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Why do teenage girls get so shirty over uniform rules?

There was a gaggle of them strung across a pavement.

Their legs were like strings of liquorice in thick black tights. Their thigh-high, tight green skirts barely showed under their school blazers. Several were smoking cigarettes. All of them wore make-up. They were probably 13 years old.