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20 years on from the Mean Girls film, writer and actor Tina Fey discussed how things have changed for young people in Generation Z (those born in late 90s and early 2000s) compared to her teenage years.

Speaking to Nuala McGovern on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Tina spoke about the impact of social media nowadays.

She said: ‘It's like going from fighting with bayonets to fighting with nuclear weapons’, and that the stakes now are much higher for youngsters, so ‘the longer you can keep [children off social media], the better’.

Tina also shared how the iconic story has been updated for new audiences as the Mean Girls musical takes to the West End stage for the first time.

You can listen to the full interview on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds – it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 5 June.

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