Mean Girls makes some changes to the 2004 movie to attempt to resolve its queer ... Mean Girls should have allowed Janis to be the lesbian icon she was. (She turned up to prom in a purple suit!

The ‘Mean Girls’ movie musical contains any number of updates to the 2004 original — but none as significant, or meaningful, as its treatment of Janis.

But in this Mean Girls, Cady is less-than. Meaning when Regina or Janis aren't onscreen, the film stumbles. To her credit, Rice is starting with a disadvantage: She has no voiceover.

Janis and Damian have Cady infiltrate the Mean Girls and before the first act is through, Regina is humiliated and defeated and freedom reigns ("Fearless"). Tight, concise act that for me, would ...

In the original Mean Girls, Janis is accused by Regina of being a lesbian, but we learn in its final moments that she ends up dating Kevin Gnapoor.Tina Fey and company brought a ton of surprises ...

I am about to see the new Mean Girls reboot with a group of giddy, extremely savvy and cine-literate LGBT+ teens. While we’re waiting, the group discusses the original film. Turns out this lot ...

The original 2004 “Mean Girls” is an undeniable staple of pop culture. But heading into the musical adaptation of it this year, star Auli’i Cravalho joined some of her costars in not ...

Jaquel Spivey as Damian and Auli'i Cravalho as Janis in "Mean Girls." Jojo Whilden / Paramount Pictures. Jan. 11, 2024, 2:26 PM EST. By Isabela Espadas Barros Leal and Daysia Tolentino.

Auli’i Cravalho, who plays Janis in the 2024 Mean Girls, tells Teen Vogue about her fresh take on the character, who is explicitly queer in the musical film. Skip to main content.

That’s so not fetch. Singer Janis Ian admitted to having mixed feelings about Tina Fey naming a “Mean Girls” character after her. “I would’ve felt better about it [had she] asked me ...