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Topic: Miley Cyrus' Vanity Fair photo

#	Author	Message
41	mele Tue 4/29/2008 1:14a	Also, Hannah/Miley is everywhere, talking about being a virgin and loving Jesus so darn much. She's so cool and great and also likes to pull up her shirt and take photos of herself while lying in her bed (in the same bed that was shown on her tour bus when she was on Oprah's show...with an audience full of children.) Now I get to be the mean mom who has to come in and lecture my daughter, limit my daughter's exposure and basically make my daughter feel guilty about liking Hannah/Miley. My daughter still idolizes her and wants to be like her, and now she knows how much I dislike it. Sure, I've got some power of my daughter but she's getting to that age where her peers and famous people have some pull. I don't appreciate this situation with a *current* disney star.
42	WilliamK99 Tue 4/29/2008 1:20a	The problem mele, is sex has become so commercialized that most Americans are ignorant to what it does to their children. The fact that a young girl at the age of 10 or 11 can go to one of these "boutiques" and make themselves look like a cheap "lady of the night" is horrible, coupled with the fact that parents actually pay for their daughters to dress up like that. Then add in the fact that at a young age these kids are exposed to sex on a constant basis. Then we as a society wonder why so many kids get pregnant or are sexually active at such a young age.
43	dshyates Tue 4/29/2008 6:11a	My 2 daughters (7 and 12) couldn't care less about Hannah Montana. They do enjoy playing my friends Wii Hannah Montana game, but I refuse to buy it for them. An around the world shopping trip is a bit vacous. What I find more obscene than a young ladies back is how Disney has shoved this commidity down everyones throat. Disney's super saturation marketing of everything they touch is really disgusting. Does anyone remember the classy and reserved Disney that existed before they started this super saturation marketing? It kills anything they do it to. And I would expect Miley to implode eventually. This is a lot of pressure for a 15 year old girl. Everyone expecting her to be perfect all the time. She may subconciously be doing this on purpose. It is difficult enough going up in the media spotlight, much less having millions of girls emulate you.
44	wahooskipper Tue 4/29/2008 7:02a	I don't like a 15 year old, regardless of the "stardom factor" to be dressed, or undressed, like this in front of the nation. But, call me a prude. I don't like young girls being all made of for Glamour Shots and I sure as heck don't like seeing little cheerleader girls doing the bump and grind as if were "cute". But, that is just me...the over-protective father of a two year old girl. Why do we rush to have our kids grow up? Can't they just be kids?
45	dshyates Tue 4/29/2008 7:20a	OK, Who's a better role model. Gwen Stefani or Mylie Cyrus? I would rather my daughters look up to Gwen Stefani. But those shoes look dangerous.
46	Mickeymouseclub Tue 4/29/2008 7:29a	I agree with you on this also wahooskipper.(see tipping?)
47	mele Tue 4/29/2008 7:46a	Well, little girls love playing dress up to look like grown ups. I loved playing with my mom's make up and wearing her high heels. I don't have a problem with that sort of "playing". It just needs to stay a play activity. My daughter loved Gwen before she loved Miley. Gwen wears some interesting (and sometimes odd) fashions but she has often been quite modest when it comes to showing skin. Of course Miley deserves to live her own life. I remember what it's like being a 15 year old. She can be naked all she wants (apparently) but she can do it without my cash.
48	RoadTrip Tue 4/29/2008 7:53a	The saddest thing is that we as a society seem to think it is perfectly normal and acceptable to look to athletes and music/film stars as role-models. We are collectively at fault for letting such a stupid idea exist. To blame Miley or her parents or Disney or Vanity Fair is a little disingenuous in my opinion.
49	barboy Tue 4/29/2008 8:01a	I will start off by saying maybe it's just my computer screen but that photo clearly shows (to me) a young female calling for sex. The backdrop appears to have blue and gray hues and the girl looks pale but she has ***accentuated*** red lips. OVERLY ACCENTUATED RED LIPS like a female Baboon's privates helping her attract a mate in the wild. Can this get any more carnal? I would say this is on the brink of underage porn--- nicely done VF, Miley and parents; you really are a work of art and help our children with poses like this.
50	dshyates Tue 4/29/2008 8:11a	"She can be naked all she wants (apparently) but she can do it without my cash." Now thats the spirit. Miley is growing up. At this point in her life she shouldn't be a role model for the <12 set. I fully expect young ladies Miley's age to want to be seen in a more adult light. No, she is not an adult, but she's not a child either. In the media outside of the Disney empire she is going to treated like a beautiful young lady, and she needs to be prepared for it. I do belive she has learned from this. And she needs to tone down the religous rhetoric as it will put her in a spot she can't live up to. People will expect her to be saint-like because she goes to church. People think that church is about being saint-like, when in reality, most people go to church and ask for the strength to not fall. Being a faithful church goer doesn't mean ou are perfect. But as far as these pictures, they are real pictures of a real girl growing up. And are not a harbinger of the "Brittney" to come. The back shot shows less skin than the bathing suit she wears to the pool on a regular basis. So until she starts showing real irresponsile behavior, (drinking and driving, proving to the paparazzi she is "going commando", Drugs) I have no problem with it. She needs to learn how to handle the fact that she is a sexy being in a media world. My fear is that the industry will eat her alive like it did some of the others. Either she grabs the bull by the _____, or it will kill her.

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