VIVE LA FRANCE
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Auf deutsch, dass meint āa little Goete, a little Bonaparteā- Sheās singing about me.
Poupee De Cire, etc is one of my faves, but youāll notice that in this live performance, she actually flubs the first two notes 
Itās cute, if not as pristine as the recorded version, but still a good performance otherwise! I think this was from Eurovision, wasnāt it? And then the whole story behind Les Sucettes and how she was wondering why everyone showed up to watch the performanceā¦ and then how mortified and disillusioned she was when she found outā¦ Oof! Heartbreaking. Iām guessing youāve definitely seen the video where Serge asked her what the song was about, followed by his reaction to her answer?
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Thanks for this, Harry! I think she really was the overall best of the (ye-ye) bunch. A real star and the perfect one for the era.
She was too cute for me to notice or care. I used to watch ALL of her old footage over and over on youtuber when I was supposed to be reading heavy french authors in college. On paper, my major was French, in practice it was Yeye!
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I havenāt seen that video, post it.
Serge was a sleaze. And a bit overrated if you ask me.
Yeah, itās terrible. I canāt find it, but, essentially, heās curious about how innocent she is (VERY innocent, as it turns out), and he asks her āAnd Les Sucettes, what is that one about?ā And sheās like, āUm, well, itās a silly songā¦ Thereās a girl, and she likes candy, and she takes her pennies down to the store to buy lollypops, and, umā¦ Thatās it. Right??ā
And Serge takes a long, deep breath and nods and says, āā¦Riiiighht.ā
So, she still didnāt know. And when she went to film the video, she noticed that instead of just the film crew and a few people showing up, like normal, there was quite the turnout for it. And afterwards, sheās wondering, āWhy the hell did all those people show up to hear me sing that stupid song about candy?ā And then someone told her, andā¦ It just ruined everything. She felt humiliated and used. No more were boys just the counterpart to girls. No more were men just older gentlemen and kindly uncle types. They were all just gross pigs. And producers were just assholes who take advantage of you. It ruined her ability to trust people on so MANY levels. It sounds like the kind of thing people would think is funny, but certainly not when it affected her so terribly. It was really unfortunate.
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YĆ©-YĆ© Girls : Feral House I have this on my phone but havenāt read it yet.
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Sweet! 7 AM by Jacqueline Taieb is another favourite. Especially the English version. āCanāt find my toothbrush. Where on earth can it BE?!ā 
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Going to have to listen to this tmrw or later today, whichever.
Strained my left quad a few days ago. Took some pills I had leftover from a different injury. Suddenly I can walk againā¦
If this is my thermometer, where did I leave my pen?
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I miss the 60s. Tres bien
Dont forget those were the days when it was okay for men to molest women and children
Was it though?
Yeah, before the womens movement of the 70s men could get away with anything. Remember it wasnt until now that Harvey Weinstein went to jail, Epstein, Jared from Subway, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, CBS boss Moonves, all those guys, even Trump. āYou can do what you wantā and they did. Hef was a very naughty boy. And there are still stupid young men claiming to be āalphasā because of BS web influencers and asshole fathers. Personally, Iām glad Reddit banned me. Itās as bad as twitshow now. For every nice community like lowerdecks, thereās backwoods redneck trolls 90%. I dont even post art to IG anymore because kids that didnt get punched in the face as Iron Mike says, they grow up to be men who need bones broken. Some people only learn if they touch the hot pan on the stove
I dispute that all men were rapist domestic violencers before the womenās movement. And I dissagree that some men arenāt rapist domestic violencers now. I donāt think women are innocent either.
As for āme tooā and all that, Weinstein basically got away with it. I believe he was publically and vocally a feminist. Thatās why I donāt trust male feminists.
In my personal life, I think about certain female friends Iāve had. Iāve noticed, and iāve had this confirmed by other women- but men who are REALLY vocal about being āalliesā and feminists, are more likely to be abusive to their female partners. Iāve known guys who were SUPER progressive and egalitarian on their facebook profiles a/o irl profile, yet at the same time threatened their girlfriends with knives.