At a time the left has declared that “silence is violence,” Michelle Obama’s silence on Netflix’s controversial movie “Cuties” has not gone unnoticed. It is also undermining her brand as “America’s mom” and chief defender of female empowerment across the globe.
No one should doubt the considerable power former first lady Michelle Obama wields within Netflix or the unrivaled cultural influence she has to speak out in defense of preserving girlhood and innocence. Sadly, however, Michelle has a troubling history of celebrating, rather than denouncing, the sexualization of popular culture and of elevating artists who contribute to the pernicious cultural trend of equating stripper culture with female empowerment.
In 2018, Barack and Michelle Obama penned an eye-watering $50 million deal with Netflix to produce content for the popular subscription streaming service that would “promote greater empathy and understanding.” Michelle Obama is also the founder of the Global Girls Alliance, an “Obama Foundation” initiative to “empower girls.”
With close friends like Ambassador Susan Rice on the Netflix board of directors, it is not unreasonable to assume that Michelle could have stopped “Cuties” from airing, scolding executives for duping her when she joined the Netflix family and proudly declared it “a natural fit for the kinds of stories we want to share.” At the very least, she could have expressed public outrage over the film’s hyper-sexualized depictions of 11-year-old girls or even Netflix’s original promotional art for the film, for which they eventually apologized.
But she didn’t. Nor did her Hollywood friends. When “#cancelNetflix” started trending on Twitter, the corporate media and Hollywood celebrities jumped to the film’s defense, insisting that the disturbing images of prepubescent twerking and simulating sex were justified or even necessary to convey the film’s message about the dangers of sexualizing youth culture.
Unfortunately, this message was undermined by Netflix’s provocative advertising campaign, as well as the director’s inexcusably inappropriate camera shots, which were rightfully deemed fodder for pedophiles. Lila Rose, a pro-life advocate and campaigner for children’s rights, excoriated Netflix, “You don’t fight child exploitation by exploiting children.”
You don’t fight child exploitation by exploiting children. You don’t stop child pornography by creating, selling and distributing child pornography.#CancelNetflix
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) September 11, 2020Matt Walsh, a writer and influential conservative cultural observer, said, “My guess is that this is a ‘commentary’ on child exploitation in the same way that a movie like “The Purge” is a commentary on violence. That is, it really just exhibits what it wants to comment on, and most of the audience is there for the exhibition, not the alleged commentary.”
Netflix has a movie called “Cuties” about 11 year olds in a twerking dance group. Some of the reviews claim it’s a “commentary” on the sexualization of children but this is the poster. And keep in mind that the lead actress is actually 11 years old. In the film and real life. pic.twitter.com/4p2exeSvXw
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 20, 2020Of course, Netflix is just a small part of a much bigger sickness plaguing American culture: the sexualization of popular culture. In the age of social media, pop culture inevitably infects youth culture, robbing children of their innocence and childhood at earlier and earlier ages.
Pornographers and tech companies escape the watch of parents and prey on our children through their devices. Today, the average age of first exposure to pornography is 11 years old and getting younger. Full Article By Rachel Campos-Duffy and Evita Duffy @ The Federalist
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I generally don't give much credence to conspiracy theories, they are usually within the realm of the tinfoil hat congregation. Designed as click-bait for consumption by naive countrified patsies. That's not to say I don't look into them, but will usually shy away once they have been reasonably debunked lest I end up dead like that curious cat.
One conspiracy theory that refuses to go away may or may not be credible is the 'Michelle is a Man and Obama is Gay' scenario. The one below is one of several.
The late Great Joan Rivers was a walking dictionary of inflammatory and controversial remarks, one of the last tempests in the tea-pot she evoked was when asked whether she thinks the U.S. will first see a gay president or woman president. She replied "We already have it with Obama, so let's just calm down", she also stated "You know Michelle is a tranny." . Joan was dead within 2 weeks. Read More
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