• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    Bowie along with Bob Dylan are two guys who I’m convinced will have their legacy set on fire in my lifetime. Neither of them were secretive about their love for underage girls back in the day, and I don’t doubt there are darker skeletons hidden

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      oof. yeah, I forgot that about Bowie. I know in his time they did like to pin every conceivable crime on a bi dude but also in his time the age of consent was more of a suggestion and that’s a problem .

      It was easy to disavow Elvis because I never liked him but I need to be even more critical when it’s somebody I look up to

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        Mattix says that when she was nearly 14 years old, she was introduced to Bowie while he was in Los Angeles on his [Ziggy Stardust Tour]) in October 1972. When Bowie’s tour returned to Los Angeles five months later, on the night before Bowie performed at the [Long Beach Arena]in March 1973, Mattix claimed, Bowie’s bodyguard was sent to pick up her and Starr for a sexual encounter. According to Mattix, as she told to *[Thrillist]in 2015, she and Starr met Bowie at the Rainbow Bar before the three went to Bowie’s hotel suite and had sex: “… [Bowie] de-virginized me … That night I lost my virginity and had my first threesome.”

        A lot of celebrity men from these days excuse this shit by saying “everyone was doing it in those days, and those girls wanted it” which is worse