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Princesses with Potty Mouths: Swearing Allegiance to Feminism

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“I’m pretty fucking powerful!”
“Fucking sexist shit!”
“I don’t give a fuck.”

Holy mother of truckers and sailors.

Now insert those words in the mouth of babes.
I’m talking little girls as young as 6 (my daughter’s age *Eek!*)

Okay so I’m all for feminism done right and there were some excellent and valid points presented in this video, and sure, I’ve dropped the f-bomb plenty of times, who hasn’t?
But listening to little girls spewing out the f-bomb in my humble opinion to “spread awareness” or better yet drum up some commercial traffic for sweary activist T-shirt retailer FCKH8, is pretty fucking dumb. Very poor delivery.
And honestly, you wonder what is wrong with our society?

I know this marketing gig isn’t really about curse words, but let me tell you what I think about swearing first.
I personally am against swearing. Hearing it makes me cringe, but that’s just me. Well, unless you’re British. Then it may just be OK because anything in a British accent is beautiful.
Some people near and dear to me are serious potty-mouths, but I still love them. And they are some of the smartest folks I know.
BUT, I think profanity should be kept as much as possible to a minimum and used at the right time BY perceptive adults otherwise they won’t be as effective.
Even my (almost) 6 year-old daughter knows better than to say a bad word.
In fact, when she hears it, she makes a face.
It’s not attractive to her in the least bit.

Now talking feminism… sad to know what some of the facts are. You would think it’s 2014 and we should all be equal, everywhere in this world.
But you know what, most women I know are making equal or more to what some of the men are making. AND in very dignified roles. Tough, Prominent, and Loving Ladies.
That makes me proud.
I think we should certainly still spread awareness as much as we can, but doing it in the form of little girls in princess get-ups cussing? FAIL.

My daughter is aware that girls should be 100% equal to boys in all things. Perhaps even believing women to be the stronger gender too!
When her boy cousin tells her she can’t be play with a certain toy of his because it’s only for boys, she responds: “I can play with whatever I want! Girls can do and like everything boys do and boys can like and do everything girls do too!”
Yes! You tell him, girl!

I actually have been a long-time supporter of FCKH8. I think they are a savvy and feisty organization that’s trying to do good in a creative manner that will speak to everyone and grab attention (which they always do!)
*Hand claps* for the valiant effort.
But this video was a total let-down for me.
I’ll PASS, thank you.

What are your honest thoughts on the FCKH8 F-Bombs for Feminism video?

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