Comments on: The Camera Click Heard ‘Round the World http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: e http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-12193 e Thu, 08 May 2008 23:17:54 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-12193 Chiming in late. The cost of the material is irrelevant; I can't see how the fact that it's "something expensive" makes it any better. The biggest problem I have with the photo is, simply, it's ugly. She looks faintly corpse-ish, as if she'd just been pulled from the river, AND the angle of her head has managed to make this very slim, slender young lady look pudgy. My guess would be that she put herself on a (n entirely unnecessary) diet when she saw the pics. I don't see anything sexually suggestive or risque about the picture IN AND OF ITSELF. (Perhaps because, like Glinda, I've seen so, so, SO much worse that this is virtually church-going attire by comparison. Like someone else mentioned, I got WAY more heebie-jeebies from the picture of her reclining with her dad.) However, IMO, when we couple this photo with the MySpace pics of Ms. Cyrus posing all pouty in her panties (ooh, alliteration) and other attention-seeking behavior, *then* it becomes questionable. And, Maternal Mirth, good luck with that "never" thing. Goooooooood luck. Chiming in late.

The cost of the material is irrelevant; I can’t see how the fact that it’s “something expensive” makes it any better.

The biggest problem I have with the photo is, simply, it’s ugly. She looks faintly corpse-ish, as if she’d just been pulled from the river, AND the angle of her head has managed to make this very slim, slender young lady look pudgy. My guess would be that she put herself on a (n entirely unnecessary) diet when she saw the pics.

I don’t see anything sexually suggestive or risque about the picture IN AND OF ITSELF. (Perhaps because, like Glinda, I’ve seen so, so, SO much worse that this is virtually church-going attire by comparison. Like someone else mentioned, I got WAY more heebie-jeebies from the picture of her reclining with her dad.) However, IMO, when we couple this photo with the MySpace pics of Ms. Cyrus posing all pouty in her panties (ooh, alliteration) and other attention-seeking behavior, *then* it becomes questionable.

And, Maternal Mirth, good luck with that “never” thing. Goooooooood luck.

]]> By: Her Best Friend Leslie http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-12109 Her Best Friend Leslie Thu, 08 May 2008 06:24:46 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-12109 It's not a sheet. It's a shawl or something of the sort made of something expensive that I can't rermember right now. I actually think that helps a bit. Not a fan of the photo, but in regards to the 'other' photos (in which she's in a bra and jeans and there is a boy in the background).... If I ever have a daughter I will be SO proud if she is keeping her pants and bra on at age 15. It’s not a sheet. It’s a shawl or something of the sort made of something expensive that I can’t rermember right now. I actually think that helps a bit. Not a fan of the photo, but in regards to the ‘other’ photos (in which she’s in a bra and jeans and there is a boy in the background)…. If I ever have a daughter I will be SO proud if she is keeping her pants and bra on at age 15.

]]> By: JS http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11922 JS Tue, 06 May 2008 12:23:57 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11922 Sorry to steal the last word, Glinda, but I'd like to point out that these trendy clothes aren't only skimpy. They're also covered with slogans like "Naughty" and "Sexy" and "Li'l Slut" and whatever else, in glitter, across the breasts. I'm sorry, but given that teenage girls, when *dressed*, are literal walking billboards for statutory rape, I can't see much of a difference between that and Miley in a sheet looking like she just danced the horizontal mambo. Same freaking difference. Sorry to steal the last word, Glinda, but I’d like to point out that these trendy clothes aren’t only skimpy. They’re also covered with slogans like “Naughty” and “Sexy” and “Li’l Slut” and whatever else, in glitter, across the breasts. I’m sorry, but given that teenage girls, when *dressed*, are literal walking billboards for statutory rape, I can’t see much of a difference between that and Miley in a sheet looking like she just danced the horizontal mambo. Same freaking difference.

]]> By: Glinda http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11752 Glinda Mon, 05 May 2008 00:25:02 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11752 I think that parents are, and always will be, the last stop on the responsibility train. I had to throw that in, because it's my post and I MUST have the last word! Muahahaha! I think that parents are, and always will be, the last stop on the responsibility train.

I had to throw that in, because it’s my post and I MUST have the last word! Muahahaha!

]]> By: The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11714 The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog Sun, 04 May 2008 13:30:06 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11714 [...] Glinda… All these people who are screeching in outrage at the photo above of a “naked” Miley Cyrus need to step back for a second and take a deep Zen breath. [...] […] Glinda… All these people who are screeching in outrage at the photo above of a “naked” Miley Cyrus need to step back for a second and take a deep Zen breath. […]

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11459 raincoaster Thu, 01 May 2008 21:53:42 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11459 Well, I primarily blame Annie, because I long ago came to the conclusion that the parents here were a writeoff, whatever platitudes they may mouth on-camera. The whole celebrity media industry saw this coming long ago, because her outfits, makeup and behavior were getting more and more publicly "Britney-esque" and even Britney didn't post bra shots on her Myspace page at fifteen. Kids are kids, but somebody's got to be the grownup at least until they're old enough to marry a backup dancer. Well, I primarily blame Annie, because I long ago came to the conclusion that the parents here were a writeoff, whatever platitudes they may mouth on-camera. The whole celebrity media industry saw this coming long ago, because her outfits, makeup and behavior were getting more and more publicly “Britney-esque” and even Britney didn’t post bra shots on her Myspace page at fifteen. Kids are kids, but somebody’s got to be the grownup at least until they’re old enough to marry a backup dancer.

]]> By: Bellamama http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11440 Bellamama Thu, 01 May 2008 15:36:22 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11440 That, raincoaster, is what I agree with! What I don't know is who everyone is trying to blame for this. That, raincoaster, is what I agree with!
What I don’t know is who everyone is trying to blame for this.

]]> By: BigRed http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11435 BigRed Thu, 01 May 2008 14:59:28 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11435 Rain--your last posting got my attention. There is a series of Paul Mitchell (hair products) print ads that feature Mr. Mitchell and his lovely family--in one of the shots, his son (maybe 10 or 11 years old) is shirtless and wearing a snake and it bugs me that this shot creeps me out. It's just so, so, NAMBLA. I mean, it IS his son, but it gives me the same "euww!" vibe that I get from the other Vanity Fair shots of Miley reclining on her dad (who is skeevy--that soul patch, ick). I love my kids, and encourage them to be loving as well to the adults in the family, but at some point, affection can cross the line... Know what I mean? Rain–your last posting got my attention. There is a series of Paul Mitchell (hair products) print ads that feature Mr. Mitchell and his lovely family–in one of the shots, his son (maybe 10 or 11 years old) is shirtless and wearing a snake and it bugs me that this shot creeps me out. It’s just so, so, NAMBLA. I mean, it IS his son, but it gives me the same “euww!” vibe that I get from the other Vanity Fair shots of Miley reclining on her dad (who is skeevy–that soul patch, ick). I love my kids, and encourage them to be loving as well to the adults in the family, but at some point, affection can cross the line…

Know what I mean?

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11423 raincoaster Thu, 01 May 2008 11:44:31 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11423 Again I have to say, skimpy clothing isn't the issue. There is a huge divide (in etiquette and more) between underage girls who are wearing clothes, however low-cut, and those who are not wearing clothes. The biggest issue with the photograph is that it's a photo of a 15-year-old NOT wearing clothes. Little boys also walk around wearing not very much, but it's still not okay to have them pose without shorts, clutching a sheet and looking seductive. Again I have to say, skimpy clothing isn’t the issue. There is a huge divide (in etiquette and more) between underage girls who are wearing clothes, however low-cut, and those who are not wearing clothes. The biggest issue with the photograph is that it’s a photo of a 15-year-old NOT wearing clothes.

Little boys also walk around wearing not very much, but it’s still not okay to have them pose without shorts, clutching a sheet and looking seductive.

]]> By: Bellamama http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11410 Bellamama Thu, 01 May 2008 04:36:01 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/04/29/the-camera-click-heard-round-the-world/#comment-11410 gamma - I agree! It's all wrong, both what happens on the street and in front of the camera. Miley gets the rap because she shows up on the cover of a magazine. If only we did make as big a stink about the ordinary girls running around in almost nothing! Glinda - I do have to agree with you that most (if not all) of the blame lands on the parents' shoulders. But, I think that applies to your average teen as well. I know a young lady who's parents encourage her to show more skin! How can she have any kind of perspective when she's hearing it's okay from that quarter? gamma - I agree! It’s all wrong, both what happens on the street and in front of the camera. Miley gets the rap because she shows up on the cover of a magazine. If only we did make as big a stink about the ordinary girls running around in almost nothing!

Glinda - I do have to agree with you that most (if not all) of the blame lands on the parents’ shoulders. But, I think that applies to your average teen as well. I know a young lady who’s parents encourage her to show more skin! How can she have any kind of perspective when she’s hearing it’s okay from that quarter?

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