2026-04-27 15:38 UTC
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@katrani@elekk.xyz 2026-04-27 15:43
Emma is a middle schooler who is written kind of as a stereotypical busybody feminist type. Her mom is a hairdresser. Emma's mom is about to get married, and so Emma decides to try a perm (on her own...?) and it comes out terribly. This episode aired in 2003. Legally Blonde came out in 2001. There is NO way that, even if Emma's mom wouldn't have ideas for how to relax the perm (or is too busy with her own prep to help), Emma wouldn't have jumped to "maybe I can try to wash it out!" on her own based on the climax of that movie. Like there's no way Girl Power, Raised By Single Mom, Misinformed Social Justice Warrior Emma would not have gone to see it and been strongly affected by the movie. Heck that could have been an escalation on its own, if the curls relax at different rates or something. Instead Emma's just freaking out about the perm in and of itself for like half of her screentime and not doing anything about it and. It just bugs me!!!!!!!