Djenna & Jordana

From the interview:

Jordana: 'It was a difficult transition from primary to secondary school. In our primary school the whole class was friends. I miss that a lot. Now girls and boys are not allowed to be friends. Some boys are suddenly acting really stupid. They call almost every girl "whore". "Don't trust ho's", they say.'

Djenna: 'Dutch boys do that too, but more often it's boys from mixed backgrounds. They think very much in stereotypes. The husband works and the wife has to clean the house and take care of the kids. Some think they're gangsters. But most children really hate that, it's such annoying behavior. I think those kinds of boys are very lonely and act out because of it. Our school is safe, but still there are videos going around on Snapchat of fights in school.'

Djenna: 'I spend about four or five hours on my phone daily. TikTok videos of young adults talking about their lives, after which I start cleaning my room better, for example. I'm also on Insta and Snapchat a lot.'

Jordana: 'About five hours a day for me, too. I got rid of Snapchat, which is so toxic. I watch a lot of Netflix, YouTube, vloggers who give tips to make your life better or funny videos on TikTok. Of course, it's also a waste of time.'

Jordana: 'It started in primary school when boys would judge my looks out loud. Now there's a rhyme in class about a girl whose breasts they don't consider big enough. They say: "That chickie is like a plank". How sad for her. But big breasts also attract comments and can lead to you being used by boys. In primary school for example there was a boy who only liked me for my body, not for who I was inside. He would make stupid comments just to get attention.'

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