Mean Girls Day is specifically celebrated today on October 3rd. The 3rd of October came to be known as Mean Girls' Day after getting inspired by the 2004 movie Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan. On social media, it started getting more popular.
Why 3rd October is Mean Girls Day?
One of the iconic scenes and iconic dialogue got fans to earn a very much unofficial holiday. The scene features protagonist Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) and her high school crush Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett). Cady narrates that “On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.” to which she replies “It’s October 3rd." This was Cady Heron's first real, flirty (by Cady’s standards) conversation with Aaron.
Mean Girls become a cult classic and people started Mean Girls memes. October 3rd to share Mean Girls meme has become a ritual, also if the day falls on Wednesday, as one of the scenes says- On Wednesdays we wear pink, then to celebrate the day one has to wear pink to continue with the ritual.
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Mean Girls was released in 2004 and influenced many teenage girls. The show stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried. The movie is a satire on high school cliques, and how mean girl culture can be damaging to young teenage girls. Mean Girls may have become old, but its gifs, quotes, and memes are hit on social media and popularly used. Every year thousands of posts are shared on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, celebrating October 3rd.
The roots of who commemorated this day and how its popularity grew are unknown but one can enjoy its rituals of it. Many also use this day to throw Mean girl theme parties. You can also do one.
Here are a few Mean Girls Iconic Quotes
- "On Wednesdays we wear pink."
- "I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom!"
- "That is so fetch!"
-"Ex-boyfriends are off-limits to friends. That's just, like, the rules of feminism."
-“That’s why her hair is so big. It’s full of secrets.”
-"Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Regina George."
- "You wanna do something fun? Wanna go to Taco Bell?" : Karen Smith"
- "I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me. But I can't help it that I'm popular."
- "One time, she punched me in the face. It was awesome."
- "Your face smells like peppermint!"