{"id":127844,"date":"2022-06-16T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=127844"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:23:06","slug":"mei-lee-is-a-13-year-old-girl-who-loves-karaoke-her-best-friends-and-the-boy-band-4town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/mei-lee-is-a-13-year-old-girl-who-loves-karaoke-her-best-friends-and-the-boy-band-4town\/","title":{"rendered":"Mei Lee is a 13-year-old girl who loves karaoke, her best friends and the boy band 4*Town."},"content":{"rendered":"

(CNN)<\/cite>In an early scene from the new Pixar film “Turning Red,” the character Mei hides out in the bathroom on a morning before school. Having spiraled from a particularly embarrassing encounter the night before, she’s woken up to find that she’s turned into a giant red panda.<\/p>\n

Mei’s mother Ming assumes this reluctance to leave the bathroom means her 13-year-old daughter has just gotten her first period.
\n“Did the … did the red peony bloom?” her mom asks through the door.<\/p>\n