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Incredibly unpopular opinion right now;
I liked "Cuties"
It made me incredibly uncomfortable at times, but I think it's a discussion that needs to be had. I'm 29yo, french, I have a 13 yo sister, and all I've seen in this movie is all that we know already exists, big screen 1/
I liked "Cuties"
It made me incredibly uncomfortable at times, but I think it's a discussion that needs to be had. I'm 29yo, french, I have a 13 yo sister, and all I've seen in this movie is all that we know already exists, big screen 1/
All the different topics I've seen adressed in this movie are discussions worth having
(I'm going to SPOIL a lottt of things in the movie, even the end)
Amy is an eleven year old girl, coming from a really conservative home. Her dad is going to take a second wife 2/
(I'm going to SPOIL a lottt of things in the movie, even the end)
Amy is an eleven year old girl, coming from a really conservative home. Her dad is going to take a second wife 2/
She sees how hurt her mother is by this.
You see that her everyday life is not easy, you see that the reality of her life, the way women are treated in her own family, before her 11 yo eyes who only has this for experience... It's hard.
It's a reality that is lived by a lot 3/
You see that her everyday life is not easy, you see that the reality of her life, the way women are treated in her own family, before her 11 yo eyes who only has this for experience... It's hard.
It's a reality that is lived by a lot 3/
I know friends who grew up with this kind of backstories, I've heard people talking about their own stories, I've seen girls coming from very traditionnal families. I don't know what it's like to experience a culturally diverse childhood, so I can't really comment on how you 4/
may personally experience this, but I know at my level what is witnessing the very natural, obvious disdain to my own mother.
It's not something that you really "notice" as a kid, because everything you live is normal when you're a child
One of the reasons "Cuties" kinda is 5/
It's not something that you really "notice" as a kid, because everything you live is normal when you're a child
One of the reasons "Cuties" kinda is 5/
a coming out of age movie, is for this too; at 11-ish, you grow up, you change schools, you start to really notice others people experiences.
She meets girls of her age, who seems to her that they have a lot of freedom. They're entering this world, as pre teens, in the world 6/
She meets girls of her age, who seems to her that they have a lot of freedom. They're entering this world, as pre teens, in the world 6/
we know already exists; a reality where in our western society, and in this case in france, women & girls are extremely sexualized constantly and on every media possible.
I see my sister, her friends & what are the medias they consume, I (shamelessly) spend a LOT of times on 7/
I see my sister, her friends & what are the medias they consume, I (shamelessly) spend a LOT of times on 7/
different parts of the internet, and this is exactly what is happening to our young girls right now.
We're collectively raising our girls in a world where the extreme sexualisation of women is something that they're facing 100% of the time.
There's individually a lot of 8/
We're collectively raising our girls in a world where the extreme sexualisation of women is something that they're facing 100% of the time.
There's individually a lot of 8/
ways to control the internet/media use of children, but still, we all know the times kids generally spend on medias, social medias, & the extremely easy access to porn.
We know there's an epidemic of pedophilia cases everywhere, all nerds know that ANY game/app/social media 9/
We know there's an epidemic of pedophilia cases everywhere, all nerds know that ANY game/app/social media 9/
in a way or another (games like Movie Star Planet for exemple) is a pedophile nest 100% of the time, every add on phone/youtube have some pb of cartoony porn games, their actual 2020 models are youtubers, pop stars, young actresses, all performing high level of seduction & 10/
beauty standards. There's a generation of girls who enters teenagehood, the time when you start to change, to notice that males of all ages change their gaze on you, to see how other women outside your household are living, with this huge issues that are social medias 11/
The girls in the movies are craving for likes, acceptance, what they seem is attention and validation (because yes, being sexy works).
They get to think that being sexual and having this attitude is validating and freedom, cause that's what our society is teaching them 12/
They get to think that being sexual and having this attitude is validating and freedom, cause that's what our society is teaching them 12/
The way they're dressed in the movie? I can see it with my own eyes every day!
& the way they're acting extremely sexual too!
And it's terrible, and I'm glad that it makes the whole world uncomfortable, because we should be. Tik Tok, youtube, instagram, every social media 13/
& the way they're acting extremely sexual too!
And it's terrible, and I'm glad that it makes the whole world uncomfortable, because we should be. Tik Tok, youtube, instagram, every social media 13/
that is popular is filled of videos of 11 yo doing the same thing.
We see the rise of MAP discussions, we see the laws that are being changed, we see the normalization of sex work and how it shapes teens, the scandals of pedophilia all the time, even when they are HUGE names 14/
We see the rise of MAP discussions, we see the laws that are being changed, we see the normalization of sex work and how it shapes teens, the scandals of pedophilia all the time, even when they are HUGE names 14/
We're really normalizing this on a lot of levels. It's a discussion we need to have.
And the girls in the movie are sad. They're fucking sad. We see that they all have their different set of issues, we see that acting like this doesn't makes them happy at all, only a rush 15/
And the girls in the movie are sad. They're fucking sad. We see that they all have their different set of issues, we see that acting like this doesn't makes them happy at all, only a rush 15/
They're being groomed.
They're been showned that if they get sexy and sexual and act like the other girls they see are popular, they'll get love, and fame, and everyone will think they're cool & perfect and have made it.
Of course we see them having fun, they ARE kids, 16/
They're been showned that if they get sexy and sexual and act like the other girls they see are popular, they'll get love, and fame, and everyone will think they're cool & perfect and have made it.
Of course we see them having fun, they ARE kids, 16/
dancing is fun & so is spending time with your new friends, and they don't really get what what it means that they're doing.
They feel powerful because that's what modern times are teaching rn!
The famous dance on stage finishes on Amy crying, and I felt like that too 17/
They feel powerful because that's what modern times are teaching rn!
The famous dance on stage finishes on Amy crying, and I felt like that too 17/
Movie ends on a nice scene imo; she comes back home, and shares a nice moment with her mom.
You see her playing hopscotch, dressed like herself; not sexy, not conservative, like SHE wants to, an 11 yo kid.
Honestly, I think this is a story really worth sharing 18/
You see her playing hopscotch, dressed like herself; not sexy, not conservative, like SHE wants to, an 11 yo kid.
Honestly, I think this is a story really worth sharing 18/
A story that shows what is reality for a lot of young girls.
This specific movie have a specific story telling, with the main character having her specific sets of experiences, but overall I think it really talks about a lot of things young girls are experiencing right now 19/
This specific movie have a specific story telling, with the main character having her specific sets of experiences, but overall I think it really talks about a lot of things young girls are experiencing right now 19/
I think it's really good time to have this discussion, and making the whole world uncomfortable is a great start.
We as a society have to make these topics popular and heavily discussed.
We won't be able to stop our girls collectively entering this destructive permormative 20/
We as a society have to make these topics popular and heavily discussed.
We won't be able to stop our girls collectively entering this destructive permormative 20/
"state" of womanhood if we don't show how it actually affects them.
Honestly, I'm being vague in the details because I actually think it's a movie worth watching, and you should watch it.
The movie is for adults; we adults have to aknowledge our kids are raised in this rn. 21/21
Honestly, I'm being vague in the details because I actually think it's a movie worth watching, and you should watch it.
The movie is for adults; we adults have to aknowledge our kids are raised in this rn. 21/21
(The Netflix poster was SHIT, and didn't help the case of the movie AT ALL. The french one imo is way nicer, a mix of them being kids and having fun, wearing "grown up" bras as a costume)
