Warning: This article contains controversial and disturbing information related to Balenciaga’s controversial child BDSM ad campaign.
The Balenciaga scandal erupted when the luxury fashion house released an ad campaign with children holding teddy bears in BDSM outfits.
Images, while disturbing, have been seen all over Twitter.
Balenciaga had deleted their Twitter earlier in November and recently removed all of their content on Instagram following the scandal.
They released the following statements:
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“We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused. Our plush bear bags should have not been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms.”
“We apologize for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign. We take this matter very seriously and are taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items for our spring 23 campaign photoshoot. We strongly condemn abuse of children in any form. We stand for children safety and well-being.”
But the public isn’t convinced.
Social media users believe Balenciaga is 100% accountable for the ad campaign.
Kanye West on Balenciaga Scandal
Ye (Kany West) condemned celebrities for not speaking out on the Balenciaga scandal.
He said, “This just shows you all celebrities are controlled. You don’t see no celebrities talking about the Balenciaga situation.”
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Andrew Tate himself took it a step further, claiming Balenciaga’s controversial ad campaign was very purposeful.
He says Balenciaga is trying to normalize and show the public what they do through what he refers to as ‘Karmic Retribution’.
A satanic belief that if they state their intentions and let you in on what they are doing, they are no longer responsible for the effects or consequences of such things.
If the public is aware and adheres to the disturbance without holding Balenciaga accountable (like many celebrities), they come one step closer to the ‘sexualization of children’.
Lotta Volkova’s Instagram Goes Private
Lotta Volkova is a top designer for both Balenciaga and Adidas.
Her account has now gone private after users began to expose the imagery on her account showing satanic rituals as well as child exploitation.
And the images from Balenciaga’s top stylist only get more disturbing.
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The image above shows a young boy in what looks like a very messy room with writing on the walls while an array of disturbing things are present around him such as the bondage teddy bear advertised by Balenciaga, and even tape.
You can view the thread on Twitter for more captured images from Lotta Volkova’s Instagram page before it went private.
Kim Kardashian’s Response to Balenciaga Scandal
Kim Kardashian’s response to the Balenciaga scandal is one didn’t surprise many on Twitter.
While the celebrity displayed concerns regarding the fashion houses’ imagery, she made it very clear she wasn’t ready to distance herself just yet.
Kim Kardashian’s final statement was,” as for my future with Balenciaga, I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with – & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.”
But Balenciaga is not in the business of ‘protecting children’, Kim.
They fashion house doesn’t have to show the public they care about protecting children, that’s not what sells for them, is it?
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Is Balenciaga tied to a satanic pedophilia ring as many are suggesting on social media?
Or was this all just a poorly presented ad campaign with massive repercussions?
Every mainstream media outlet is predicting a looming housing market crash. But billionaire real estate investor and bestselling author Grant Cardone says there will be no housing crash in America.
Grant Cardone walked us through his thoughts on the economy and the future of housing in America.
“The day of owning a home, if you don’t grab yours in this next cycle, you’re probably not going to have one in your lifetime.”
Grant says these homes are going to become rental properties primarily for the investor, not the end-user.
And, in the process, become extremely valuable in the future.
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The only thing that would change the trajectory of ownership statistics, in his eyes, is if mortgages are hypothetically stretched from 30 years to 50 years.
Grant believes we could see this really happen in our lifetime.
A 50-year mortgage would mean people would pile back into housing due to the significant drop in payments.
Inflation in America and the Impact on the Housing Market
“I don’t believe that anybody, any fed or any group within the government can actually manipulate inflation. I don’t know of any time in history where a monetary policy actually removed inflation from the equation. I’ve only been around 64 years though; I’ve seen prices go up the whole time, I’ve never seen prices not go up,” said Grant Cardone when addressing the impact of inflation on the housing market.
And it makes sense.
The housing market has a history of outpacing inflation, which has certainly made it much more difficult for people to buy houses over time.
For the investor however, it means the value of their properties will always rise despite any minor pullback in the market.
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The typical homebuyer in the 80s was 25-34 years old whereas in 2000 the typical home buyer was 44.
Rent in America will continue to rise and so will the value of properties, and it seems the fed can only do so much to drive inflation down.
What I got from this important conversation was Americans will need to start playing on the offense.
Amazon plans to start advertising on Twitter again to the tune of about $100 million a year, Platformer journalist Zoë Schiffer tweeted.
According to her tweet, the online retail giant was waiting for “some security tweaks” to Twitter’s ads platform before returning.
The news comes a day after Elon Musk said Apple had “fully resumed” advertising on the platform. Musk later tweeted to “thank advertisers for returning to Twitter.”
Half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers pulled their spending in the days after Musk took over Twitter, according to research center Media Matters.
They collectively spent $750 million on Twitter ads this year alone and accounted for almost $2 billion of the company’s ad revenue since 2020.
General Motors was one of the first advertisers to announce it was pausing ads on Twitter. The Tesla rival said in October it needed to review the platform under Musk’s leadership. The decision came as a result of GM’s concerns that its Twitter data could be passed on to Tesla, sources told The New York Times.
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Amazon Plans to Invest Billions in Movie Theatre Industry
Amazon plans to invest more than $1 billion per year into theatrical distribution releases per Bloomberg news.
Amazon.com Inc. will be investing billions of dollars to produce movies that will release in theatres, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.
This is the largest commitment to the movie theatre industry by an internet company, says Bloomberg.
The world’s largest online retailer aims to make between 12 and 15 movies annually that will get a theatrical release.
Amazon is still sorting out this strategy said people who asked not to be identified.
That number of releases puts Amazon on par with major studios such as Paramount Pictures.