Mean Girls’ Regina George is one of pop culture’s most iconic high school villains. Perhaps the worst thing about Regina is that what’s horrible about her is actually what’s… true. Regina was a menace because she understood some pretty dark fundamental truths about the world, and the fact that she was right about them underlines some major problems in society. So let’s take a deeper look at what Regina, unfortunately, got right in her outlook on life (and why it’s so important that society, like Regina, learns to change for the better.)

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:04 What (& who) the world rewards
02:20 More like Janis than her /”friends/”
03:24 Having to choose power or happiness
04:21 How people’s minds work
05:56 How social hierarchies function (both times)
08:10 Seeing Cady’s hidden power
10:15 What we can really learn from Regina

The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was written by Ellie Slee, narrated by Charly Bivona, produced by Jessica Babineaux, & edited by John Tod

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