Girls Rock On to Feminist Propaganda
August 2, 2011
KENDRA writes:
I read your recent post on the PBS documentary on the “Southern Belle” girls camp in the south.
I am not sure if you are familiar with the “Girls Rock” band camp phenomenon that is sweeping the nation, but there are camps hosted in many large cities now. A similar camp started this week in my city. I was researching this camp for my 14-year-old daughter who plays guitar and was very disappointed to find that this is a feminist liberal indoctrination program for girls as young as eight years old. This camp for young girls is run by a group of tattooed lesbian/feminists who play in local rock bands. Many of these women have young children whom they raise as “genderless.” Their fundraiser events in my city are held at a local gay bar.
I found this article about Page Schilt, the director of Girls Rock in Austin, TX. She makes the mission of the organization very clear. I am amazed by her openness, and the aggressive nature of her message. She writes:
Because I’m trained as a feminist scholar and my partner is a genderqueer psychotherapist, we’ve been hyperaware of the gendered assumptions that we convey to our son in our words and actions. A lot of parenting resources just won’t work for our family, and I’ve written about heterosexism in children’s sex ed resources and in parenting advice literature.
Like lots of parents before us, my partner and I are engaged in this exciting experiment of raising a son who can think critically about inequality. Those questions that I mentioned above are really helpful. Recently, my son and I were reading a mystery novel that touched on the Salem witch trials. I mentioned that many innocent women were accused, and he was immediately curious about whether any men were accused and why the witch trials targeted women. I realized that those questions about who is present, who is speaking, who makes decisions, etc., have become second nature to him. It’s never too soon to start thinking like a feminist!
Laura writes:
The agenda of the Girls Rock Conference for 2011 for camp organizers is as appealing as the program for a Maoist summer camp:
Our three-day conferences include workshops, discussions, skills shares, and work groups designed to suit a variety of needs and interests. 2011 themed tracks included topics relating to:
• Feminism and social change in your mission, at your Camp, and in your community
• Anti-oppression training with Training for Change
• Camper leadership opportunities
• Tons of info-shares on everything from programming to budgets for new and experienced organizers
• Mentorship
• Inclusion practices
and so much more!
Nothing gets a little girl excited like “anti-oppression training.”
The Girls Rock phenomenon (and the corresponding “Ladies Rock” phenomenon for immature women) is an attention-getting feminist stunt. Girls don’t want to be rockers. They do naturally like people to look at them. If it takes the freakish novelty of aping male rockers and making themselves ugly, they’ll do it.
These girls will have to repudiate all the lies their mothers taught them someday. Their minds will have to be hosed down. The truth will hit them like a wrecking ball.
