SMNTY Classics: Mean Girls Run the World?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
iHeartPodcasts
4.0 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Since pretty much ever, we've had the trope of the mean girl. You know her - she's rich, popular, has a group supporting her, and is the foil for the heroine. We trace the history, evolution and changing meaning of the Mean Girl in this classic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:09.2 | Hey, this is Annie. |
| 0:10.8 | And Samantha. |
| 0:11.8 | And welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, production of IHart Radio. |
| 0:27.7 | And today we're bringing back, what I think is a fun one, on mean girls, the trope. |
| 0:32.7 | And how it's evolved and how it's shown up. |
| 0:40.0 | I was watching a movie the other day, and I was thinking, wow, that's a real mean girl right there. |
| 0:44.6 | And so it just got me thinking about this topic and how much we discussed about it and how I've seen some discourse about how our attitudes toward this trope have changed, even recently. |
| 0:53.9 | So, please enjoy this classic episode. |
| 1:02.0 | Hey, this is Annie. |
| 1:03.2 | And Samantha. |
| 1:04.0 | And welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, a production of IHeartRadio. |
| 1:06.1 | I'm a podcast of IHeartRadio. And we're back with a movie-related topic. |
| 1:19.3 | I feel like that that's perfect for what I will say is the beginning of fall. |
| 1:24.9 | Yes, mainly because it's actually kind of cool. And it has been for the past |
| 1:29.8 | couple of days, meaning around 60s or 70s before like 10. So for us, that's huge. Huge. |
| 1:37.7 | Okay. It's not hit beyond 90, which is incredible for the like August and in September. |
| 1:45.7 | I know everybody's like what. |
| 1:47.3 | But with that, just feels like movie season, |
| 1:49.8 | like when you get to come in and watch the movies. |
| 1:52.2 | And some of these movies, |
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