manx

can we please stop reblogging that post about david bowie being a p-dophile because he supposedly slept with an underage groupie

the groupie, lori mattix, said in an interview with thrillist that she lost her virginity to him in 1973 when she was 15. but in an earlier interview with paul trynka, she claimed it happened in october 1972 when she was only 14. she also completely changed the narrative, first saying she snuck into his hotel room and later deciding he approached her at a restaurant. 

also, according to another ex-groupie, she was confirmed in a relationship with jimmy page in the summer of 1972, well before bowie ever toured in california, where she lived.

he was pretty vocal about his stance against p-dophilia as he wrote “shopping for girls” about child trafficking in thailandthreatened to fire his drummer for sending teenage girls to his hotel room, and refused to perform the kiss scene written into the movie labyrinth because jennifer connelly was 14 at the time.

its good to fact check before spreading accusations as serious as this, especially about an activist who campaigned against racism against aboriginal people in australia, openly criticized MTV for not playing music videos by black artists, and, with his wife iman, donated millions of dollars to various human rights organizations in the third world.

godawfulsmallfuzz

Guys, PLEASE REBLOG THIS. Even if you’re not a HUGE fan, reblogging this will do a lot of people a lot of good

thcbcatles

DAVID BOWIE IS NOT A PEDOPHILE I REPEAT THE STARMAN IS NOT A PEDOPHILE!!!!! SPREAD AND REBLOG!!!!

roguesareth

It needs to be noted that it was a HUGE THING for underage girls in groupie circles to purposefully dress and change their behavior to appear older. They would observe older women and copy their styles and mannerisms, they would aqquire fake IDs (which were much easier to produce back then) and read articles in magazines like Cosmo that told them how to more easily pass as older than they were.

Minors or not, these girls were clower to predators then any of the men they targeted, since they clearly didn’t care that their actions could possibly lead to ruining a person life because they wanted the notoriety of sleeping with a famous person.