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Post by LiveLove1337 on Mar 14, 2013 21:21:15 GMT -5
Tessa, I think you especially might like this.
This was a documentary made in the early 90's by a highschooler focusing on a group of female 8th grade outcasts known as the "Dirty Girls."
(I like the part where her drawings are shared. The one guy really gets it.)
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Post by Jaskolski on Mar 15, 2013 18:01:54 GMT -5
www.vice.com/read/i-talked-to-the-dirty-girls-seventeen-years-laterFound 'em. I especially like the line from this link where they're like, "That's so high school." Because it is. All that ignorance, the prejudice, the rumors, the i'm-better-than-you bullshit. You see it everywhere. I especially love how, in the video, where the guy, like you said, really gets it, and everyone else doesn't really know how to respond. Like, normal guy, and they expect a normal response, and they're all kind of shocked into silence. Allow me to, again, make an example of my German class. Predominately indifferent little boys. They're nearly all rude, if not alone then in pairs or bunches. They're all stupid and full of themselves. They make jokes that aren't funny. They do things that aren't funny. It doesn't matter where in that class I sit, because everywhere I turn is a bunch of senseless idiots who think rape/racist/sexist/homophobic jokes are just the best thing and can't fucking appreciate anything. It's especially disappointing, though, to notice that they're not all that way by nature. There's maybe two or three that lead the pack, and the rest follow. If they think it's funny, it's funny. If they think it's stupid, it's stupid. They're like dogs. It's ridiculous. It's people like these that make fun of people like the dirty girls. Ignorant, small-minded, stupid fucking people that pin a label on someone and make it into this huge deal. And if you're educated, if you call them out on anything, you're automatically a bitch. You're automatically too serious, you automatically have no sense of humor, and therefore it's simply essential to point you out to everyone, to make sure they know what you are. And I realize I'm kind of being a hypocrite, but you need to draw the line somewhere, right? Is being yourself still considered okay if you're a despicable person? I don't know. They make me mad, and it's for good reasons. I don't just wake up to a hat full of names and randomly choose who to dislike for the week. I've thought this through too much and now I can't justify anything for the time being. Sorry. This wasn't supposed to turn into a German rant.
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Post by TruffleHead on Mar 15, 2013 18:07:47 GMT -5
Oh my goodness stupid people don't even get me started on Spanish class gosh yes they think they are all so funny. I totally understand.
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Post by LiveLove1337 on Mar 15, 2013 18:27:25 GMT -5
I really love your response, Tessa, and I think you're spot-on. Thanks for sharing the link! That was a really great read, especially when I got to the bottom and saw how far they had gone with their do-it-because-I'll-grow attitude, if that makes sense.
I keep going back to that one guy. He defys all expectations you set when you see this. He's of the opposite gender and fairly...cool, I suppose. I'm guessing that he said that they were brilliant before the camera goes on because he prifixes by saying "I said...", which gets me even more. He didn't say it for the camera. It would be stupid to do so, actually, and would (and did) achieve the opposite effect. The fact that he spoke his praise almost makes him a "Dirty Girl" too, but just in a different way.
No! You're not being hypocritical at all. It's unfortunate, sad, and upsetting to see these people using popularity to promote such a bad image.
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