Monday night, urg

[cleolinda]

Kind of blech with the allergies today--mostly did fact-checking with the Cloverfield DVD (see linkspam below for more), and man, do I wish my sister could remember her Netflix password so I could get the '79 Dracula DVD for a day or two, and that's assuming it exists--so I'm just gonna move right on through:

Prince's desert reign at Coachella;

Comments

[la_petite_singe]

Oy, the Miley thing is so stupid. ONTD's been exploding over it. One minute she's saying it was fun and glamourous, and the next she's all ashamed. Frankly, I think she should just feel honored to be photographed by the incomparable Annie and STFU already, but I guess we need drama. And I think your point about it being a bedsheet is quite good; I didn't think of that before...but for heaven's sake, it's just her back. I hate that nudity = sex = dirty in this culture. :P

I also quite love that Iron Man quote. :D I can't wait for this weekend.

[phanatic]

Frankly, I think she should just feel honored to be photographed by the incomparable Annie

My first thought upon seeing it was that, for Annie, this is a really weak photograph.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I think the whole thing is ridiculous, and that the only thing more ridiculous than the outrage is Cyrus suddenly being like OH NO I AM SO SORRY AND EMBARRASSED. You weren't embarrassed when you flashed your bra--you're "embarrassed" because Disney and the parents are upset. Stick to your guns or don't fire at all.

[rahrahmah]

The thing that bothers me about the photos is....she's 15! And I'm really really tired of the hyper-sexualization of children in the media. Yeah, I DO think 15 is still a child. I'm 22, for the record. I don't know, maybe I'm totally uptight, that's a definite possibility. I know it's not like, boobs all over the place. It's "tasteful"....but it's tasteful sexuality. Can't she wait two or three years even to take her stardom to the "next level"? Why is the next level always a naked level? Why can't it ever be a talent level?

[lilgoala]

And I'm really really tired of the hyper-sexualization of children in the media.

Agreed. We already have tweens going to school dressed like hookers. Bleh.

[darth_snarky]

I think calling a 15-year-old "a child" is oversimplifying, though. At 15, I had a job, and spent the entire summer away from home (semi-supervised, but still treated a lot more like an adult than a kid). At 15-and-a-half, in most states, you can get a permit and learn to operate a vehicle. Most 15-year-olds have been through enough of puberty that they're going to have some level of sexuality, media or no.

[phanatic]

I DO think 15 is still a child.

Well, there's your problem. It's not. Here's a good article about the bad stuff that happens when you insist on pretending they are.

There's something very, very wrong with insisting on treating teenagers like children until the instant they turn 18, at which point you expect them to instantly mature and grasp all the responsibility you've denied them for the past several years. Oh, unless they commit a crime; then we'll try them as adults even if they're only 13.

[rahrahmah]

I didn't read your article, but I'll respond to your point. I don't think 15 year olds should be treated the same as 5 year olds, and then suddenly move out and be grown ups at 18 which is sort of what you're implying I want. I DO think, and no article will change my mind, having been a 15 year old recently enough to remember it pretty well, that at 15 you are not a sexually mature responsible complete person. I also don't think that encouraging our children to display "maturity" by baring their skin and implying to the 50 year old men of the world "you can totally bone my supple virgin ass" is a good idea either. I think that this whole "you are becoming an adult, lets look at you with adult eyes and adult thoughts in our adults heads" trend is disgusting. We're telling our children that unchecked sexuality is the path to maturity. We're also encouraging adults to think of children in a sexual way. I think that summer jobs, increased chores, mature discussions of sexual matter, increasingly relaxed supervision with friends, exploring

[cleolinda]

Whaaaat? A happy medium between being treated like a child too long and an adult too soon? Get out of here with your earth logic! ; )