Conservatives are currently losing their marbles over the Netflix film Cuties, because it depicts 11-year-old girls dancing in explicitly sexual ways. Having watched it, I can confirm that yes, it’s uncomfortable to watch. The camera lingers. And there are points where it crossed a line.
But, despite lasciviously-shot footage of tween girls dancing in wildly inappropriate sexual ways, to my eye it’s not kiddie porn, as has been alleged. It’s a tragedy.
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