#maimouna doucoure

[maneeyansf]

Hawa (2022)

Je viens de finir ce film, c'était magique.

Les musiques sont magnifiques, le film est tellement intime, je me suis fait prendre par l'histoire.

Si vous aimez les enfants qui savent ce qu'ils veulent... Une perle de bienveillance et d'émotion

[houseofpinkboombox]

This will brother me for days if I don't address this. Was it her intended vision to participate in the very thing she supposedly critiquing? 

Sure let's give her the biggest benefit of doubt here. Maybe her heart was in the right place after all. But if that was true why male casting directors?

If her heart was in the right place why didn't that movie have really anything new to add to the conversation? Why did there have to be therapists on set for those girls? Why put those kids threw all that especially knowing how their own communities felt about women and treat girls?

Why the close ups on the girls asses.

Why the closes ups on 11 year old babies asses?

Why?

So it's either she mismanaged the project to horror show level that she did or she's a visionary that was some how thwarted? By the studio. And she stands by her movie. She doesn't claim their was any studio interference what so ever.

This was her intended production.

“We, as adults, have not given children the tools to grow up healthy in our society,” Doucouré wrote. “I wanted to open people’s eyes to what’s truly happening in schools and on social media, forcing them to confront images of young girls made up, dressed up and dancing suggestively to imitate their favorite pop icon. I wanted adults to spend 96 minutes seeing the world through the eyes of an 11-year-old girl, as she lives 24 hours a day. These scenes can be hard to watch but are no less true as a result.”

She says this is how she intended the film, a "hard to watch". And "starting a conversation about the sexualization of young girls. Like sis that's exactly what the fuck you did tho. You took girls and sexualized the fuck out of them. In the least creative way humanly possible.

You don't even get that it might be a little bad to sexualize children until the very end and it's mild as fuck, especially given the consequences of children being sexualized. So like what was the point.

And the answer is there wasn't one, folks that thing it's bad to sexualize kids are largely unchanged, the people that do thing it's totally fine to sexualize kids now how some more material for their spank bank. 

And let's be all the way real no one wanted to come for this director because we all wanna see more black women direct but I can't say I'd be thrilled to see her name behind a camera again.

There is a streak of anti-intellectualism when it comes to talking about films, and it's one of my biggest pet peeves. People are seemingly completely incapable of distinguishing between "what happened in the film" and "what the film is ABOUT."

To cite one of my favorite examples, The Shape of Water is not ABOUT a woman who fucks a fish, it is ABOUT people who are otherized by society finding comfort and beauty is what others see as their flaws. It is a beautiful film, that deserved all the praise and accolades it got.

Joker is not ABOUT mental health. It is a shallow film that uses mental health in a trivial way as a catalyst for its character's mental breakdown. Its refusal to be ABOUT anything is its greatest failure. Arthur stumbles his way into accidentally starting a riot, he admits politics do not interest him, and the concerns of those rioting are not addressed because that's not what the film is interested in. It tries to use all the right buzzwords to fake being deep, but in the end, winds up saying nothing interesting.

Annihilation is not ABOUT women going into an alien environment and experiencing wacky shit, it's about dealing with trauma, and deciding whether to let it consume you, or whether to move on.

Shit like this is why Qanon was so easily able to direct the conversation around Cuties. The director wanted to make a film about exploitation and female agency, but people are unwilling to engage with theme, they only care about surface-level shit. People took one look at the marketing, and decided they already knew what the film was about, and Qanon was able to use that to whip up a moral panic, and get people to harass the director and any critic with positive things to say about the film.

I still see social media making fun of English teachers for asking us to engage with a text beyond what's on the surface, but I think those are valuable skills when it comes to how we interact with art.

Popular YouTube channels like CinemaSins and Nostalgia Critic, which have made their anti-intellectualism into their whole careers, do not help in this regard.

[baixueagain]

It doesn't matter who the fuck made that movie. It's still exploiting little girls into what is essentially softcore porn. There is a way to talk about the oversexualization of children and that movie fucking failed on every account.

your ignorant ass is showing, anon, try reading sometime.

https://decider.com/2020/08/20/cuties-netflix-controversy-summary-review/

[sleepynegress]

Posting this because I have seen this film and while it is tough to get through at points and shocking, it was obviously filmed with sensitivity to the young players and the message *is* on-point. Also, Maïmouna Doucouré has been viciously attacked and harassed for weeks. To point where she was driven off social media. No one who is participating has stopped to look around to see who is *so glad* to have them (especially progressive black women) do this to this first time African-Muslim filmmaker (also impressively, a biologist/scientist). They haven't stopped to wonder why in all the #AllLivesMatter nonsense, suddenly these alt-right people are suddenly all about “protecting” this little black girl (psst! it's concern trolling, with the happy(!) consequence of derailing this black woman's film career). Watch this video. MAN... This is the one time I hope a person is blacklisted for a job-flub. The person who mis-advertised this film for Netflix, definitely needs to be.

[rosesmith18]

Cuties Movie

Okay, for starters no I have not watched this movie, and I do not plan to. I have, however watched/read some reviews and get the gist. The point of me making this post is to say something that I would say to the creator if I had her email.

(Now, I’m not saying harass her or anything cause I’m pretty sure that’s illegal, and I don’t want anyone going to jail.)

First the basics, what made this woman(Maïmouna Doucouré) think that anyone was going to sit back and let child actors be sexualized to spread a message?! When you make movies spreading messages about how rape is a prominent issue that should be taken seriously you don’t actually have the actors get raped! It’s implied, because you known, it is ILLEGAL to rape someone for ANY REASON! They don’t use teenage actors in shows like Glee for a reason, because in that show the teens might be in more provocative or dangerous situations that aren’t appropriate for real teens. 

This sexualization of children bothers me for multiple reasons. One, those actors don’t know any better than actually young girls, just cause their actors doesn’t mean their more mature. Secondly, one of the biggest problems in the acting industry is the sexual abuse female, male, young & older actors endure. For all anyone knows these young female actresses could be victims of the industries sexual abuse. Thirdly, the trauma these sexual experiences will leave on them is real. It’s been proven time & time again that just watching someone be sexual harassed can cause ptsd in people for years. It doesn’t matter how many times these girls are told the sexualization is fake, just an act. It is still very likely to leave a mental affect on them. That fear the actress feels when she runs off stay in the movie is likely more real than any of the coaches, actors, producers, etc know. Lastly, if any parents gets the bright idea to actually show this to their child in hopes it will teach them to not sexualize themselves. They risk traumatizing their child, and/or teaching them the opposite. 

This movie has a rating 18+ plus for a reason. The people who rated this movie were aware that is was too sexual for children which should have been a huge red flag for it’s creators. This is ignoring the stupidly obvious problems; The camera’s being too close to the girls crotches, the club bouncers who showed actual interest in the main character when she twerks, the man in the audience during the dance competition who also shows interest. The fact that this movie is so openly available to PEDO’S! Who will no doubt watch it for sick, twisted reasons. 

I even have to say the biggest risk of this movie is a pedo parent, uncle, cousin, babysitter, etc showing this to a kid in hopes of teaching them to act like the unaware, young girls. Anyone could be a pedo as sad as it sounds, and they use these pieces of media to instill their ideals into children. They can completely cut out the parts that claim this type of behavior is inappropriate for kids, and just show the child the characters in the movie naively having fun, being encouraged, etc to do these sexual things.

None of this had to happen to make the creators point. She could have implied the behavior the girls were partaking in. A person on youtube made a great point that during the dancing competitions you could have just showed the girls faces, and the audiences reactions. The movie industry uses these tactics during sex scenes, action scenes, horror scenes, and even dance scenes all the time to avoid having to shoot difficult angles or making the movie open to younger viewers. The creator could have made this a book if she felt the scenes truly important with a book she wouldn’t have made several child actresses the targets of pedophilia driven viewers, even possible pedo stalkers.

As someone who has been sexualized by her father & step-father I have struggled with my sexual image for years, and all this movie has done is made me fear for tons of little girls, especially the actresses. I know from experience exactly what pedophiles will do with this movie, they will take these little girls, and idolize them as the sex toys they wish all little boys & girls would be like. They’ll harass these actresses online and in real life for years to come.

[empressofkalumina]

Ninja Adèle via Karidja Touré IG story

[thousurroundingverdure]

[crazycoke-addict]

Cuties is a film that shows the hypersexualisation of young girls and the danger of internet culture. It's a movie that supposed to make you uncomfortable and start a conversation to your child on what they shouldn't post on the internet. Not only that but private your kids social media and even their devices. I find it ironic the movie is being seen as a negative light by right-wingers despite the fact they defend child predators like Donald Trump and Roy Moore. By posting clips of movie where the girls are dancing the way they shouldn't be dancing on the internet where pedophiles and child predators have access access is what the movie was trying to make when it comes to dangers of internet culture.

There are some movies who shown disturbing elements but the point is to find the meaning behind it especially the characters themselves. For example movie called 'Kids' which is about two teenage boys where one of them has a goal to sleep every virgin. We may know or heard a guy like that takes advantage of girls due to their innocence and naivety to get what they want. Another movie that is very controversial is A Serbian Film. A Youtuber called Spookyastronauts made a video where discussed view and what she believe the message if you ignore disturbing elements that A serbian Film puts in. In the video, she says that the main character (Milo) whose a former porn star has a complicated relationship with everyone around him. His son is exposed to mature themes at a very young age. His brother is jealous and screwed up. And even his wife who is seen as the most strongest character of the film, his relationship with her and his complicated ends in her demise. You could also say the controversial parts of film shows the snuff films are a real thing that could be hidden in deep into the internet but because it’s hard what is real and what is just fictional. There isn’t many arrests on people making snuff films. There’s a few but not a lot. It’s really sad to think that someone is being tortured for someone’s pleasure, it gets uploaded and there are people who probably think it’s a fictional movie that someone decided to make.

Whether disturbing films is categorized as 'Horror' or even 'Drama'. Majority of them intend to have a meaning and a conversation that needs to be discussed.

[cptrs]

[floatingbook]

Conclusions personnelles

- Visionnage: Mignonnes de Maïmouna Doucouré

J’ai été voir Mignonnes au cinéma parce que la description qui en circulait sur ce site était aux antipodes de la façon dont j’avais vu la réalisatrice en parler. Je ne regrette pas de l’avoir vu.

D’abord, parce que Mignonnes est un film plein de nuances. Il déborde d’expériences personnelles, avec une justesse de regard et une sensibilité qui suggère calmement l’oppression et la souffrance que peut subir une pré-adolescente qui grandit en France dans une famille issue de l’immigration. C’est un point de vue nouveau pour toute une part de la population française, un point de vue d’autant plus important qu’il donne la parole à des expériences peu répandues.

Le film n’est pas dans l’outrance en ce qui concerne la situation familiale, ou la religion. Tout est présenté du point de vue d’Aminata qui ne sait pas forcément comment comprendre ou réagir à ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Les personnages et les situations sont décrits de façon nuancée, dans leurs points négatifs comme positifs, caractérisés par une profondeur et un refus des stéréotypes. Par exemple, la mère d’Aminata, mère quasi-célibataire maltraitée par son mari, n’est pas réduite à une femme sans volonté et incapable. Elle est entière dans sa douleur, mais aussi dans sa résolution de faire bonne figure, et elle n’impose pas à sa fille de se sacrifier de la même façon ou d’accepter un destin misogyne.

En ce qui concerne l’hypersexualisation, que ce film dénonce selon sa réalisatrice, le tableau est nettement plus mitigé. Les scènes représentées renvoient à des comportements et des occurrences qui ont déjà lieu dans la réalité. Des jeunes filles sont ainsi sexualisées par l’imitation de comportements dont elles ne comprennent pas la portée délétère. La réalisatrice a fait un travail de recherche sur le sujet pendant plus d’un an, après avoir elle-même observé une telle hypersexualisation lors d’une soirée. Elle a interviewé des centaines de pré-adolescentes car le phénomène lui semblait hautement critiquable et que cette critique n’avait pas assez de visibilité dans le paysage français. Toujours d’après Maîmouna Doucouré, les actrices étaient volontaires, accompagnées sur le plateau de tournage par un psychologue (haha!) et par leurs parents, ainsi que par toute l’équipe du film. Parce que je ne n’ai pas vraiment foi en notre époque, je pense que les actrices s’en sortiront mieux que leurs paires malgré les images sexualisées d’elles qui ont été filmées, parce qu’elles ont participé à la réalisation du film et qu’elles ont à présent conscience du problème. Toutes les pré-adolescentes qui s’exposent ainsi sexuellement, en particulier sur les réseaux sociaux, n’ont pas conscience des conséquences de leurs actes.

Il n’en reste pas moins que la façon dont le sujet de l’hypersexualisation a été traité dans ce film apparaît comme un échec. Malgré un potentiel certain—la juxtaposition de réaction enfantines et de comportements sexualisés qui soulignent leur caractère saugrenu et déplacé pour des filles de leur âge; la représentation de la désapprobation des adultes; le rappel de la loi—le film échoue parce qu’il est coupable d’exactement ce qu’il dénonçait. Les Mignonnes sont sexualisés et ces images sont mises à la disposition des prédateurs sexuels.

Certes, le fait que des hommes s’emparent d’images d’enfants qu’ils considèrent comme sexuelles ne suffit pas à considérer un film comme un échec. Les hommes sont notoirement pervers, et si on devait arrêter de faire des choses parce que les hommes risquent de les détourner, on resterait cloîtrées chez nous. Peut se poser en effet la question des scènes à la plage implicant des enfants—des petites filles en maillot peuvent facilement être sexualisée—ou même de n’importe quelle scène de danse faisant intervenir des filles—que ce soit de la danse classique ou non, les tenues impliquées sont souvent moulantes. De même, la question de jusqu’où pousser l’art est pertinente. Malgré les conventions censées protéger les droits des enfants, les impliquer sur des tournages de cinéma revient à faire travailler des enfants. Malgré les autorisations parentales, les enfants n’ont pas de contrôle sur leur propre image; comment gérer leurs regrets lorsqu’elles grandissent et réalisent ce qu’on leur à fait faire? Devrait-on cesser totalement de faire jouer des enfants dans les films?

Se pose aussi la question de comment dénoncer l’hypersexualisation des jeunes filles, parce que c’est un phénomène de plus en plus présent dont on parle trop peu. Ecrire des articles ou des livres n’implique pas forcément de partager des images sexualisées d’enfants, mais se contenter d’un tel moyen de critique prend le risque d’être aride, de manquer encore une fois de visibilité quand au phénomène qu’il dénonce, et de ne pas réussir à le cerner complètement, puisque c’est un phénomène hautement visuel. Un documentaire à la télévision aurait peut-être été moins sexualisant, mais sa diffusion dans le foyer familial aurait risqué la censure de la part des parents par exemple—ça n’arriverait jamais à ma fille!—et aurait pu étouffer une discussion nécessaire. Le choix d’un film sorti en cinémas est donc judicieux, parce qu’il permet une certaine intimité hors de la sphère familiale qui peut être suffocante. Lors de la séance à laquelle j’ai assisté, le public était au trois-quarts féminins, avec de nombreux couples mère-fille. La promotion du film en France était axée sur la vision d’une expérience personnelle (celle de la réalisatrice) et sur la critique de l’hypersexualisation. En réponse, le public était plutôt des jeunes filles et leurs parents. En revanche, la promotion aux Etats-Unis, par Netflix, était elle axée sur une expérience de danse sexuelle par des petites filles, aucun doute donc que le film a été plébiscité par les pédophiles.

Lors de mon visionnage en France, il ne fait aucun doute que le message sur les dangers de l’hypersexualisation est passé. Le public, celui visé par la réalisatrices (les jeunes filles qui peuvent être victimes d’hypersexualisation), était inconfortable lors des scènes de danse très sexuelles et d’objectification. En sortie de salle, les discussions étaient animées. Si le but de ce film était d’augmenter la visibilité du problème, c’est chose faite. Au moins, on parle de l’hypersexualisation maintenant. Mais à quel prix?

Parce qu’il demeure le problème de savoir comment le film a pu louper le coche à ce point et tomber dans l’hypersexualisation lui-même, alors qu’il était si près de réussir. La réalisatrice a-t-elle voulu faire exactement ce qu’elle dénonce pour produire l’inconfort et la colère chez tout spectateur avec une conscience? Sa vision a-t-elle été déformée par des influences mâles qui finançaient le projet? Je ne pense pas qu’on puisse totalement crucifier Maïmouna Doucouré, parce que son film reste extrêmement intéressant pour sa vision de l’enfance issue de l’immigration en France, pour sa description d’une situation familiale compliquée, du rejet de l’autorité et des conventions avec l’adolescence, et du climat toxique qui peut exister en parallèle de l’adolescence. Néanmoins, ces points positifs n’excusent pas tout. Elle aurait pu faire mieux, mais ce film n’est pas non plus une oeuvre pédo-pornographique. En choisissant de simplement montrer sans vraiment imposer de conclusions à tirer au spectateur, et non pas de critiquer ouvertement, Maïmouna Doucouré adopte une position qui se défend mais avec laquelle je suis en désaccord: l’art fait toujours passer un message, et sur un sujet si important, le laisser ambigu est en soit une renonciation. Elle reste dans une dynamique de “les femmes (et les filles) devraient pouvoir faire ce qu’elles veulent”, donc dans une dynamique d’anti-féminisme libéral.

Extraits d’interview avec la réalisatrice pour éclairer son point de vue personnel:

“En tant que réalisatrice, je me devais d’être au plus près de la vérité. Pour faire le film, j’ai réalisé une enquête de plus d’un an lors de laquelle j’ai rencontré de nombreuses petites filles entre onze et douze ans. Elles m’ont raconté leurs histoires, la façon dont elles se situent en tant que jeunes filles et futures femmes, mais aussi la manière dont elles se construisent avec leur famille et leurs amis, à l’heure des réseaux sociaux. Toutes ces histoires ont nourri le scénario.” (source)

“J’ai d'abord fait un travail de documentation pendant plus d’un an et demi pour écouter les récits de jeunes filles dans tous les milieux sociaux et la plupart des faits que vous voyez dans Mignonnes sont tirés de faits réels. Je leur ai demandé comment elles se situent en tant que futures femmes. Comment elles vivent leur féminité, leur corps qui se transforme. Les seins qui poussent, les règles… ça peut être assez violent. Violent parce que parfois ça va trop vite. Parfois, ça ne va pas assez vite. Et croyez moi que quand ça ne va pas assez vite, c’est tout aussi violent ! Ces filles sont dans une comparaison des corps qui les entoure,  aujourd’hui avec les réseaux sociaux aussi : les corps objectivés que l’on voit sur la toile à longueur de journée, et auxquels elles veulent absolument ressembler, alors que leurs seins n’ont pas encore poussé…” (source)

"Je veux que chaque spectateur puisse devenir une petite fille de 11 ans pendant 1 h 30. Pour comprendre et non juger. […] J’ai fait ce film pour qu’on ouvre les yeux. Quand des préados de 13 ans cumulent 400 000 abonnés sur Instagram en posant en string, ça crée forcément un mimétisme chez des filles un peu plus jeunes qui aspirent à entrer aussi dans la lumière. Donc, puisque je me situe dans leurs têtes, je devais montrer à l’image cette hypersexualisation et la jouissance qu’elles peuvent prendre dans cette représentation. […] Je ne les montre pas nues ou en string. Je donne à voir ce qu’Amy va chercher dans ces moments en apparence extrêmes : une libération. Le plus important pour moi est qu’elle puisse prendre le temps de choisir la femme qu’elle veut être sans qu’on ne lui impose rien. Dans la même logique, je ne veux, moi, rien imposer aux spectateurs." (source)

"C’est une évidence : ce film n’aurait pas pu être tourné par un homme. D’abord parce qu’il n’aurait pas pu aborder aussi spontanément que moi des préados dans la rue. Mais aussi parce que sa manière de filmer aurait été différente. Il y a chez moi, en tant que femme, une identification très forte aux personnages qui influence ma façon d’observer, donc de filmer. J’aime le cinéma de sensations. Et ce sont aussi les miennes que je cherche à faire ressentir." (source) [Sur ce point je suis très sceptique, dans les scènes de danse le regard correspond beaucoup plus au “male gaze” qu’à un quelconque regard féminin.]

[venomavenue]

Cuties - ⭐️⭐️ This type of movie is not in the Venom Avenue genre, however, considering the controversy and the fact that I have this blog, I figured I’d watch and review. A few important points: 1) This movie is not for kids 2) This movie does have provocative, non-age appropriate dancing 3) This movie has a clear message, if you actually watch it. A quick synop – Cuties is a coming-of-age story about a young Senegalese girl who has recently moved to France with her family, and attempts to climb her way into the “popular crowd” at school. She uses dance to win over their respect – specifically, dance moves that she mimics from social media and internet videos – eventually taking her newly discovered concept of sexuality, way too far. I will not say this movie was great by any means, but it is incredibly misunderstood; particularly, by people who are choosing not to watch it due to Netflix’s poor advertising. The most important takeaway of this film is that this is an example of ART IMMITATING LIFE. Of course, we can and should be concerned that perverts and pedophiles will watch this for their own filthy entertainment, however we mustn’t be naïve that this type of content doesn’t already exist online. Just a few weeks ago, my friends and I learned the WAP Dance Challenge via Tik Tok (you can also find this dance on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, etc). A dance routine that includes strikingly similar dance moves to the controversial dance scene in Cuties. We would be naïve to think that younger humans aren’t as curious about this choreography as I, and many others, were. I do believe that the color scheme of this film is slightly misleading. Based on the vividness, the pinks and purples, it would be easy to mistake this film as child-friendly; compared to other child-exploitation narratives like Thirteen (2003) and Kids (1995). However, this film is NOT kiddie porn or child porn. Those statements reduce actual child porn to provocative dancing, which we know it is worse than that. If you aren’t interested in watching Cuties to form your own opinion of the message, that is perfectly okay. But consider refraining from speaking on a movie that you haven’t fully grasped the concept of. That is the issue we are currently facing with political propaganda – folks making a full statement on half of the information – but y’all not ready for that discussion lol

[fffartonceaweek]

I thought of how worried the film’s critics were that showing young girls discovering their own selves would “whet the appetites of pedophiles” and threaten young lives.  I thought of how pedophiles are cowards who rely on secrecy and the shame their victims feel to act in the first place.  To say that Cuties enables sexual abuse is to miss the point of the film.  This movie brings a rare vision of girlhood to light, and posits that sexual exploration—in all its discomfort and modern complexities—is actually okay, even normal.

Cuties celebrates the sense of self I didn’t feel at age 12. The kind that pedophilia kept hidden in the dark. 

The kind I’m working on finding now.

[movie-in-colors]

Reviews of ‘Cuties’/‘Mignonnes’ worth reading/watching

"You can’t possibly successfully portray oversexualization without, well, portraying oversexualization.”

It’s in no way, shape, or form pedophilic; it’s a bold young filmmaker confronting an issue head-on by making overt creative choices that many are ignorantly mistaking as problematic.

Girls are dressing like that every single day

They push this girls and say this is how you have to dress in order to win this competition

[me-and-my-dumbass]

2020 is the type of year where after watching a netflix movie review i’ll never be able to call anyone “cute” without feeling fucking sick

[crazycoke-addict]

My review on Cuties *Contains Spoilers*

Netflix has released a new movie that everybody’s been talking about called “Cuties”. Directed by Maimouna Doucure and was premiered by Sundance festival, Cuties or Mignonnes in French is about an 11 year old black-Muslim girl named Amy who is caught between the traditional values and the internet culture, that also discusses about the hyper Sexualisation of young girls. When the movie came out on Netflix, many people were disgusted at the way Netflix promoted the movie from the poster to the description. The director has said that the movie is explores the dangers of social media and how little girls act like grown-adult in order to become noticeable and successful. She does say the movie is dangerous, exploring how young girls get lured into the dangers of social media to gratify their needs to noticed and puts them in risky situations. She also said the film is apologetic of hyper-sexualisation of children, not subjecting the actresses into endangerment.

Because people are talking about the movie, where it be using the #CancelNetflix or people wanting an investigation behind the scenes. I decided to watch the movie, myself and I understand what the director was trying to say. Throughout the movie, Amy is struggling with her family problems and wanting to become an adult like the girls she later on makes friends with. There are some scenes, where they are told by adults or teens that they are just kids. There’s a part where they are hit on my older guys who are probably teenagers and when they asked how old the girls are, Amy tells them their real age even though they try to say they were 14. They are upset with Amy for telling them their real age implying that because those guys found out the actual age than they don’t see them as grown ups. There’s also another scene where they messaging a guy by saying if he likes “big boobs”, however one of the characters named Yasmin accidentally put the camera on and the guy is disgusted and tells them, they should be doing kid stuff. Amy starts acting out and does things that no 11 year old girl should be doing, one of them being that she posts an inappropriate photo and posts it on social media. This gave her the idea due to the conversation she had with Angie about an incident that involves someone posting embarrassing that involves Amy online. Angie says “their saying we’re kids” which resulted Amy did what she did. Amy is also starting to become a woman when she gets her period for the first time. Although a period is symbolises that first being a woman. In general, Amy is still a kid whose putting herself in dangerous situations where it be out in the real world or in social media. Amy comes to realisation when she runs out of the middle of the them dancing at the dance competition and goes home to her mother. The movie ends with her playing jump rope with her cousins.

Young girls like Amy are exposed at a very young age, they believe themselves to be mature for their age by looking up to the adult or even watching videos of grown young women and wanting to look and act like them. This can be more triggering when they get attention by older men and basically groom them to believe that they are mature for their age but they end up realising later on, their childhood was taken away for them. Luckily, nothing like this happened in the movie, but it gives you an understanding on how young girls want to act grown up in order get attention or try stop people treating them like little kids. Even though they don’t get harassed by older men in real life, I can’t same thing about in social media, because Amy posted the inappropriate picture, one of the girls asked Amy has looked at the comments where there’s one that says they want an identical picture of her friends. These comments are probably sent by child predators. That’s the dangers that young girls like Amy put themselves through social media. You don’t know who is stalking your profile. The ending where Amy is playing jump rope with her cousins is supposed to symbolise that kids who are suppose to be care-free and just have fun without having to worry themselves in order to look like a grown adult.

This is basically what I want to say, I don’t know if anyone is going to agree with this. But while watching the whole movie that’s what the movie was trying to tell me. I feel like this could be controversial and people might think I’m defending it, but I just telling my views and opinion on the movie and how I think the meaning behind it is.