love And Outcasts Everywhere

Anna North — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:00:26 EDT

Rachel Shukert's moving essay about defending Courtney Love after Kurt Cobain's death — and the resulting treatment from her peers because of that choice — is a poignant reminder of how it feels when you don't stand up for someone. More »

Since When Is Hillary Clinton Less Influential Than Sarah Palin?

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Hillary Clinton put 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling and then successfully took on the Herculean task of remaking America's world image in the wake of Bush Inc. Apparently, that's just not maverick-y enough for Time. More »

Lindsay Calls Dr. Drew A Quack; Oprah Used To Date John Tesh

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Last week, Dr. Drew said that he believes that Lindsay Lohan needs help; now Lindsay has told GossipCop:

The Difference Between Bullying And Violence

Anna North — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:40:00 EDT

Did an epidemic of "mean girls" cause high-schooler Phoebe Prince's suicide? Write Mike Males and Meda-Chesney Lind, "this panic is a hoax." But we're not sure they understand what "mean" means. More »

Do Bullying Victims Have Bad Social Skills?

Anna North — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST

A recent study found that boys as well as girls experience meanness and "relational aggression" — but what's really surprising is the researchers' view of the "negative characteristics" that can make a kid a target. More »

Ariel From The Little Mermaid Is The Perfect Lindsay Lohan

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:30:00 EST

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Ever wonder what it would look like if Mean Girls was an animated film released by Disney? Here's your answer. An epic piece of work. You go, Glen Coco. [BuzzFeed] More »

5 Life Lessons Learned From The Ladies Of 00s Teen Films

Hortense Smith — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST

Earlier this year, we took a look at some life lessons given to us by B-list 90s teen films. But what did we learn from the teen films of the 00s? Let's take a look, shall we? More »

Mean Girls Make Nation Cry

Anna North — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40:00 EDT

The Onion has the story of three queen bees who have made construction workers, the entire Midwest, and even Barack Obama feel fat and "bo-ring." Of course, one of them's a Courtney. [Onion] More »

Asked, Answered: Rosalind Wiseman Responds To Reader Questions

Doree Shafrir — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:20:00 EDT

After Rosalind Wiseman—the author of Queen Bees & Wannabes, the book that inspired the movie 'Mean Girls'—spoke with us about the new edition of her book, Jezebel readers asked her some questions about Mean Girl-ness in the workplace. More »

Queen Bees, Wannabes & How Technology Has Changed Teens Forever

Doree Shafrir — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Rosalind Wiseman is the author of Queen Bees & Wannabes, the 2002 book that inspired the movie Mean Girls. A new edition comes out today—and pretty much scares the shit out of me. More »

Tina Brown Continues Backhanded Compliments Of Hillary Clinton

Kate Harding — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:40:00 EDT

I'm not sure how to read this Tina Brown article about Hillary Clinton (and "The Woman Thing"). It's like Brown wants to compliment the Secretary of State, but she only knows how to express that via negging. More »

Popularity Contests

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:40:00 EDT

Even post-high school, the popular kids continue to come out on top: They are more likely to grow up to be healthy adults than their peers with fewer friends and less social status, according to a Swedish study. [Reuters] More »

Jezebel Faceoff: The Heathers Vs. The Plastics

Hortense Smith — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Last week, we reminisced about our favorite John Hughes heroines. But some of our favorite teen movie characters are the villains: the bitchy high school queens who rule the hallways. But which legendary clique truly deserves the mean girl crown? More »

Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Who Dares To Call NeNe Fat?

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

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On last night's episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, Sheree's "former model" friend made some pretty rude comments about NeNe's size and Lisa's hair. And it did not go over well. More »

Joy & Joan: When Pots Meet Kettles

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EDT

According to Joy Behar, reality TV is bad to women. While guest-hosting Larry King Live last night, she discussed the genre with Joan Rivers. But who needs reality shows to portray women negatively when these two gladly do it themselves? More »

Heathers Sequel In The Works? How Very

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EDT

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There is news that Winona Ryder and Christian Slater are to reunite in a sequel to the 80s cult classic mean girl movie Heathers. Although there is not a lot of info on the plot or the cast, we have a few suggestions for director Michael Lehman. More »

Jesse Bering Decides To Suck The Poison Out Of His Life, Cady Heron Style

Hortense Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Last week, Jesse Bering took a swipe at our commenters, dismissing them as the Regina Georges of the internet. In response, they posted 382 funny and/or thoughtful comments, and Jesse Bering, impressed, decided to apologize. More »

"The 'Bitch' Evolved: Why Girls Are So Cruel to Each Other"

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:20:00 EDT

"And I should say, if you're still unconvinced and you've any doubt about acts of social aggression occurring in practice, have a gander at the current topics of ongoing conversation among the girls of Jezebel.com." [Scientific American] More »

Another Set Of Mean Girls Videotape Attack On Classmate To Post On YouTube

Hortense Smith — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:35:00 EDT

14-year-old Nadia Dorrington has been bullied at school for years, and the world, sadly, has seen the bullying on screen, as six of her classmates attacked her, filmed the attack, and posted it on YouTube. More »

Girls Against Girls

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:20:00 EDT

A new book for teen girls explores the "mean girl" syndrome, and… hey, wait a minute: Is that big-eyed mascara-loving chick on the cover silently judging us?!?!? [BoingBoing] More »

Lonely Lisa Simpson Tries Out Popular-Girl Tactics

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EDT

On last night's episode of The Simpsons, Homer learned that Lisa is a loner at school, and dedicated his time to making her more popular, with the help of the book Chicks With Cliques. More »

If Perez Hilton Finds Your Behavior Disgusting, And He's Correct…

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Perez Hilton hosted last night's reunion of Bad Girls Club, which would normally be eye-rolling, but he made some valid remarks, and chastised Ailea for assaulting her roommate, gloating about it, and feeling no remorse. More »