ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the exploitation of girls of Color using a content analysis of 50 videos from 2013 to 2016 that portray girl fights. An analysis of the videos reveals five prominent themes. First, female perpetrators often want to establish their dominance and use intimidation, humiliation, and violence to do so (i.e., “Bow Down Bitches”). Second, the people recording and instigating the fights are most often males, who encourage harassment of the victims during which clothing is ripped off (i.e., “Do it for daddy!”). Third, the girls know that the camera(s) is recording and tend to fight harder and pummel the victim until she can barely move (i.e., “Lights, camera, action”). Fourth, along with the initial female perpetrator there are others who might join in the violence and control the fight from the side (i.e., “You fight, I fight, we fight”). The final theme, “World Star,” is a specific reference to becoming famous online through the World Star Hip Hop urban blog. The findings are contextualized through a consideration of the effects that popular culture has on the aggression and bullying in the girl fight videos and how responses to these videos shape female delinquency.
