I guess I didn't really experience either.

Clueless is totes vapid. But the mean girls behavior was isolated to one antagonist girl (who was, like, totally jealous of Cher's perfect wardrobe anyway) and all the other girls seemed to either like each other or had no quarrel or distrust of them. It feels like too many shows now are populated with "Ambers" as if…

I definitely came of age well into the Nick/Disney/etc. age and this isn't what was marketed at me. I got brain-blasted in the 90s with 'girl power' and vapid consumerism. It seems like girls today get brain-blasted with less vapid consumerism and the 'girl power' is now replaced with, well, The Plastics crap.

I'm…

I recommend sitting through the whole thing. I was opposed to the film at first assuming it was vapid and misidentified it as glorifying unhealthy behavior. I saw the truth and the light when I finally watched it all the way through ;)

I work with a lot of kids and I feel like they love it but for misguided reasons! They really idolize the behavior of The Plastics and often emulate it. It's lumped together in their minds with the rest of our pop culture which glorifies women being crummy to each other. I see it every day at the middle school I work…

Same. I was getting ready to see pictures of people who are not visibly understood as queer. People like myself for example. Queer identified, but relatively hetero-normative in appearance. I'm invisible whenever I go to girl bars. It's frustrating.

HA.

A lot of guys who like trans girls say similar things.

Right!? A body part doesn't override your mind. Gender essentialism is such a waste of everyone's time.

Thanks for sharing, Kat! This is awesome.

I find it hilarious that it's 2014 and people are still using 19th century understandings of biology to define gender.

I never stated it was more or less so compared to cis-on-cis crime. Save the snark, please. I'm not your enemy.

Almost all murderers of trans women are men. Don't let your personal experiences blind you to the data. :)

Here's a secret for the gents out there. Lean in real close, now:

Some of us ladyfolk have penises. It's totally okay that that happens, too. Stop freaking out about it.

Good. Lets capture them, breed them on ability to walk upright and start teaching them how to play jenga. Before you know it we'll have a real life Mouse Guard on our hands.

I've said "No thank you :)" to lots of men on OKC.

It's a lot of "fuck you bitch" and "You don't have to be so rude" type messages I get back.

This is... Super gross.

People can be so disrespectful and defensive on this blog. I'm sorry you're earnest thoughts and feelings are being met with utter malice and your achievements and losses are being dismissed. I don't post much on Kotaku anymore because folks like these chase out anyone with torches and pitchforks who disagrees with…

#beautifulpeopleproblems ;)

Fair enough :)

Check your born-fitting-the-idealized-beauty-standards privilege. We're not all as lucky as you.