So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We’Re Still So Obsessed with it)

The book "So Fetch" explores the 20-year obsession with the iconic teen comedy "Mean Girls" and its impact on millennial culture. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the film's creation, production, and release, and discusses its influence on tabloid, meme, and LGBTQ+ culture.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Best New Book

The inside story of the making of Mean Girls – and our enduring 20-year obsession with it

Released in 2004, iconic teen comedy Mean Girls remains as relevant now as ever. But what made an adaptation of a parenting guide by SNL writer Tina Fey so successful? And why, two decades later, can we all just not stop quoting it?

Drawing on revealing interviews with the director, cast, and crew, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong takes us behind the scenes of the film's genesis, production, and release. From how it shaped the Millennial generation to how it has intertwined with tabloid, meme, and LGBTQ+ culture, So Fetch! is also the first deep dive into what makes Mean Girls such an influential phenomenon.

Part love letter, part cultural commentary, this is an unmissable read for anyone who is still 'like, obsessed with all things Mean Girls twenty years on.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 144 x 224 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008668013