If I hear or read one more radio, television or on-line news story about that picture of Miley Cyrus taken by Annie Lebovitz for Vanity Fair, I'm going to explode!
I think it is very irrational of the news media to keep going on and on and on and on about this! She said she was sorry, she didn't realise it wouldn't be tasteful, what the frak is the big deal anyway?
So she is bare shouldered with half (the top half) of her back exposed. Her makeup is looking vampy, no more than what those teens who like to dress punk would wear! Is there anything wrong with that? Isn't she allowed to show a different style to her personality if is so chooses, as long as she does it with some modicum of taste?
But no...no! They jumped all over the poor girl! "She's the next Britney Spears", or "She's going along in the footsteps of LL (Lyndsay Lohan for those who don't know!) and Britney Spears"! Oh really? And how did we arrive at this big prediction? That's definitely putting the horse before the cart!
Just because they (Briney and Lindsay) have made a mess of their lives (one they are trying to repair) doesn't mean that every other teen star will do the same thing! I think it is ridiculous that they would make the same comparison. And for heaven's sake, can't they make their mistakes and learn from it? And another thing, Miley's parents are there for her and are actively involved in her life so I doubt that she would fall prey to the type of things Britney and Lindsay have.
I do know and realise that these celebrities, especially the ones who gain their fame because of our children have an image to uphold and a responsibility to their audience. Especially the little ones who look up to them. I'm in agreement a hundred percent with that. However, here is a 15 year old who hasn't done anything that I would call outwardly horrible, maybe a little sultry with the look in that photograph, but it isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be. While I haven't seen any other photographs, I think I will continue to reserve my judgement until I've seen all of them.
For the media hounds to be parading Miley's picture like they have, shame on them! My six year old, loves, loves, loves Miley Cyrus. She basically adores her and wants to have a Miley Cyrus party for her next birthday. Am I going to tell her that Miley did something wrong? Nope! I talked to her about it, we both looked at that picture and we both agreed that there's nothing wrong with it. We had a discussion (that she could understand) about good and bad choices. And she's not too happy that her favorite star is being make to look like a bad person! Tell me how do they (little girls) recover from this mess? Here we are having to validate who they admire and why they haven't done anything wrong!
I just think that them going on and on about it, and predicting that her career is going to come crashing at her feet is a bit too much!
I believe there are some parents who let the media dictate to them what they should do a bit too much. I could understand if her bum was exposed, or her breasts or if she was totally nude. I could even understand if her pictures were covertly suggestive.
Unfortunately Miley's good intention as turned into a storm of regrets. These people are making her doubt herself and I can imagine what that is doing to her self esteem (and some people might quip, her future earnings). I'm sure she will recover from all this and that the masses will get over it eventually.
We are setting a bad example for our future leaders, entertainers and dare I say entertainment reporters! Our (America's - generally speaking) hang ups about sex and our body images is getting the better of us. We don't seem to know when to stop making a big ado about nothing!
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/739941/miley_cyrus_and_her_vanity_fair_photos.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/512291/racy_photos_of_miley_cyrushannah_montana.html