http://www.eonline.com/news/590557/watch-these-adorable-little-girls-drop-f-bombs-and-truth-bombs-to-promote-feminism
I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed when I saw someone posted this, titled: Adorable Little Girls Drop F-Bombs for Feminism. I think this video is interesting because we see two things that are completely out of the ordinary. The first and most obvious being young girls saying the word “fuck” or “fucking” and the second is that it is the children that are sending out a strong message about feminism, when it is usually someone much older. The message of the video is that society should spend less time getting offended by curse words and pay more attention to the fact that women are still treated unfairly. Take a look at the video, its informative yet super funny and cute.
I think this was a really interesting campaign. It reminded me of what Lea DeLaria had spoke to about how humor can be used as a form of social action. I think that the effect of the video, using these little innocent looking girls to deliver this important message in such a controversial (the video’s been taken down from a few websites) and surprising way is powerful.
Maybe using this humorous approach makes audiences who don’t usually stop to consider these feminist issues a little less defensive, and a little more open to the conversation and the topic. It certainly is getting a lot of people talking, arguably more than the same video featuring all adult women would.
I thought this campaign was interesting also. I personally do not think having little girls say “fuck” is a necessary or appropriate approach for spreading awareness on feminism. However, it was cool to see the issue reaching such a young audience. Furthermore, I think the fact that this video is so controversial makes it, in a way, more popular. Many people are talking about the video and giving it attention, so hopefully some people will take in the intended message.
I’m so glad I watched this video! I loved it, and I think it really gets the point across, specifically to people who don’t see anything wrong about stressing how “pretty” a young girl is opposed to how smart she could be. The language was probably necessary to get people’s attention. So much was done right in this video, touching on pay inequality, rape and violence, and the boy at the end in a princess costume sealed the message. I just shared this video on Facebook with hopes that this message reaches the people it really needs to.