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Teenage Girls and The Crucible

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Wandawomble · 24/04/2021 09:20

I just showed this film to my dd - it’s a stunning example of teenage social contagion - any others?

Heavenly Creatures is another film we’ve watched recently

  • and discussion of wider scale things like the pro-ana and the self harm - you see pockets of girls involved and influenced. What are the hallmarks of this kind of behaviour do you think? Her observations were interesting - she said that self harm for instance is being very much glamorised online - pictures of depressed looking girls with long sleeves and statements like “no one knows me” - she said it’s very deliberately designed with an appealing aesthetic.
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Helmetbymidnight · 24/04/2021 09:41

is it picnic at hanging rock?

i loved the crucible- i'll look up the film?

Fromage · 24/04/2021 09:39

Also, just found The Crucible on Disney+ and I've added it to my watch list so thank you!

Fromage · 24/04/2021 09:38

I have been googling for a film that I'm reminded of but can remember little of!

It might be set in Australia, possibly at a girls' school, and many of the teenage students were all experiencing seizures or fainting or something. There was an investigation but no cause was found.

The only thing I've googled that seems similar is a book called The Fever by a Megan Abbot. I've not read it.

Does anyone else know what I'm barely remembering?!

FortunesFave · 24/04/2021 09:35

Yes but who's doing the controlling with this TikTok stuff? It's rife...I don't see men encouraging that sort of thing.

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Wandawomble · 24/04/2021 09:30

I suspect every generation has a version of this - where girls are controlled by making them feel they belong.

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FortunesFave · 24/04/2021 09:25

The entire mental health leaning which social media for kids has taken is very concerning. TikTok especially is full of videos of sad, pretty girls who self-harm and I DO think it's being glamorised as are a plethora of other mental health problems.

I don't know what the answer to it is though...I have no doubt that it's a version of the 90s Heroin Chic thing...I clearly remember starving myself to look more unwell and 'glamorously thin' as well as meddling with drugs just to seem cool.

ValancyRedfern · 24/04/2021 09:25

I love The Crucible! Not sure I have anything to add but I completely agree with your thoughts.

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