Who are the "popular" kids at school these days

[terrywynne]

I was just reading a BBC article about whether Mean Girls the musical is going to work in 2023 or of it is too "noughties". The implication seemed to be that it is no longer the case that the popular kids at school are the thin, diet obsessed, conventionally pretty, sporty, not very academic ones, and that there is more body positivity and less slut shaming around these days.

So who are the 'popular' kids at high school/sixth form? Is it even still that cliquey?

It is years since I was a teenager and my own DC are not at that stage yet. My memory of school in the late 90s/early200s is of the popular kids being pretty, confident, sporty, average to above average academically, and also just a very close knit group. I don't remember there being a particular thin obsession but there was no real social activism or anything either.

I think my experience is now it starts in primary school.

Same!

@TheaBrandt I totally agree this seems to be prevalent. Not all boys but the majority. At dd's school they seem to be still doing all boys get together at each others houses but happy to tag along to all the girls' too.

We very rarely see invites in any shape or form. It is annoying. I suspect it is because the boys themselves don't demand it and are just happy to tag along things.