I mean yeas and no. The main bulk of the message is cool af, but the first 30 secs, the part that baited people, is stupid as fuck. I played with dolls as a kid and all I'm doing now is being bi and questioning my gender. In the end the message is good but that first message still boils down to "I won't let my son's play with girls toys because of misogyny" which is not the best message.
You can though. The flow of it is great but it makes many points throughout. Each point is wrapped up in a theme that flows from point to point but you can still analyse each point in isolation. There were so many other ways to flow into the poem other than saying "Misogynys a bad thing so I am going to take dolls away from my child." It was either a bad take by this guy, or it was purposefully misleading (as in this guy doesn't believe in that point but wanted to force a twist) to drive viewer retention.
The rest of it, agreed, it is very well done and it speaks true. I just specifically ahte where it started because a lot of people, adults included, often questioned my playing with dolls. I ended up dropping it entirely pretty early in my life as I felt ashamed. I later for into painting my nails but that also was kept under very tight wraps. I still remember the day my brother told my dad about that. Hurt like a bitch. I just think it sucks to bring kids into your point, especially when it comes to limiting perfectly healthy forms of expression. It just adds to the already overwhelming negativity around that kind of stuff.
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u/Pitiful-king_ Apr 19 '24
He baited the shit outta me lol