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They Want to Sell WHAT for Kids?
There are plenty of weird outfits on the market for kids, but the shop that set up a booth at the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco crossed a line even the folks at one of the most edgy, alternative hot spots wanted to chase out of town.
With cutesy letter blocks in the logo and the word “tots” in the name, it’s clear it’s for kids. So what is it?
A shop calling itself “Fetish Tots,” selling “kinky couture for little people.”
Their Website is nearly blank – just offering the promise of a winter line to come with porcelain dolls as “models.” We assume that’s the best way to protect against a child pornography charge.
It’s based on the nearly empty site that we’re going to hope friends of Mark Kleim at Carnal Nation (whose piece on the fair alerted us to this bizarre line) are right – it’s an artistic statement, not a real business. With the winter line expected in 2010, it’s just enough time to drum up righteous indignation from the parenting world (yes, that includes us) before hopping up and saying “gotcha.”
What do you think? Performance art? Someone pushing our buttons? A statement on our times and the sexed up clothes our kids already wear? Or something more sinister?
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GP commented on Oct 27 09 at 1:11 pmHmmm…
Contact the website host and shut ‘em down? Or…free speech? Not my call.
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Ali commented on Oct 27 09 at 1:39 pmIt is a foray into the thriving Pedophilia market. They will sell out in hours. People who rape kids and babies, including their own, will snap this stuff up to use on their videos they sell on the internet.
TLG commented on Oct 27 09 at 1:51 pmOMG…are they serious! This can’t be a legitimate business. I so don’t agree with this site or business.
Mistress_Scorpio commented on Oct 27 09 at 2:40 pmThe performance art will be in the reactions from comments like my namesake’s above. Mission accomplished.
MMCMomma commented on Oct 27 09 at 4:09 pmI think it’s hilarious, but I’m also the woman who encourages her four year old daughter’s obsession with zombies.
Lauren commented on Oct 27 09 at 4:25 pmActually, they could still be charged with child pornography. Child porn includes images that are obviously of children, A sculpture or mannequin counts.
jenny tries too hard commented on Oct 27 09 at 5:17 pmcharging these people with child porn for using what is obviously a very old doll to get a reaction and web traffic would be veering into “thought crime” territory. It’s pretty vile, but, meh, protected speech is protected speech.
jenny tries too hard commented on Oct 27 09 at 5:24 pmhmmm…if Ali is right about child pornographers snapping it up, wouldn’t this site or similar ones be an excellent tool for law enforcement to single folks out for investigation? Putting the performance art out there, by making one or two little outfits to put on dolls is one thing, but if someone actually tried to buy one to fit an 8-year-old, maybe that could be enough probable cause to investigate through the ISP address? Just a thought.
Vee commented on Sep 05 10 at 11:46 amI’m speaking as a member of the art community. Art such as this is meant to propel discussion about sensitive topics that are hard to discuss.
For me this piece is bringing into question the ways in which we have already sexualized our children and how far we are willing to take it. We already have high heels for babies and thongs for little girls, exactly how far are we from this sort of thing already? Obviously no parent is going to put their kid in fetish gear but we do have parents who let their kids dress way to provocatively.
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