I Wish I Was a Map During The Golden Era
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 11:00 pm
I'm in my 20's so my world has always been stranger danger when it comes to maps. Over the past 5 years, the world has been turning upside down when it comes to maps. If a YouTuber in his 20s is exposed for texting a 17-year-old he'll lose everything. I envy the older generation for being able to explore that side of yourself so freely and just say what you want. The media was so accepting of artistic freedom. You had movies like Kids, American Beauty, Pretty Baby, Lolita, Leon: The Professiona, Thridteen, Little Darlings, The Lover, Taxi Driver, Blame It on Rio, and Blue Lagoon. Magazines like Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar frequently featured underage models in adult-styled clothing and poses, sometimes without acknowledging their ages. Sally Mann's "Immediate Family" which were these photography books with almost naked kids. Hustler magazine’s Chester the Molester comic strip, which depicted a perverted old man who tricked little girls into having sex with him. Brooke Shields Calvin Klein Ad as well as her Playboy photoshoot when she was 10 years old. Abercrombie & Fitch Catalogs in the 1990s Frequently used teenage or even preteen models in overtly sexual contexts, often nude or semi-nude. National Lampoon’s Animal House Includes a subplot involving a college student discovering that the girl he slept with is underage, played for laughs rather than concern. Songs like “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones and “Christine Sixteen” by KISS. You had hundreds of songs back then about dating underage girls. It was everywhere back then man. Today you could die over making art like that. I'm a writer and I would love to just explore this side of myself without fear of mob coming to my door. There's no artistic expression for maps. Even if it's just a comic book or a fucking cartoon. I envy the older map's for what they had.
The story of NAMBLA interests me as well. It's crazy to think that at one point in history, you could be open about it. Go to conferences and parades. Hold protests at prisons. There's a documentary on YouTube. It's called Chickenhawk. Nambla allowed this documentary crew to interview a bunch of their members and videotape their operations. There's this one scene where NAMBLA has their own sign at a gay pride parade and so as this parade is taking place the NAMBLA members pass the White House. like it's insane that you used to be able to just do that. it was so tolerated back then too. There's this one scene where a teacher is exposed for being a member of NAMBLA so they go to the school to ask people's opinions and most of the people stand up for him. imagine that happening today. Anyone who doesn't join the mob would be stomped to death.
The story of NAMBLA interests me as well. It's crazy to think that at one point in history, you could be open about it. Go to conferences and parades. Hold protests at prisons. There's a documentary on YouTube. It's called Chickenhawk. Nambla allowed this documentary crew to interview a bunch of their members and videotape their operations. There's this one scene where NAMBLA has their own sign at a gay pride parade and so as this parade is taking place the NAMBLA members pass the White House. like it's insane that you used to be able to just do that. it was so tolerated back then too. There's this one scene where a teacher is exposed for being a member of NAMBLA so they go to the school to ask people's opinions and most of the people stand up for him. imagine that happening today. Anyone who doesn't join the mob would be stomped to death.