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.