Pornography Report
THE SWORD OF THE LORD - December 21, 1990 issue.
NEWS of Interest to Christians
K Mart adds Child Pornography to Book Line; Now Carries Adult Porn, Homosexual
Porn and Child Porn.
According to an article in the CLERMONT COUNTY (OH) REVIEW, K Mart has added
child pornography to the line of pornography they are now selling in Waldens
bookstores. K Mart owns Waldenbooks.
In an article headlined "Kiddie porn on sale at mall bookstores," the paper
cited the kind of child pornography K Mart sells.
"Child pornography is not exclusively a photographic phenomenon. Some of the
kinkiest kiddie porn is in written form, available at the Eastgate and
Beechmont malls," the REVIEW article said. "Waldenbooks, a national retail
chain with stores in Union and Anderson townships, carries a series of novels
published by Blue Moon Books in New York, New York. The series, called 'The
Victorian Era,' describes in lurid detail sadomasochistic torture, rape and
sodomy inflicted on children.
"The Blue Moon books contain no photography," the paper said, "but the text
focuses on teenage girls subject to various kinds of sexual violence.
'Anonymous' is the author's name on most of the books, which share a fixation
on children.
"Dara Tyson, spokesman for Waldenbooks at the company's headquarters in
Stamford, Connecticut, said the Blue Moon books are a hit. 'I guess they would
be considered erotica,' Tyson said. 'They have done very well.'
"How well books are written is a matter for readers' judgment, but the message
of the authors is clear: children are wonderful sex objects. The books make
frequent mention of the fictional characters' ages."
The article went on to describe some of the child pornography books offered by
Waldenbooks. "Sandra Williams is a heroine in Finishing School, for example.
The anonymous author describes the youthful infatuation of a pupil for her
teacher.
"Sandra Williams was a pupil who believed herself in love with her teacher,"
the book says. "There is no sacrifice that a girl will not make for her first
love at 15. The sacrifice in this instance is forcible sex, followed by
several pages' depiction of a session with a whip."
"Nor is Sandra Williams's plight unique. The same book details the sexual
experiences of two sisters named Sharon, 17, and Victoria, 15, who are
flogged, branded and sodomized. Again age appears pivotal to the plot.
"Seventeen year old, Sharon?" the child's tormentor asks. "Ever had 60
(lashes) before?"
The REVIEW article described Elaine Cox, another character in Finishing
School. "A red line of punctuation dots welled up from the crimson bamboo-
print and trickled down the surging cheeks of Elaine Cox's 15-year-old
backside," the book says.
The article also contained material from the book, That Wicked Summer, which
describes in detail the ordeal of Elke Mahne, 16. The book contains a chapter
called 'A Fine Havana,' in which even a burning cigar becomes a sex toy for
use with children."
The article said that it was a book entitled Ellen's Story, "available at
Waldenbooks..., that perhaps best captures the spirit of the Blue Moon
Series." Is it any wonder that I nursed the deep-rooted conviction that girls
were especially created to have their bottoms whipped, and that men were
created to do the whipping?' the narrator asks. There follows a description of
an orgy in which clergymen take turns sexually assaulting and brutalizing a
young girl."
K Mart is one of the largest retailers of pornography in America. They also
carry a line of homosexual pornography in their Waldenbooks bookstores,
including magazines such as Meat, Wad and Raunch. K Mart has consistently
refused to get out of the pornography business.
Concerned individuals are encouraged to boycott K Mart. They are also urged to
call their local K Mart store and tell the manager they will be boycotting K
Mart and asking others to do the same. And they can write Chairman. Joseph
Antonini, K Mart Corporation, 3100 West Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48084, phone
1-800-635-6278. K Mart owns Waldenbooks, Payless Drug Stores, Builders Square
home supply stores and PACE Membership Warehouse stores.
K Mart will probably respond to inquiries by saying that they have no control
over the kinds of pornography Waldenbooks sells. That answer is not correct. K
Mart owns Waldenbooks; all profits from Waldenbooks go to K Mart. Waldenbooks
will get out of the pornography business the day that K Mart tells them to do
so.
Sears, Montgomery Ward, Wal-Mart, J.C.Penney and other family-oriented stores
aren't in the porn business. They have too much respect for themselves and our
families. K Mart feels that the profit they make from pornography is more
important than our children and our families. Don't shop at a store that is
helping destroy the hearts, minds and souls of our children.
-AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
