From KRCB Voice of Youth
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Producers: KRCB's Voice of Youth

It?s lunchtime at Maria Carillo High school and 16 year old Amanda Wells
can look around and spot more "cutters" than she can count on her fingers.
The trend of cutting, or
self-mutilation, is a theme poured over in chat rooms and counselor?s conferences, but Amanda thought that no one was getting at the heart of what it feels like to cut your own body. In this sound collage, she focuses on the fundamental urge to self-mutilate, what it would take for someone to stop, all the while hinting at a secret scene from her own life
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Review of CuttingThis piece is somewhat Dark to me not only because of the music and the mood but just by the words and the fact that it's real. This piece is pretty sad to me because it's such a common problem that many teens have. The music behind this piece really adds to the mood. The problems that these teens mention in this piece are some that I can relate to, but I could never bring myself to ever cut myself. That's why this is so scary to me...I must say I didnt really enjoy listening to this piece because it's so scary, but it's real and needs to be heard. |
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Review of CuttingI think the issue of self-mutilation is an important and dangerous
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Todd Melby
Posted on December 08, 2006 at 04:28 AM | Permalink
Review of Cutting
I'm not sure what to make of this piece by producer Amanda Wells and that's a good thing. It's eerie. It's educational. It's an inside look at how cutting, or self-mutilation, caught on at one American school. A girl named Christie described her initiation to cutting this way: "I had an eating disorder going on at the time ... I didn't know what else to do. I would binge and purge each night and that didn't help anymore. I needed something more. Why not cut?" The reporter says 1 out of 10 teens cuts. Other reviewers have indicated that this piece appears to be pro-cutting and suggest offering it to listeners as part of a wider discussion on the subject of self-mutilation. That?s a valid point. But it?s seemingly unbalanced ending also serves another purpose: It puts the listener inside a world most of us never would venture. And that opens the door to understanding.