Beware the Plastics: A Marxist Interpretation of "Mean Girls" Anonymous College

In the film “Mean Girls,” the dominant female inner clique in high school imitates social disparity in terms of catty societal groups in a present context. The members of the Plastics: a snobby social group symptomatic of spoiled, rich young ladies, treat classmates like dirt and utilize their economic wellbeing and influence to exploit them. By renewing original, contemporary Marxist class struggle, “Mean Girls” associates economic wellbeing to social partition in modern day societal setting.

The movie’s illustrates Marxist social divide within a traditional high school by producing a significant split in the general student body. The main student population represents the working class, who are “victimized” by the privileged upper class. The student population consists of subordinate social groups, which have their own hierarchies and figureheads. For example, a group known as the “desperate wannabes” are characterized and stereotyped by their skimpy and attractive clothing (crop tops), and their obsession with their cell phones (constant texting.) At the center of these groups is a leader, one who directs the others and organizes their activities and routines. These social groups have a clearly defined alpha position, while...