National Geographic magazine used to stoke the imagination by featuring vivid portraits of far-away places. Skimming through the pages would yield lush pictorial masterpieces drawn from the hand of the Creator. The Faroe Islands lie in the Norwegian Sea between Iceland and the British Isles. After viewing a depiction of this windswept archipelago, perhaps you will book your own voyage of discovery.
The Society didn't just photograph landscapes. Sharbat Gula was twelve years old when she was captured by journalist Steve McCurry in 1984. McCurry's Afghan Girl is one of the iconic photographs of the 20th century.
And the Society didn't confine its subjects to our earthly realm. They have followed scientific missions that ranged millions of miles away, bringing us images of both distant galaxies and vintage NASA photos from the Golden Age of space.
The Society was founded in 1888, and brings to mind the centuries of exploration that included the East India Company and culminated in Darwin's On The Origin Of The Species.
There is even an old joke, now lost to modernity, about the voyage of discovery countless young boys undertook within the pages of the magazine. Before pornography became available on VR goggles and a billion smart phones, the mysteries of female anatomy revealed themselves in photographic essays of African tribeswomen.
Today a child is going to be exposed not to an Algerian cafe dancer, as seen in this 99-year old photograph. Today's child will be presented with Avery Jackson, a nine-year-old boy who believes he is actually a girl. Jackson told his mother so when he was four years old.
The National Geographic Society's focus seems to have been directed inward. All of our remote realms have been discovered and have become mundane, so they turn to our inner turmoils. What is really going on here?
The first thing you notice is that the cover photo is lurid and sexualized. Jackson's right hand is in his crotch, as if to draw attention to that area. He is dressed all in pink, and has pink streaks in his hair. When I first saw the cover photo, the word "lascivious" immediately sprang to mind. The intent in the staging was clear; to turn Jackson into a sexual object, a person to be lusted after.
Why does the National Geographic Society want to present sexualized children? Don't be fooled by the large type claiming GENDER REVOLUTION. It's sex. And it's mainstreaming pedophilia. Perhaps those who advertise in the magazine should be asked whether they support the sexual depiction of children.
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