“Parents are beside themselves and ripping their hair out trying to avoid happening,” said Carrie McCormack, of the Australian Family Association. There’s a common thread in stories like this: parents are clueless. What will our society look like 30 years from now when Anna Paul’s fans are running the show? But many of them haven’t managed to pass on their own values to their kids. But to judge from comments on talk-back radio, all of them were disgusted with incidents like these. We can’t be naïve about the consistency of the moral values of 35- to 55-year-old parents. They have become alienated from traditional moral values–from their parents’ moral values. None of these incidents is conclusive evidence of “societal collapse.” But there is something deeply disturbing about crowds of young people idolizing representatives of dehumanizing practices like cannibalism or pornography. Instead, the children believed it was normal behaviour.” From today’s paper: “Investigators say they have discovered Australian children as young as 6 making their own content, with growing concerns that popular influencer-promoted websites such as OnlyFans are normalising making pornography for cash … no one had coerced or forced the children into making the content.“Imagine paying $35,000 a year to talk about Nazi propaganda and the denigration of women,” commented one politician who called for a government investigation. They had created an online chat room featuring putrid child abuse, racist, sexist, and homophobic comments. Last week police were called in to investigate Year 9 boys at one of Sydney’s most prestigious private high schools.What sort of influence does she have? She’s a sex worker-one of the most popular stars on OnlyFans, a site for uploading home-made pornography. Never heard of Anna Paul? The 23-year-old is Australia’s seventh most important social media influencer, with 7.1 million followers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Fans had arrived at 10:30pm the night before to catch a glimpse of her. Last week Anna Paul’s in-store appearance in Perth was canceled by police when thousands mobbed the venue.To bring talk about “alienated kids” closer to home, consider these three news items from the Australian media in the last week or so. “I think there’s a young adult audience out there, all those alienated kids,” said another critic. If we are talking about societal collapse, perhaps we can begin with the image of the film’s young audience giving it rapturous applause. The New York Times recently reviewed a clutch of novels, films and TV series about it. Cannibalism is A Thing in contemporary literary culture. Trouble is, the film is about cannibalism: “star-crossed lovers ravenous for human flesh,” in the words of another reviewer.īones & All is not a one-off, as Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal was a one-off in the 18th century. One reviewer described it as: “an imperfect but effortlessly charming film, one that feels lived-in and loved … and speaks to the human desire to love and be loved, in spite of our flaws.” The audience gave it a 10-minute standing ovation, chanting, “Luca! Luca!” Critics on Rotten Tomatoes ranked it 98 out of 100. The movie was wildly popular at the Venice Film Festival. I think societal collapse is in the air, it smells like it, and without being pretentious, I hope that’s why these movies matter because that’s the role of the artist is to shine a light on what’s going on.” That’s Timothée Chalamet, an up-and-coming American actor musing on Bones & All, the latest film by the Italian director Luca Guadagnino.
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