The Mean Girl’s worst nightmare is to be exposed like this, to be hated by the peers she once ruled over. The films that feature these Mean Girls take pleasure in delivering their comeuppance, usually employing slow motion to really drill down how much we should enjoy the undoing of these teenage girls. While she must be desirable, the Mean Girl must remain unattainable—so she has to police her sexuality. She might be promiscuous, or sexually savvy, but no one should ever know, lest it diminish her acceptability in high school society. It’s her secret power that she uses to continue exerting
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