Tuesday, April 10 (2)
I am writing about Jennifer Montgomery's Age Twelve: Love With a Little L
Although the message of adolescent sexual frustration between girls was very prevalent, I really think there was unnecessary things that needed to be in the film.
Exhibit A: peeing
Yes, I can see how these women were marking territory like animals. For women's impowerment, I believe this can be a powerful statement. And the girl pissing on the rooftop was alright. It seemed to me that she was marking territory that really did not have a strong resonance as to what it was. This can illustrate that girls do not really have a place to mark, or that they do not really know where. However, when she pissed on the girl in the bathtub, I see that as completely unnecessary. That kind of thing is just shocking and disturbing. That could be the statement, but it really is not something that anyone should be watching, at least not me.
Exhibit B: tampon
Yes, there was a point to a woman taking out a piece of something completely feminine that men really do not understand. It is something I do not understand, and I can readily admit that. However, I do NOT need to see a bloody tampon come out of a woman and rubbed around a canvas to drive home that point, or any point for that matter. Some things are kept private for a reason. Would a woman want to see a man cleaning off his genitals, or masturbating and wiping the sperm around on a canvas? I know that I wouldn't, whether I understand that or not. I believe those graphic illustrations of women's empowerment are unnecessary, and could definitely be illustrated in a more tactful manner.
Although the message of adolescent sexual frustration between girls was very prevalent, I really think there was unnecessary things that needed to be in the film.
Exhibit A: peeing
Yes, I can see how these women were marking territory like animals. For women's impowerment, I believe this can be a powerful statement. And the girl pissing on the rooftop was alright. It seemed to me that she was marking territory that really did not have a strong resonance as to what it was. This can illustrate that girls do not really have a place to mark, or that they do not really know where. However, when she pissed on the girl in the bathtub, I see that as completely unnecessary. That kind of thing is just shocking and disturbing. That could be the statement, but it really is not something that anyone should be watching, at least not me.
Exhibit B: tampon
Yes, there was a point to a woman taking out a piece of something completely feminine that men really do not understand. It is something I do not understand, and I can readily admit that. However, I do NOT need to see a bloody tampon come out of a woman and rubbed around a canvas to drive home that point, or any point for that matter. Some things are kept private for a reason. Would a woman want to see a man cleaning off his genitals, or masturbating and wiping the sperm around on a canvas? I know that I wouldn't, whether I understand that or not. I believe those graphic illustrations of women's empowerment are unnecessary, and could definitely be illustrated in a more tactful manner.
posted by Andy Nordstrum at 3:25 PM
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