Child Pornography is not “Art.” (Update: Beyonce wants some of that action, too.)

Updated 5/14/08:

Michelle Malkin is reporting this morning:

…Pop diva Beyoncé Knowles, 27, and her fashion designer mother have launched a girls clothing line that makes Miley’s bare-backed glam session look like a Shirley Temple photo shoot.

The Knowles’ family business, “House of Dereon,” recently published advertisements for its “Dereon Girls Collection” with young models who look no older than my second-grade daughter. They are seductively posed and tarted up, JonBenet Ramsey-style, with bright lipstick, blush and face powder. Draped in bling, several of the girls sport leather jackets and studded accessories…

Brown Sista, a celebrity website, pointed out, disapprovingly, that these shoes, while cute for an adult, are not appropriate for little girls.

DollyMix, a feminist website, remarks:

“…the two words that pop to mind are “CHILD PORNOGRAPHY”. In all seriousness, I really wonder what sort of crack Beyonce and her mother are on. In what world do these clothes send out positive messages to little girls?”

Crunktastical, a hip-hop site, calls this “Just Plain Disturbing.”

I agree.

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By now I’m sure everyone has heard or read about the child star, Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. “Hannah Montana”), who was recently the subject of lewd photos of a child, taken by a very expensive child pornographer.

Prior to this, I actually liked her father…I’m a Country music fan, and the T.V. shows I’d watched of his seemed to be sort of corny in a wholesome, family-entertainment way. So, I cannot imagine what he was thinking when he allowed seductive photos of his 15-year-old daughter to be taken for the cover of Vanity Fair.

Suffice it to say that this makes me sick, and I firmly believe that her parents, that child-pornographer (I don’t care how famous the photographer is…child porn is child porn.), and the people responsible for publishing the photos in Vanity Fair should all be in jail.

Beth, over at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy did a very good job of covering this topic from the perspective of the mother of a Hannah Montana fan. I encourage you all head on over and read her thoughts on the matter, here.