Do we all speak like Valley Girls now? How did television change the American teenager? Why is the mean girl mean? What was a better one season show Freaks & Geeks or My So-Called Life? Did the teen movie become too self-aware? Is Euphoria made for millennials?
We explore the history of television & the American teenager, the history of the televised teen drama, the mean girl trope, movies like Heathers, Clueless, Mean Girls, Now and Then, Can’t Hardly Wait, Young Adult, Bring It On & many more while getting into what make girl groups so powerful & telling you all a about our own teenage years we also get a 90’s fashion lesson & learn about Vocal Fry & Uptalk. Plus, 90’s & 2000’s television, reality TV fights & the impact of bullying.

Books
As If! The Oral History of Clueless, As Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast, and the Crew by Jen Chaney
Bitch by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Articles Cheney, Jen. (June, 9, 2015). An Oral History of How Clueless Became an Iconic 90s Classic. Variety.

Thompson, Amy (July 19,2020). Clueless: Director Amy Heckerling and Designer Mona May Break Down the Film's Iconic Outfits. Variety,
Hafford, Michael. A Brief History of the Teen, Mel Magazine

Highfill, Samantha. For the love of teen TV: How the genre has evolved and why it's so powerful, Entertainment Weekly
Thompson, Derek. A Brief History of Teenagers, The Saturday Evening Post

Videos:
The Take
The Mean Girl Trope, Bring It On The Fall of the-all American Cheerleader
Wired, Accent Expert Breaks Down Language Pet Peeves
Comedy Hype- Why UPN’s Black Sitcoms Ended
Cloud English, Are We Slowly Becoming Valley Girls?
Vice, The Dark Side of the 90’s