The Bikini Kill tape was part of a welcome package for the girls. Nowhere on the camp's website did they advertise that this was part of their curriculum or what the lyrical content was.
A lot of these parents aren't as cool as you guys; they shouldn't be faulted for not knowing their NW grrrl history. They just thought it would be a cool thing to do for their daughters. You can say that they should have done research on the instructors and their respective bands, but to me it would be unreasonable to think that just because someone was in The Need that they would be teaching Tribe 8 lyrics (not saying that happened, just an example).
The camp administrators should have had enough sense to tell parents up front what sort of stuff their kids would be exposed to. Especially in the case of the younger kids.
Not every parent is comfortable w/ their 8 yr old kid singing "Suck My Left One". If you're too cool to understand that, well, I'm sorry.
For what it's worth: I'm a parent of a 4 yr old and I was a Bikini Kill fan back in 94-96 and still listen to the records occasionally. Also, looking back: that first ep wasn't that great. Reject All American and the last 2 45s were a lot better.
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Alex said on August 11, 2008:
The knee-jerk siding w/ the camp is astounding.
The Bikini Kill tape was part of a welcome package for the girls. Nowhere on the camp's website did they advertise that this was part of their curriculum or what the lyrical content was.
A lot of these parents aren't as cool as you guys; they shouldn't be faulted for not knowing their NW grrrl history. They just thought it would be a cool thing to do for their daughters. You can say that they should have done research on the instructors and their respective bands, but to me it would be unreasonable to think that just because someone was in The Need that they would be teaching Tribe 8 lyrics (not saying that happened, just an example).
The camp administrators should have had enough sense to tell parents up front what sort of stuff their kids would be exposed to. Especially in the case of the younger kids.
Not every parent is comfortable w/ their 8 yr old kid singing "Suck My Left One". If you're too cool to understand that, well, I'm sorry.
For what it's worth: I'm a parent of a 4 yr old and I was a Bikini Kill fan back in 94-96 and still listen to the records occasionally. Also, looking back: that first ep wasn't that great. Reject All American and the last 2 45s were a lot better.