Media Representation
Who is being represented?
Teenage girls and todays societyIn what way?how image and popularity are connected - the better you look to other people the more popular you are
Is the representation fair and accurate?
in a way it is correct and fair but it is exagerated within the movie.This is an accurate representation of teenage girls in America and the UK these days.Too many teenagers are too obsessed with the way they look and try their hardest to be the best looking girl in their school.In mean girls they turn an african home schooled girl into one of the plastics just to keep thier image up.Image is everything to them.The plasticcs are also represented as uneducated and braindead meaning they have let their obsession with themselves interfere with their schoolwork.This is proven in the movie when Cady use to be good at maths but as soon as she turned plastic and had her interests in a particular guy her school work suffered for it
What opportunities exist for self representation by the subject?
There is opportunities for self representation as Cady shows to be a plastic with a brain as she wins a spelling Bee competition and increases her test scores by the end of the movie