I really enjoyed watching “F-word”. Like someone already mentioned in class it was easier to keep up with when it was broken up into segments. Just like a typical cliffhanger, once the segment was over I wanted to watch the next one. They were short and right to the point. I read the summary beforehand for each episode just to get a glimpse and I found myself looking for each point in the videos.
Additionally, even though this is sort of a serious issue, they made the videos light and fun. I loved the part when the “soon-to-be parents” had to get their home inspected. They brought in some kids in order to child proof the house. The kids did well too, and gave some essential points about things grownups probably don’t think about as much.
There was something, too, that I kept thinking about during the movie. Before I share, I’d like to mention that when I was growing up most families were pretty average. Mom and dad with one or two kids, sometimes three, and there was often a pet who lived with the family. I never really saw much variation from that. Then when I got to my high school, which happened to be liberal, I started to see differences that I had never seen before. I saw different genders, besides the general binaries, different sexual orientations, and many other different identifiers. Mind you, this was in high school when I’d say I was already mature. With that in mind, I want to share, throughout the videos I was thinking about how the baby or child would reaction and adjust to a same sex couple. In fact, I was hoping they would ask the two men who adopted a son. I can’t imagine someone in foster care would typically see a same sex couple adopting their peers so I just curious how they might handle it or what questions they might ask. I also wonder if the parents think about that and worry at all or is that not even considered?