'Teen Vogue' Sparks Major Backlash From Parents After Publishing Guide to Anal Sex
Parents across the country are outraged after Teen Vogue published an article earlier this month [...]
Parents across the country are outraged after Teen Vogue published an article earlier this month titled "A Guide to Anal Sex". The article, published digitally on July 7, informs the reader of the facts about anal sex, showing "how to do it the right way," and sparked backlash that has continued weeks later.
"This is anal 101, for teens, beginners, and all inquisitive folk," the article reads.
Calls to cancel subscriptions for Teen Vogue have reverberated across social media with the hashtag #PullTeenVogue, especially after a mommy blogger filmed herself burning a physical copy of the magazine in a campfire.
In a video that has racked up over 10 million views on Facebook, Elizabeth Johnston, aka "The Activist Mommy", called for parents to boycott the publication.
"OPERATION PULL TEEN VOGUE" is underway! Teen Vogue must be pulled from all shelves! This is a danger to children. RT! #PullTeenVogue pic.twitter.com/f4VMZnGCbD
— The Activist Mommy (@activistmommy1) July 13, 2017
"Parents, I am asking you to go to your local gas station, your local libraries and your local grocery stores and ask to speak to the manager — or preferably the owner — and demand that they remove Teen Vogue from the shelves immediately," Johnston said in the video before tossing the magazine into a burning fire. "These editors' brains are in the gutter. Now let's put their sales in the gutter where they belong."
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Many parents agreed with Johnston, expressing their thoughts via Twitter.
TEEN VOGUE IS TEACHING TEENAGE KIDS SODOMY, MASTURBATION, AND SEX PERVERSIONS, AND MUST BE STOPPED. #PullTeenVogue https://t.co/NiNgkBOJrT
— Thomas L Stanley (@ThomasLStanley3) July 14, 2017
Glad to see I'm not the only one who has an issue with @TeenVogue teaching 11 to 17 year olds how to have great anal sex. #PullTeenVogue pic.twitter.com/m9uHSEcxlC
— Dissident Patriot ن (@disspat) July 14, 2017
Disgusting! Teen Vogue is teaching kids to sodomize. Demand "Teen Sodomy Vogue" be pulled from shelves.#PullTeenVogue
— Deanna (@weeksey007) July 13, 2017
The magazine's digital editorial director, Phillip Pacardi, responded to the backlash in a series of Tweets defending the article and highlighting why he feels it's important that young people are educated about sex.
You see, my Catholic school was guilty of endangering all of us by sheer omission of FACTS. EDUCATION doesn't equal ENCOURAGEMENT.
— Phillip Picardi (@pfpicardi) July 14, 2017
How can you expect young women to not get pregnant without access to reproductive health care?
— Phillip Picardi (@pfpicardi) July 14, 2017
The backlash to this article is rooted in homophobia. It's also laced in arcane delusion about what it means to be a young person today.
— Phillip Picardi (@pfpicardi) July 14, 2017
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Others agreed with Picardi's stance and pushed back against the movement to cancel Teen Vogue subscriptions.
If you have ten kids then maybe a guide on anal sex is something you and your husband should consider reading, not burning. #pullteenvogue pic.twitter.com/rqrUoyPoCA
— Elagabalus 🏳️🌈 (@E_Elagabalus) July 15, 2017
Retailers DO NOT #PullTeenVogue. Thank you @TeenVogue for opening a discussion so our children will not be ashamed of sex or who they are
— Howard T Katz (@HowardTKatz) July 14, 2017
Johnston argued that her issue with the article and the magazine is about "perversion."
"This has nothing to do with homophobia," she told Todd Starnes on his FOX radio show, The Todd Starnes Show. "This is about parents protecting their children from perversion."
"This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. This is not a conservative issue or liberal issue. This is a parent issue," she said. "They should not be teaching sodomy to our children."