Tiny Feminists
August 5, 2016 10:03 AM Subscribe
Tiny Feminists is a set of three very short films about three very short feminists: Juliette, Yasmine, and Linda are three middle schoolers who are mad as hell and ready to take down the patriarchy. Created and directed by Yulin Kuang (previously on MeFi: the Lizzie Bennet Diaries).
Oh my god. This. This. This is everything i want for my girls. Down to the margaritas. I get so mad at the pink-splosion and fucking barbie aisle and "boys will be boys" shit. This is total perfection.
Goddamn patriarchy.
posted by chasles at 10:51 AM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
Goddamn patriarchy.
posted by chasles at 10:51 AM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
Salty. Like the tears of my enemies.
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:15 AM on August 5, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:15 AM on August 5, 2016 [7 favorites]
Kate Nolan: How to get men interested in sports.
posted by leotrotsky at 12:01 PM on August 5, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by leotrotsky at 12:01 PM on August 5, 2016 [8 favorites]
This is so good. I'm sharing it with all of my friends.
I want more. I could watch these all day.
posted by mayonnaises at 12:24 PM on August 5, 2016 [5 favorites]
I want more. I could watch these all day.
posted by mayonnaises at 12:24 PM on August 5, 2016 [5 favorites]
I think my heart rolled over a half dozen times. Goddamn patriarchy indeed.
posted by lhauser at 2:23 PM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by lhauser at 2:23 PM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
This is perfect, and I am going to find my 8-y.-o. right now so she can get inspired.* Thank you!
* The other day, she told me that she's never going to be interested in princesses or makeup or dresses. "I'm just gender-non-conforming for my age," she added. Tiny Feminists, you have a new recruit to the cause.
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:23 PM on August 5, 2016 [8 favorites]
* The other day, she told me that she's never going to be interested in princesses or makeup or dresses. "I'm just gender-non-conforming for my age," she added. Tiny Feminists, you have a new recruit to the cause.
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:23 PM on August 5, 2016 [8 favorites]
I am glad people are enjoying this! I posted it because it's something I wish had existed when I was that age. I was That Kid who chose "feminism" as a speech topic in elementary school.*
I also loved the racial diversity among the girls--as a little [half] Asian girl, I almost never saw myself represented in media.
*How I thought I might cover that topic in three minutes, I'm not sure. And no, my parents did not put me up to it--I honestly have no idea where I had come across the concept--probably in one of the age-inappropriate books my parents let me read. Also, I am sure you'll be shocked to learn I was a not-very-popular source of bemusement for my classmates, whose topics were slightly more manageable things like "friendship" and "hockey".
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 4:32 PM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
I also loved the racial diversity among the girls--as a little [half] Asian girl, I almost never saw myself represented in media.
*How I thought I might cover that topic in three minutes, I'm not sure. And no, my parents did not put me up to it--I honestly have no idea where I had come across the concept--probably in one of the age-inappropriate books my parents let me read. Also, I am sure you'll be shocked to learn I was a not-very-popular source of bemusement for my classmates, whose topics were slightly more manageable things like "friendship" and "hockey".
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 4:32 PM on August 5, 2016 [4 favorites]
AWESOME
posted by rhizome at 12:33 AM on August 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 12:33 AM on August 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
The other day my 12 year old daughter asked to take a class at a local maker space on how to create your own YouTube channel. Yulin Kuang and her Tiny Feminists just earned her a yes answer.
posted by peagood at 6:10 PM on August 6, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by peagood at 6:10 PM on August 6, 2016 [6 favorites]
snacks. snacks are key.
posted by eustatic at 9:20 AM on August 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by eustatic at 9:20 AM on August 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
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