Have any of you seen the video of the Potty Mouthed Princesses?

[Bidin~Time]

Specifically, the one on domestic violence?

Tweens dropping the f-bomb to make a point.

Do you agreed or disagree with their approach?

Do you agree or disagree that there is an underlying point to be made?



What are your thoughts?





P.S. out of respect to Laurel, and because I asked her about this before starting this thread, I have not linked the video due to the age of the participants. I also ask that you refrain from linking the video or any screencaps.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I saw it. It made me wince, which I suspect was the intended goal.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Making us wince was, I'm sure, just the process to make us think. Did it make you think?

 

[Kitty]

P.S. out of respect to Laurel, and because I asked her about this before starting this thread, I have not linked the video due to the age of the participants. I also ask that you refrain from linking the video or any screencaps.

Then how can anyone know what you're talking about.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Then how can anyone know what you're talking about.

Google, darlin.

 

[Wrong Element]

Specifically, the one on domestic violence?

Tweens dropping the f-bomb to make a point.

Do you agreed or disagree with their approach?

Do you agree or disagree that there is an underlying point to be made?



What are your thoughts?





P.S. out of respect to Laurel, and because I asked her about this before starting this thread, I have not linked the video due to the age of the participants. I also ask that you refrain from linking the video or any screencaps.

I think I know the one you're talking about -- and those weren't even "tweens;" they looked like they were about 7 or 8.

It's an acting job, and those girls were presumably told by their parents that this isn't how we talk at home. Unless the parents curse themselves.

However, I didn't recall it was a vid about domestic violence until you reminded me, which might suggest that the shock value is overpowering the intended message.

 

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[Kitty]

Google, darlin.

No need, I was informed.

So ANYWAY did you READ what the publisher put up:

"Facing a future where women are still paid 23% less than men for the same work, and where 1 in 5 women are raped or sexually assaulted in gender-based violence.

A...dressed as pretty pink princesses drop F-bombs to draw attention to society’s continued sexism. Asking the question, “What’s more offensive?

A...saying f*ck or the sexist way society treats girls and women” these adorably articulate little ladies in sparkling tiaras turn the “princess in distress” stereotype on its head and contrast the F-word with words and statistics society should find shocking. Such as “pay inequality” and “rape.”

The video also features a...wearing a pink gown standing up against sexism saying, “When you tell boys not to ‘act like a girl,’ it’s because you think it’s bad to be a girl."

*"..." for omissions against Lit age policy.

Now whether that's all bullshit or not, did you read it?

 

[Bidin~Time]

No need, I was informed.

So ANYWAY did you READ what the publisher put up:

"Facing a future where women are still paid 23% less than men for the same work, and where 1 in 5 women are raped or sexually assaulted in gender-based violence.

A...dressed as pretty pink princesses drop F-bombs to draw attention to society’s continued sexism. Asking the question, “What’s more offensive?

A...saying f*ck or the sexist way society treats girls and women” these adorably articulate little ladies in sparkling tiaras turn the “princess in distress” stereotype on its head and contrast the F-word with words and statistics society should find shocking. Such as “pay inequality” and “rape.”

The video also features a...wearing a pink gown standing up against sexism saying, “When you tell boys not to ‘act like a girl,’ it’s because you think it’s bad to be a girl."

*"..." for omissions against Lit age policy.

Now whether that's all bullshit or not, did you read it?

Read it? yes. Watch both videos? yes.

 

[Bidin~Time]

I think it sucks to promote this kind of shit with kids. The parents need their asses kicked.

Read the Ray Rice thread, then watch the video on domestic violence.

 

[Bidin~Time]

I think I know the one you're talking about -- and those weren't even "tweens;" they looked like they were about 7 or 8.

It's an acting job, and those girls were presumably told by their parents that this isn't how we talk at home. Unless the parents curse themselves.

However, I didn't recall it was a vid about domestic violence until you reminded me, which might suggest that the shock value is overpowering the intended message.

Is it overpowering the message, or just sending a message, we, as a society don't want to hear?

 

[Skiddles2014]

Somebody needs to slap those rude little cunts.

 

[CandiCame]

There's a link button on top of the little box you type in. But no, I have no idea what you're talking about.

OMG is this it? Edited so everyone can be as confused as I was, because some of you might be pedotastic and that's not Lit's problem.

That's adorable. You can tell that they spent a whole week before this going "I got 5 minutes where I get to say "fuck" and "rape". Ima do this. Ima do this. Ima do this! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKING RAPE FUCK FUCK! That was awesome!"

It reminds me of another video let me try to find it.

Damn it, I can't find it and apparently, I'm going somewhere in a few minutes? Because that's an acceptable thing. To just spring on someone, but I know it was one of Swoozie's videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/swoozie06/videos Where his mom told him to tell his teacher she could stay the hell out of his buisness, so he spent the whole night going, "I get to say hell, I get to say hell, I get to say hell" and then he got to school and he was like, "HELL DAMN SHIT FUCK" and it was adorable and funny.

 

[Bidin~Time]

P.S. out of respect to Laurel, and because I asked her about this before starting this thread, I have not linked the video due to the age of the participants. I also ask that you refrain from linking the video or any screencaps.

There's a link button on top of the little box you type in. But no, I have no idea what you're talking about.

OMG is this it?

That's adorable. You can tell that they spent a whole week before this going "I got 5 minutes where I get to say "fuck" and "rape". Ima do this. Ima do this. Ima do this! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKING RAPE FUCK FUCK! That was awesome!"

It reminds me of another video let me try to find it.

Please read the bolded part of my post and remove your link. It was Laurel's only stipulation to starting this thread, and I think it should be honored.




edited to add: Thank you Candi

 

[MNGuy]

Potty Mouthed Princesses, no way am I watching Two Girls and a Cup again.

 

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[neci]

i'd rather her story go viral than little girls saying fuck.

Tugce Albayrak

 

[CandiCame]

I think exploitation of children to prove a point is despicable.

It's preachy but I wouldn't call it exploitation. Not any more than any other platform. You see those kids holding signs at hate rallys and know that at least these little girls aren't going to want to murder their parents in 10 years, like those kids will. These kids were excited because they got to say 'fuck', regardless of the reason. And in a decade they can be like, "Hey wanna see this time my mom let me say 'fuck' on the internet?" As opposed to other platforms where they have to be like, "God I hope no one ever sees that video. Can you sue youtube? I swear to god, college admissions councilor, I'm not in a hate group, I just have insane parents!" Plus, I've never really understood why we're supposed to censor language for children?

But I do get that some of the shit the kids are actually saying, not the curse words, but things about the pay gap and such, have no real way to explain to a five year old. Because it isn't just, "Boys are paid more than girls" it's, "There's an entire system set up that makes maternity leave fucked up, doesn't want to pay for women's healthcare, doesn't arrange itself well for family planning, has voluntary individualism built into it- bitch are you playing Minecraft? I'm talking to you!"

"What dad? Hey wanna see this pixel art I made of a charmander- there's a goddamn sheep in it, hold on..."

"What the fuck did I tell you about watching your goddamn mouth?"

 

[monoblanco]

It's preachy but I wouldn't call it exploitation.

Agreed.

Too many people get all worked up over the use of words like fuck.

Would it be less problematic if kids say 'WTF'?

Cuz, as a former school teacher, I can tell you, they say THAT all the damn time!

Anyway...

Let's ask George Carlin what he thinks about the word fuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZkb4TPI-Lo

 

[CandiCame]

Agreed.

Too many people get all worked up over the use of words like fuck.

Would it be less problematic if kids say 'WTF'?

Cuz, as a former school teacher, I can tell you, they say THAT all the damn time!

Anyway...

Let's ask George Carlin what he thinks about the word fuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZkb4TPI-Lo

As a schoolteacher I can tell you that they say 'fuck' all the fucking time, but I can't. Especially middle schoolers. Like they're not gonna scream FUCK YOU and not get in trouble, but I'm not writing somebody up because they drop a pencil and mumble under their breath. That's ridiculous.

But again, my issue with the 'exploitation' angle isn't the choice of language, it's the fact that they expect kids to talk about things they can't possibly understand, like economics or sexual assault. That's kinda fucked up. But not any more fucked up than training kids to say anything else, whether for fun or profit or not. And this is far less detrimental to a kid than holding up a 'god hates fags' sign as far as their individual future goes.

Also I didn't want to go through all those videos to post the funny one because I thought we were leaving right that fucking second, but apparently not so I'll look again.

 

[Neverlander]

I saw that video a while ago. I thought it was pretty funny, because I knew that some people would be enraged by it, people who think that words have magic powers unleashed by uttering them. The fact was simply that some little girls (and a boy) delivered speeches using words that they’d all heard, that their parents had heard, that they all knew the definitions of, and that were simply that, words. And the audience was asked it consider whether those words are in fact more shocking, more distasteful, more harmful than the treatment – not words – that many women are subjected to daily: sexism, harassment and assault, unfair payment in the workplace. Anyone who got caught up by the words didn’t get the point – at all.