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[|Queen Bees and Wannabes] Rosalind Wiseman is the author of the book Queen Bees and Wannabes that the movie Mean Girls is based off of. This website gives an overview of what the book contains. In the book Rosalind gives her take on the way girls interact in the high school setting, whether with friends or boys, and the troubles they face while a teenager.

[|ESPNW: Rachel Casanta] Rachel Casanta is a professional triathlete and a coach. She started running and biking at an early age and has loved it ever since. In this interview she talks about what it was like being a teenager, while focusing on school and training. She says in the article that, "I had the best legs in school. That was enough for me to deal with the "mean girls." She was teased for wearing biking uniforms and being focused on running, but because of her physical state the teasing stopped. Casanta said that the teasing never really got her down, but instead motivated her to try even harder. In the movie Mean Girls the only way to stop the Plastics was for Cady and her friends to break them up. They were sick of being pushed around by a group of girls, so this motivated them to put a stop to it.

[|Where are they now?] This blog asks the question of what happens to mean girls once they grow up. It goes on to say that many grow out of it and go on to live a normal life. With all of the events that happen after high school the mean girl that ruled the school turns into a stay at home mom. Although, many people do disagree and believe that if someone is mean they will always be mean. This debate on the blog plays into the movie Mean Girls because at the end of the movie the girls that once belonged in the Plastics changed. Regina started to play sports, Cady turned back to being who she really was, and so on. The Plastics still existed, but with different girls in the group and the others went on with there own life.

[|Mean Girls Official Website] This website is the official site of Mean Girls the movie. It has all the information you desire on what goes on in Mean girls. It has blogs, stories, photo galleries, and more. It also contains videos, and the official trailer of Mean Girls the movie. It gives you information on dealing with mean girls in your school. Also it gives you information on the movie's soundtrack.

[|What to do if your daughter is bullied] This article by Shannon Hutton tells you what to do when your daughter, sister, or friend is going though bullying by girls. Bullying by girls is much different then bullying by boys, girls target the emotions. She explains how "Heather" was bullied by "Leslie," and it was to the point where Heather stopped enjoying school. At one point Leslie said that if you are friends with her, you can’t be friends with me. So Heather never had anyone to play with. Then later in the article she gives examples on how to prevent this from happening. Leslie is much like Regina in the movie Mean girls; she has so much control over her group of friends that she is influencing them in a bad way, resulting in hurting others that the leaders of the group do not approve of.

[|Differences between boys and girls] In this article by Tanya Beran, she talks about the differences between boys and girls when they are bullying or being bullied. Her main points were how girl bullies attack the mind and the emotions. They are more likely to gossip and spread rumors about another girl than actually physically harm them. This is much like the movie Mean Girls; the girls have a full book called the burn book full of rumors and hurtful comments to other girls. In contrast, boys are more likely to violence when bullying. They tend to hit, kick, scratch, just to cause physical harm to another person. This is not common amongst girls. However at the end of mean girls this stereotype is proven wrong among the junior girls at North Shore High.