Cady Heron’s story arc in Mean Girls is really a study of the dangers of peer pressure. At first, Cady doesn’t fit any of the clearly delineated categories that her peers are neatly sorted into and as a result she feels completely alone. So Cady lets herself be directed – first by Janis, and then by the Plastics. But this means completely losing sight of herself and denying her true interests. Here’s our take on how Cady Heron illustrates that adolescence is about figuring out who you are, not who other people think you should be.
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00:00 A cautionary tale of peer pressure
00:58 Where do you fit in the Mean Girls cafeteria?
03:56 Popularity, geekdom, and social currency
07:38 How to truly discover yourself
11:26 How Cady let go of peer pressure
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