New investigation idea

I have chosen two new texts so that I can look at high school teenagers in American films

To what extent are the representation of teenage girls stereotypical in modern teen high school movies, focusing particularly on Mean Girls and Easy A


1. Easy A

After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

(Taken from IMDB)












2. Mean Girls

Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.

(Taken from IMDB)