Petrol Girls - 'Survivor' (Official Video)

Content warning: Lyrics about sexual violence
Video warning: This video consists of images moving in quick succession, which may not be suitable for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy.
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Video Credits:
Paintings by Mariah Pearl
Filming and editing by Andrew Northrop
Produced by Ren Aldridge
Creative direction team: Mariah Pearl, Andrew Northrop, Ren Aldridge, Tess Cassidy and India Boxall.
Lyrics:
I'm not a victim I survived
It was my anger that kept me alive
I'm not so fragile I already broke
Can't make me shut up if I already spoke
It was my anger, was my anger
It was my anger that kept me alive
They want me to take it
But not like a man
They want me to take it
Again and again
Emotional
Hysterical
Irrational
Asking for it
Words used against women who do not fit into
Our archaic culture's limited view of gender
We are the lying harlot the conspiring witch
Prude slut insatiable bitch
What you gunna do when the coven assembles
What you gunna do when the pack forms
Don't tell me how to cope or how to be
Stop pointing superior fingers at me
This place is so small I can't breath
Sooner or later I will bare my teeth
They want me to take it
But not like a man
They want me to take it
Again and again
Don't treat me like I'm fragile
I already broke
Can't silence a movement
It's too late we spoke
And if I froze up do you think that's consent?
If I remained friendly does that mean I'm fine?
If I walked out and left you is that all this done?
If I defended myself is it me in the wrong?
If I fought back we're even?
If I froze up I lied
No belief unless I fucking lay down and died
I'm gunna make it
I will survive
It was my anger that kept me alive.

[@Michellepunkrock]

Come to New York soon! You are so fantastic

[@ez665]

This gave me chills, fucking amazing!!

[@elalbert942.0]

So fucking awesome! I really love it, keep it up! :'D

[@ShiftDawgie]

So radddd

[@juliasimoes1320]

I CANT EVEN START TO DESCRIBE HOW FUCKIN BADASS THIS SONG IS THANK U FOR THIS

[@stopseksueelgeweld]

awesome

[@kotrykate]

DOPE

[@tiffanystarling6749]

"i'm not a victim" : why???? for fuck sake, why does some victims of sexual violence shout they're not victim?? This is not a bad word. I think the reason why we dont want to use that term is because the society hates victims. But, you know, i've been raped, and im not ashamed to say I am a victim, beucase that's the truth. That's what happened. That's the legal term for what happened to me.

[@DK-zu6tt]

Good for you. You do you. I have been raped and I find the word victim to be often applied to women and children, more than men, so in one sense it's sexualized. Second, victim implies a passive role. Something happened to you. Survivor is active. It's taking control. It implies choice, decision and ownership of your story. I DID survive my rape. I am a fighter. I am a strong woman and I chose to be silent and let him think I was unconscious because he was a really big dude and his hands could crush my neck. I realized I HAD MADE A GOOD CHOICE, when 2 years later, I ran into him, at a music show, and when he saw me walking up, he greeted me from a distance like we were old buddies or something. I just said "hey" and kept walking, being startled that I was confronted with him and not expecting it. You know what he did? Because I did not greet my rapist with hugs and flowers, he stood in front of the venue screaming my name calling me a slut, whore and fucking bitch. Violently and in a super pissed, aggressive way, that his friends put their hands on him, to kinda hold him back. That was from me just walking by, imagine if I interrupted what he wanted. I never understood exactly why I had froze in that moment, but just that my gut refused to act. At that moment at the show, I knew instantly I had done the right thing. He was highly unpredictable and had a pretty good chance of upping my rape to very violent to get what he wanted. So, I now celebrate that my gut served me well, by acknowledging the choice I made to freeze. It was a choice, because I have been assaulted other times and you better believe I have thrown a left hook once that knocked a guy so hard in his jaw, he flew backwards and skid across the sidewalk after walking up behind me and grabbing my entire undercarriage hard. Another guy at a punk show just walked up and grabbed my left tit hard and I bitch checked that M-Fer too. My gut served me well in both cases there. I am 53, I am a F*cking survivor and I don't take shit now.

[@garethcolyer]

Well this is better than sister... deciding whose worth seeing at reading... I'm very particular about female vocalists... you guys sound pretty good but damn 'sister' just makes you guys look like extreme feminists.

[@tiffanystarling6749]

wtf?? "sisters" is about getting over toxic masculinity thanks to sisterhood, solidarity, and peace. What is extreme in this??????

[@AZ-qw1kz]

They are extreme feminists. Why is being feminine bad? Because society beat that idea into you? And why are you particular about female vocalists and not male vocalists?

[@tiffanystarling6749]

@@AZ-qw1kz being feminine is not bad. Hating every Omen who aren't and forcing the girls to be feminine IS bad.
If this simple clip is extreme for you, I guess everything that does not comfort you in your little world is also.

[@AZ-qw1kz]

@@tiffanystarling6749 Yes forcing someone to be something they are not is bad. That is precisely what this music and the lyrics are about. And yes for some people this "simple clip" can very much be too extreme because it can remind them of traumatic experiences. Do you make fun of veterans with PTSD and tell them that they're being too sensitive to cars backfiring? Probably not because society celebrates masculinity.

[@tiffanystarling6749]

@@AZ-qw1kz go learn something about determinism