In a post dated June 21, a Twitter user shared a screenshot of the article, which remains in the online archives of High Times' website, alongside the caption that read, in part: 'Just in case you thought this was a new phenomenon.' Brooke Shields is not just another pretty baby, baby.'
We can look forward to watching her fill out over the next decade. She's a sister, daughter, sex object, victim, lover, tramp. 'Unlike pugnacious Jodie Foster or puerile Tatum O'Neal, she's the delicious stuff of teenage fantasies become flesh: barely old enough to want, but too young to get,' the article said of Shields.Ĭoncluding, the writer calls Shields a 'sweet temptation to all by blind men and eunuchs. She is only 12 years old and destined to be the sex symbol of 1964.'ĭescriptions of Shields, now aged 57, go on to be more sexual and vulgar, with the writer comparing the New York native to other young screen stars of the day. She's the hottest new young thing in movies since a smoldering preteen named Elizabeth Taylor stiffened up Louie Mayer's cigar. 'She's a sultry mix of all-American virgin and nascent whore. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter /Bettmann/Getty Images A 1978 article sexualizing Shields when she was a child has resrufaced on social media, sparking outrage. Shields is pictured inset on May 24, 1978, in London, England.
Brooke Shields is pictured main on May 17, 2022, in New York City.
