If you've spent any time on social media over the last few months, you've probably seen the “girl math" trend. This started out as a lighthearted meme for entertainment purposes only, but after racking up billions of tags on TikTok and other platforms, the critics were rattled! Many of them say using the term “girl” reinforces tired stereotypes about girls and women not being in control of their finances. It brings up larger questions about this "girl-ification" of trends: "girl dinner", "girl math", "the girlies who get, get it" and more. Do your students think this trend is funny or foolish? Find out by using this week's episode of FinCap Friday in your classroom:

Click here to access the Kahoot quiz and discussion prompt. If you're short on time, try our simplified No Tech version containing embedded questions right in the slide deck! You might even prefer to embed the quiz questions into the video with this this Edpuzzle video!

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!