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In reply to the discussion: Slut shaming of Miley Cyrus is sexism and racism in action [View all]coldmountain
(802 posts)38. On the good side for Miley #3 and #6 on iTunes and broke all time 24hr Vevo record! Bangerz!
http://mashable.com/2013/06/25/miley-cyrus-we-cant-stop-vevo-record/
She has the potential to be the most successful female singer ever because she'll just keep changing with her audience and be a big country star some day but I'm sorry for all the hate she gets, it's undeserved and says more about our society than about Miley.
She has the potential to be the most successful female singer ever because she'll just keep changing with her audience and be a big country star some day but I'm sorry for all the hate she gets, it's undeserved and says more about our society than about Miley.
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It seems the "ridiculous hysteria" is yours, undulating TEDDY BEARS notwithstanding. nt
LaydeeBug
Aug 2013
#140
Wow, you're being pretty dense. So much so that it's best that you don't venture. I agree. nt
LaydeeBug
Aug 2013
#246
From a 20 year old who Disney industry has made into a child idol and now she is acting in a
jwirr
Aug 2013
#212
It's not exactly your place to decide what is what is not someone's sexuality.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#48
Thanks for telling the story. I saw the 'kerfuffle' at DU and only remembered Billy Ray Cyrus.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#3
Yeah, but when I was a teen I loved Jagger. And it wasn't about talent, hahaha.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#83
Fortunately for me, I don't watch teevee anymore. So I miss all these horrors!
freshwest
Aug 2013
#249
Not art no way. A flop all the way. She simply does not sex appeal, her under developed body
lumpy
Aug 2013
#44
Well then, why are you even taking the time to respond to anyone else's take on Miley's
lumpy
Aug 2013
#215
Miley is interpreting "rachet culture" for white people Think Progress also says "slut shaming"
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#47
Because she is a moron. She tries too hard to be cool and edgy, but comes off a douche.
bamacrat
Aug 2013
#174
I have to agree with you. It was a bad imitation of a cheap trick. Pathetic.
MissMarple
Aug 2013
#256
Oh, and "Piss Jesus" is pretty gross too...just so you know that each OPINION is their own. nt
LaydeeBug
Aug 2013
#15
"The nation is still in recovery today" ...Oh, heavens, that sounds serious.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#50
Right. It would be a national tragedy if MTV's Video Music Awards stopped being the important
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#60
Totally. What was cool about it, too, in retrospect is that at least for me, it had seemed like
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#236
I don't know. Young people today with their skimpy outfits and their sexualized dancing.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2013
#17
Once again, I find myself agreeing with you. Surprisingly this keeps happening.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#31
Two of my grandkids called it the most disgusting thing they had ever seen on TV. My grandson asked
appleannie1
Aug 2013
#71
They are honor students in high school and college. They will be doing homework instead.
appleannie1
Aug 2013
#282
See, back in my day, when music was music and kids stayed off the lawns....
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2013
#18
she looked silly cause the point of twerking is.....you gotta have some rump to twerk with
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#30
"Lil mama thought she looked grown." - Your comment is gross. Please delete it.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#53
Frankly, I don't care what nicknames you had in your neighborhood. Show some respect...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#63
Calling her a little mama is not a judgement of her dance skills. It's a put down...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#67
I didn't like the performance, I like a good dance number like back when Janet Jackson and TLC
bravenak
Aug 2013
#230
:) agree. Lil mama isn't put down. And around here, yeah, i've heard mamcita used to strangers
DeschutesRiver
Aug 2013
#224
ummm no, mamas...little mama...is a cultural nick name for little girls. Take a chill pill
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#77
as a 20 yr old....I had that body myself. It was most certainly not that of a grown woman yet.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#72
The issue of whether or not that was a body of a 20 year old is not up for debate...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#75
Oh baloney....no but they still wouldnt have the correct body for a Twerk....You just dont seem to
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#76
I have to intervene here. She has the body of a 20 year old because that's how old she is...
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#51
you mock the accusation of racism, but just days ago, you claimed that two killings were racist
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#283
On the good side for Miley #3 and #6 on iTunes and broke all time 24hr Vevo record! Bangerz!
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#38
The funny thing is, the vast majority of shaming I've seen (at least anecdotally)
opiate69
Aug 2013
#35
I saw Kelly Hogan many times in Little Five points, she is great and underappreciated
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#54
Funny how Nashville gives Taylor Swift all this attention and Sara Jarosz none
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#159
It wasn't "The Mentalist", that's for sure! Now that's some wholesome television.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#45
No one, including from places like 4chan, are mocking her for being a "slut"...
Demo_Chris
Aug 2013
#65
She is being call a slut, skank, body issues,etc all over the internet while a man wouldn't be
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#68
Women have fought to be recognized as more than sex toys for hundreds of years. She erased all that
appleannie1
Aug 2013
#69
A single performer erased hundreds of years of work? I find that hard to believe.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#70
Don't you know sex is dirty? Women are supposed to consider it to be for children ONLY.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#81
Problem for Miley is she's entered a genre that isn't very well respected for one thing
davidn3600
Aug 2013
#92
Turning oneself into an object does not equal sexual self-determination.
redgreenandblue
Aug 2013
#96
It was (evidently) the collective sexism of all males since the beginning of time.
BlueStreak
Aug 2013
#253
I thought it was an awesome show, g rated for TV. I wish she would do a show with Prince!
Sunlei
Aug 2013
#119
I agree and I think the reaction was totally overblown. The act wasn't particularly good...
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#132
yeah, that pic and miley's making a fool of herself twerking poorly are exactly the same....
dionysus
Aug 2013
#268
She acts like a 12 year old at a slumber party....that was the problem for me
cbdo2007
Aug 2013
#147
Nonsense. Such hyper-sexualized behavior reinforces the view of young women as sexual objects...
Adrahil
Aug 2013
#154
"Hey, a woman did something people are considering sexy and provocative. What did you think?"
hughee99
Aug 2013
#182
Someone asked her to emerge the belly of pedobear and then dance with his minions... not a good
JCMach1
Aug 2013
#189
I would argue that she gets a pass because if an African American did what she did?
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#192
Miley has been performing with black rap stars and has been trashed on the internet for it
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#275
Ahhh I may have gotten it, is the racism regarding Miley's dry humpapooloza becasue of the
NM_Birder
Aug 2013
#240
the kinds of things that can be spun into being racist is a large number these days nt
David Krout
Aug 2013
#204