her mom let her do a sexualized fully nude photoshoot when she was 10
The problem didn’t just appear suddenly. Why do you think the situation in the US is what it is? Trash like trump don’t see anything wrong with raping kids. This problem goes back to the beginning of time. We evolve socially but they stay in their caves.
Today, it looks like the Brooke Shields situation was normal for the time, but I assure you that it wasn’t. Plenty of people called out the behavior of those around her, and it led to the tighter restrictions on childhood sexual exploitation that we see today. There’s a reason why Brooke Shields is pretty much a solo act - when Hollywood handlers tried to cross boundaries with her, they got slapped down pretty quickly, and nobody really followed.
Makes you think America has a pedo problem. What a ridiculous notion.
We have accountability problems too on so many levels. Pedophilia is a good pace to start. As a society we should deal with pedophiles harshly, no matter who they are. A system where the rich are allowed to circumvent the law is our reality, but we should draw the line before pedophilia. If a rich person does what the Epstein abusers did, they should be at the mercy of the accused and their family, even if it means their death. Chain the abuser to a wall and let the abused and their families into the room with a crowbar. Thats simple justice and its long overdue.
Not just america but other countries are better at ignoring it or in some cases dealing with it effectively. Some still allow it even if its officially illegal. The current US leaders want this as well.
The 1970s… some people romanticizing it because they think it’s cool and cheesy, kids are “latchkey” and no one trying to mind your manners. In reality drug abuse was really full-on, some US cities were plagued by crime in the open, there were all kinds of shock and gore movies, and sexual permissiveness is so low that even minors are not spared – like boys from junior high literally talking about eventually getting laid.
Magazines like that one are so much a reflection of the views of the time, and this article has the author alternately despising “mainstream” culture while simultaneously selling her as a sex object.
No one should wonder why some men “thriving” from that decade were really fucked up, now curb-stomping civil rights so that they could get their own “freedoms”.
She played the role of a prostitute in a movie and instead of the article being like “whoa this movie is pretty heavy - trigger warning” it’s all “damn she’s hot.”
Fucking gross child rapist shit.
Someone answered way better than I did
I did some research (more than I should for this ancient trite) and this comes from February 1978 issue of High Times magazine. A fucking stoner magazine! What the hell was the writer of some second-rate publication for grass and shrooms doing writing a lust piece about an up-and-coming child actress? What kind of grass would make you want to fuck a child?
Hold on, it gets worse. According to Wikipedia, the article’s writer, Ed Dwyer, was the magazine’s founding editor. Imagine working at that magazine’s office and reading your boss’s 1970s equivalent of a horny post.
Well that answers my question of how this got past an editor, even in the 70s
Who is the guy?
The guy in the picture? That’s Woody Allen, a famous American filmmaker. Also known for marrying his own stepdaughter.
That and the whole molesting your own 7 year old daughter thing.
This isn’t just sexualising children, this is sexual abuse of people. Nobody should be sexualised without their consent. It is a disgrace that this ever hapened to her; however, this thing is still happening around the world regardless of age.
The industries thrive on non consentual manipulation of people. Adults, teens and even children are driven deep into the trap that is abuse.
Her torrid freshness became an underground legend among the talent set. Producers literally held their breaths, waiting for the remarkable Brooke Shields to reach a reasonable age of fuckability, not yet legal, but oh, so sweet. Welcome to the end of innocence, Brookie.
Multiple people had to okay that. How? HOW???
Multiple people had to okay that.
Did they though? Back in the 70s? I wasn’t alive so this is a real question, but "Okay"ing things before publishing feels more recent than that. Especially in something like high times.
If anything more people would’ve had to okay the article in the '70s because back then people still had to do manual typesetting and layouts, with specialists assigned to those roles, rather than writers being able to put together a finished article on their desktops like today.
According to someone else in this thread it was written by the founder and owner, as well. You can still publish weird predatory shit about a tween now, although you’d probably try to stay anonymous.
This is an unhinged paragraph about a 13 year old.
Producers literally held their breaths, waiting for the remarkable [anyone] to reach a reasonable age of fuckability, not yet legal, but oh, so sweet.
Is a criminal thing to say about anyone at any age.
Even saying that about an adult is suspect.
How about Kid Rock on Saturday Night Live talking about not waiting till the Olsen twins turn 18 literally saying “If there’s grass on the field, play ball!”. If you didn’t know, the Olsen twins were famous for their portrayal of the baby/toddler in Full House as well as a plethora of children’s adventure videos starring them at various super young ages.
Thus is the same Kid Rock who sang lyrics about child sex in a children’s movie and just headlined the Alt-Right Superbowl not-quite-halftime show.
I haven’t ever watched SNL because that show is better when filtered into secondhand aggregates.
But Kid Rock is a disgusting creep who only has a platform anymore because the GOP can’t get anyone else with a preexisting fanbase who is stupid enough to openly pitch pedophilia to their voters.
He should’ve had a rock through the mouth decades ago.
It really was the worst of times
Oh this shit is still going on. There were people in the late 90s early 00s that were counting down the days when the Olsen twins would turn 18.
Would not surprise me one bit if there are websites dedicated other child celebrities.
And following them … Emma Watson all throughout the Harry Potter series.
I remembering having a crush on Hermione. Emma Watson was also older than me, though, and I remember thinking that adults perving on her was gross.
And Millie Bobby Brown …
Before those, Charlotte Church in the UK press.
Remember the trump child beauty pageants?
