The Balenciaga campaign has girls holding BDSM teddy bears and includes photographs of the court decision that legalised some virtual child sexual abuse material in the US.
There is a long history of allusions to child sexual abuse within "high" culture, art and theory.
There is a long history of allusions to child sexual abuse within "high" culture, art and theory.
https://twitter.com/ChildRescueCo/status/1595071856419262465
Throughout the 20th century, sexual violence against children & women has been depicted in the fine arts, cinema and intellectual culture as a courageous unveiling of hidden truths ie the open tolerance of child sexual abuse by French novelists & intellectuals until #metooinceste
Acceptance or allusions to child sexual abuse is a strategy for artists and intellectuals to mark themselves as more daring or sophisticated than the masses. We see this strategy used across a range of settings from fashion to art and academia.
Balenciaga has now pulled the campaign and is blaming unnamed third parties for the shoot.
Perhaps they didn't know about the CSAM court documents but they could hardly miss the kids holding teddy bears in bondage outfits.
Perhaps they didn't know about the CSAM court documents but they could hardly miss the kids holding teddy bears in bondage outfits.
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