Nevermind said on August 18, 2008:

I was a riot grrrl, way back when. Now I'm in my 30s and I teach elementary school. I'd have no problem sending my children to this camp, and in fact I think it's an incredibly powerful, positive thing.

That said, were I a counselor there, I'd not necessarily choose all of Bikini Kill's songs to share with the kiddos. Rebel Girl? Hell, yes. Whiteboy? I'd hesitate. I'm hoping that whoever gave the girls the tape talked to them about the contents. My students are eight-year-olds and, while they are definitely aware of far more sex and violence-related issues than their parents think, there are huge gaps in what they know. Nothing as heavy as Bikini Kill should be presented without dialogue.

Reply

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <blockquote> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <br> <img> <strike> <object> <param> <embed>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
More information about formatting options