Teens on TikTok Are Feeling Lied to by 2000s Films Depicting Teen Years

In the early 2000s, Instagram and TikTok weren’t even concepts people thought was possible. Myspace was the ruling means of communication, with other sites like Friendster and SixDegrees making waves. It was a time of low-rise jeans and posters of Chad Michael Murray, which teens today dub a simpler time. And to escape to this simpler time, they look to the movies that reigned: the funny, accurate teen films of the early 2000s. From TikTok tribute edits of New York Minute and Freaky Friday to...