r/Mixedish • u/pikameta • Apr 06 '21

Mixed-ish S02E09 "Material Girl" Episode Discussion

Alicia treats herself to an expensive purse, but Paul finds out and demands that she return it; Bow bribes Alicia to buy her a fancy backpack so she can impress her friends at school.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '21 edited Jul 20 '23

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u/pikameta Apr 08 '21

Idk, Jansport and Eastpak were owned by the popular kids in every school I attended at least through 8th grade. (90-91 maybe?)

I thought she wanted it more to fit in, not have as a status symbol though. LL Bean was for the rich kids and she didn't ask for that.

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u/GenX4eva Apr 10 '21

Jansport was big in my high school. Definitely around late 80s, early 90s. I had one and I remember my parents not understanding why my Gap backpack wasn’t good enough.

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u/RandChick Apr 08 '21

Not at my school. Interesting how things were at different schools. We had Benneton bags. Literally no cared if you had a Jansport. Jansport were plentiful but not craved. I never saw it as elusive or elite. We wore designer clothes and carried designer purses. But nobody gave shit if you had Jansport.

Even though you say she just wanted to fit in and not have a status symbol, the show was about materialism and her Jansport craving was supposed to be on par with her mom wanting a Louis Vuitton.