"You Should So Do This!"
Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:58PM by video contest finalist Veronica
On April 3rd, I got an e-mail from my mom that simply said, “You should so do this!” with a link to the Dancing With the Octopus video contest.
After spending a few minutes looking through the website and reading the story behind DWtO’s origin, I knew exactly what my video entry would be; so, I put on a nice dress, ruined my hair and make-up, and began acting out the stereotypically perceived “flaws” of women. My goal was to over exaggerate the worries of a sector primarily run by men in order to make my overall point: anything you can do, we can do fabulously.
Both my father and grandfather were members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as Progressive Conservatives, so I couldn't help but wonder how proud they would be to see me following in their political footsteps. Granted, they probably wouldn't have expected my path to include projectile tampons, but I march to the beat of a different drum (side note: I had to do the tampon scene 3 times, and I was finding rogue tampons around my bedroom for days afterward). Unfortunately, my landlord got home just as I started filming the crying scene, so I had to make sure I got the shot right the first time in order to maintain the illusion of being a mentally stable tenant.
I'm really happy to have been a part of this contest, and seeing the videos the other ladies submitted was great! I love that we all had such different interpretations of the same question posed. All the more reason for getting more of us interested in pursuing political careers - we need some more creative thinking in our offices! Cheers to you, ladies of Dancing With the Octopus, for being such an engaging and forward-thinking group of role models. Fierce and fabulous, every last one o'ya!
Veronica is a 21 year-old university student living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Her lifelong passion for the arts combined with a love of writing led her to the start of her video blog, Nicki911, where she humorously documents the trial and error learning curve of being a young adult in the city.
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Reader Comments (1)
I LOVE this! It's so interesting to read the behind-the-scenes story of this video submission. Thanks, Veronica!