This is amazing. In 1996, a high school senior in California shot a documentary about a group of punk-feminist 8th grade girls. It’s a time capsule. I love this…
My impulse when watching was to figure out where I would’ve been in that particular social pecking order. (I graduated in ’95, so a few years older than most of the students in the film.) I would’ve admired those girls, I think, but I didn’t have the self-confidence to fully identify. I was trying so hard to not stand out, while simultaneously really wanting to. I was probably one of the milquetoast hangers-on, to be honest.
I was really happy to read a follow-up to see that the women are still kicking ass now, 20+ years later, and they’re fine with the reaction to the video.