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Get Outta Here With Your Girl Math
A “Cutesy, Funny” Trend With Troubling Implications
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Driving home from my errands today, I heard something on the radio that made my head almost explode. I wasn’t in a good mood as it was given the price of groceries, but what I heard took the damn cake! And I can’t even afford the damn cake, because I can do math. I promise, my assertion that I am skilled in mathematics will become relevant soon.
I was listening to a local talk radio show and the host was discussing a new or newish trend on TikTok, something called Girl Math. I don’t follow trends anymore (the last trend I followed were Doc Martins and hypercolour t-shirts, so, you get the idea) so this was new to me.
He explained that it was this cute funny thing wherein young ladies get on TikTok and make little videos which highlight their lack of financial savvy. Maybe it’s hyperbole, maybe not. Effectively, they’re rationalizing poor decision-making and calling it Girl Math.
We’ve all made poor financial choices and then rationalized them. You don’t through this life without doing that. But it’s not girl math or boy…
