{"id":1762613,"date":"2022-12-04T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T22:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762613"},"modified":"2022-12-04T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T22:53:23","slug":"protesters-rally-against-balenciaga-in-20-cities-after-bdsm-themed-ad-campaign-organizers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-rally-against-balenciaga-in-20-cities-after-bdsm-themed-ad-campaign-organizers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters Rally Against Balenciaga In 20 Cities After BDSM-Themed Ad Campaign, Organizers Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotesters-rally-against-balenciaga-in-20-cities-after-bdsm-themed-ad-campaign-organizers-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Demonstrators gathered outside Balenciaga boutiques and retailers in several cities on Saturday to protest the fashion brand\u2019s controversial ad campaign featuring children holding teddy bears donning BDSM-themed attire.<\/p>\n<p>The protests occurred in 20 cities \u2014 including New York, Beverly Hills, London, and Nashville \u2013 where participants slammed the fashion house for promoting the sexual exploitation of children, according to organizers. Mom Army, in association with groups such as Dad Army, Freedom Forever, and Gays Against Groomers, planned the demonstrations outside Balenciaga flagship stores and other high-end retailers that carry the brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are mothers, we are consumers, and we are taking a stand: stop putting profit over our children,\u201d Lucy Riles, an organizer with Mom Army, told The Daily Wire at a Nashville protest. She said she was \u201cfed up with the sexualization, exploitation, indoctrination, child mutilation, and all these agendas that are happening right now in this country and the climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French fashion brand, which celebrities like Kim Kardashian often wear, came under fire last month after its website displayed images featuring its \u201cToy Stories\u201d campaign that showed child models posing with the brand\u2019s teddy bear handbags, with the bears dressed in BDSM-themed gear from its Paris Fashion Week Spring\/Summer 2023 collection. Such images contained children holding plush toys dressed in such gear, including fishnet tops, studded leather harnesses, and collars with locks.<\/p>\n<p>Another image displayed documents from a 2008 Supreme Court opinion, <em>United States vs. Williams<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 a federal statute prohibiting the \u201cpandering\u201d of child pornography, which reaffirmed the PROTECT Act, a federal law that increased penalties for sexual exploitation and other abuse of children.<\/p>\n<p>Balenciaga has acknowledged the ongoing scandal, saying last Monday that it could have \u201cdone things differently.\u201d The company says it \u201cstrongly condemns child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in our narrative.\u201d It also said it is taking steps to prevent something similar from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>Balenciaga creative director Demna has also issued a public apology, accepting responsibility for choosing the \u201cwrong artistic choice of concept\u201d in the brand\u2019s recent controversial campaign. \u201cIt was inappropriate to have kids promote objects that had nothing to do with them,\u201d Demna wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Clq0hwtN4bS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an Instagram statement Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Outrage against Balenciaga has remained.<\/p>\n<p>Landon Starbuck, the wife of former congressional candidate Robby Starbuck, is the leader of a Nashville-based conservative non-profit called Freedom Forever. She told The Daily Wire that America \u201cwon\u2019t tolerate\u201d the \u201csexualization\u201d of children, adding, \u201cExploiting children is not fashionable, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re all here today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another protester named Chrissy, known online as \u201cTrans for Trump,\u201d insisted, \u201cMy community is not in unison with the message that\u2019s being sent out here,\u201d reiterating support for the Balenciaga protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is being perpetuated out there now is harming children, it\u2019s harming my community, it\u2019s harming society,\u201d said Chrissy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several cars that drove past the Nashville demonstration honked their horns in support of the organizers\u2019 message. There were a few disruptions during the event, but everyone remained peaceful.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Drey contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Demonstrators gathered outside Balenciaga boutiques and retailers in several cities on Saturday to protest the fashion brand\u2019s controversial ad campaign featuring children holding teddy bears donning BDSM-themed attire. 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