CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN

     Stranger Things is one of Netflix's most popular shows and it has been since its release in mid-July 2016. With every episode and season published the audience has gotten to watch the characters develop and the actors grow. People have fallen in love with them, so much so it is kind of creepy. Last year, 27 year old model, Ali Michael, posted a very controversial picture of one of the shows stars, Finn Wolfhard, who was then 14 years old. The picture was captioned “Not to be weird but hit me up in 4 years @finnwolfhardofficial”. Within minutes of posting Michael received immediate backlash from the 700-800 million users on instagram. People from every where were naming her as “disgusting and gross” or as a “pedophile”, arguing that if the gender roles were reversed, it would be on the front page of every news article in the country. After the uproar, Michael wrote an apology that satisfied the audience as it has now almost been forgotten.
    I, on the other hand, have not forgotten the horrifying act. I think that it is disgusting that people think they can prey on children just because they have a career in the acting industry. Children are children no matter what, and who they are or what they do does not justify sexualizing them in any way.