Activist Mommy Starts 'Operation Pull Teen Vogue' After Mag Peddles Sexual Perversion to Minors
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"Teen Vogue Magazine,"
whose target audience
is kids 11 to 17, is under
fire for an article that
instructs teens in
perverse sexual activity.
Some parents are outraged that
the magazine is teaching teens
as young as 11--
11 years old-- how
to engage in sodomy.
Elizabeth Johnston, also
known as the Activist Mommy,
has launched a grassroots
campaign called Operation Pull
Teen Vogue, and she
joins us now via Skype.
Hi, Elizabeth, thanks
for joining us today.
Hi, Charlene, thank
you for having me.
First of all, you
made a video condemning
"Teen Vogue" for their article.
More than 8 million
people have viewed it.
What prompted you
to make the video?
Oh, I was just so outraged
when some parents sent me
this article and I read it.
As a mom who has 10 children
myself, and I'm always
trying to protect my children
from oversexualization,
I could not believe
what I was reading.
And the worst part about
it was that here you
have adults peddling this
sexual information to minors,
to children as young
as 12 years old.
If the author of this
article, Charlene--
her name is GiGi Engle.
If she were to text the
contents of this article
to a 12-year-old, she
could be prosecuted.
Think about that.
It's amazing, I did read
some of the article myself,
and I was shocked at some
of the stuff I was reading.
What's the reaction to the
video that you made been like?
It's been overwhelming.
I've had over 8 million
views of the video.
I've had overwhelming support
and overwhelming hate.
You have very large
Facebook pages sharing it,
like Conservative Daily that
has 7 million followers,
and Breitbart has 3 and
1/2 million followers.
And there's been
a lot of support.
I want to read to
you what one dad did.
His name is William.
And he said, I went into my
local Kroger, grabbed all nine
of the magazines on the rack.
I walked right up to the
manager and asked him
if he would allow his
kids to read this.
No joke, folks-- the
manager literally
ripped them up in front of me
and told his loss prevention
team to write them
off as stolen.
I'm now shopping there
the rest of my life.
CHARLENE: Wow, go dad!
I love it.
Yes, this is the kind
of righteous indignation
that we must return
to if we ever
hope to save the next generation
from this sexualization that
is being pushed upon
us by progressives.
CHARLENE: Well,
Elizabeth, you really
posted some strong
words about the author
that you just mentioned--
GiGi Engle.
What are some of
the things that you
want to say about her that
you found out about her?
So first of all, GiGi--
who is giving this
dangerous information
about anal sex, which
is a very dangerous type
of sexual activity--
she's not even a certified
sex therapist and educated sex
counselor, nothing like that.
She's a journalist, and she is
giving 12-year-olds extremely
dangerous information.
She's not a medical doctor.
She is a journalist.
This is so reckless, what
"Teen Vogue" has printed.
Furthermore, Charlene, she
doesn't even include in her
article-- when she initially
posted it and when "Teen Vogue"
published this article--
doesn't even include any
safety information on safe sex.
I thought the left is
supposed to be all about how
to have safe sex, right?
Well, when they came under
intense public scrutiny,
she went back in and they
added-- oh, a few sentences,
on how you need to
have safety when
you engage in this type
of sexual activity.
This was so reckless on the part
of GiGi Engle and "Teen Vogue,"
and they must be
held accountable.
I think it's also very
interesting, Elizabeth--
the fact that the digital
media producer is a gay man,
and this magazine is basically
targeting teen girls.
I think that's
really interesting.
Exactly, why is a magazine
that the target audience is
teen girls--
why in the world is the digital
editor a homosexual man?
And they have come
under enough fire
from Operation Pull "Teen
Vogue" that he and GiGi have
been responding via
Twitter to the situation,
and he has posted some
pretty foul stuff.
And personal testimony--
Phillip Picardi--
of his homosexual
activity and why
he is passionate about sharing
this terrible information
with the youth of America.
Well, apart from
morality, is marketing
this kind of sexual content
to teens even legal?
No, it is not.
I'm going to read to you
section 14-70 of Title 18
of the US code.
Prohibits any individual
from knowingly transferring
or attempting to transfer
obscene matter using
the US mail or any
means, or facility
of interstate or foreign
commerce to a minor under 16
years of age.
Convicted offenders face
fines and imprisonment
for up to 10 years.
So the law, as usual, is
on the side of decency.
The challenge is getting
cowardly law enforcement
to actually do something about
this and to enforce the law.
The law must be enforced,
and I'm asking people
to call the
Department of Justice
and explain that "Teen Vogue" is
pandering obscenity to minors.
And you say that this
particular article isn't
the only problem
with "Teen Vogue,"
and you're asking parents
not only to pull them
from the shelves, what are
some of the other problems you
were seeing with "Teen Vogue?"
Oh, my goodness-- in May,
they published an article
and a video that says that
minors, that toddlers--
even toddlers--
know how to consent.
Wait a minute,
toddlers can't consent.
With the legal
definition, minors--
toddlers-- minors can't
consent until they're
16 to 18 years old.
A person cannot consent until
they're at least 16 years old,
depending where
you live in the US.
And so what in the world--
what kind of message
is "Teen Vogue" trying
to get out by saying
that a toddler can consent?
When a toddler
says yes, it always
means no in the legal
definition of what
consent means, as in
consenting to sexual activity.
This is outrageous, and
appears that "Teen Vogue"
is trying to prepare
American youth
for the practice of pedophilia.
What are you
encouraging parents
to do about this, Elizabeth?
So I'm asking parents
who-- first of all,
please go to my
page on Facebook--
The Activist Mommy.
And the video is at the
very top of the page.
It's pinned to the
top of the page.
Go ahead and click
Share on that,
and let's continue
to get the word out.
And anything that you see on
the internet about this topic,
please share it with the
hashtag #PullTeenVogue.
I'm also asking people to call
the Department of Justice.
The number is 202-514-9870.
That's 202-514-9870, and speak
to Paul Adams in Communications
and let them know that "Teen
Vogue" is pandering obscenity
to minors.
We're about to start
pressuring advertisers,
and I'm hoping to have an
announcement later today
of a few large organizations
who are joining ranks
with us to begin to spearhead
this campaign of pressuring
"Teen Vogue's" advertisers
to pull advertising.
And then lastly, please
be an activist and go
do the legwork yourself and go
to your local library, grocery
store, and gas station,
and see if they
are carrying "Teen Vogue."
And if they are, do
what the dad William did
that I mentioned
earlier, and speak
to the manager or the owner
and ask them to please never
carry "Teen Vogue" again.
This is obscenity.
This is pornography,
and this needs
to be pulled from the shelves.
And I understand that people
can go to your Facebook page
and also watch the rebuttal
video to "Teen Vogue's" "Safe
Sodomy" article.
Is that correct?
Yes.
OK.
Yes, that's pinned
to the top of the page.
Absolutely.
Well, Elizabeth Johnston, thank
you so much for your insights
and for your time.
Thank you, Charlene.
God bless.
God bless.