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Celeb News: Miley Cyrus is America's Worst Nightmare
Member Since: 8/10/2012
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Miley Cyrus is America's Worst Nightmare
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Miley Cyrus is America’s worst nightmare. Last night, with her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, she proved that many people in this country are still pre-occupied with ****-shaming and coded racial condescension in the context of entertainment.
Her performance of “We Can’t Stop,” a catchy and otherwise seemingly harmless pop song, that transitioned to a duet with Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” is clearly the most talked about moment of the show, but for all the wrong reasons.
Her bawdy performance, that featured Miley and other dancers twerking on stage, drew criticism as lewd, grotesque and shameful. MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski went so far as to say Cyrus “is obviously deeply troubled, deeply disturbed, clearly has confidence issues, probably eating disorder,” on Morning Joe Monday. But what exactly is so disturbing about Miley Cyrus?
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When the white, 20-year-old, former child star and daughter of a country singer goes on stage and does something that the so-called ruling classes deem unseemly, it starts a firestorm. When scores of young women across the globe take the stage to express themselves in exactly the same way at an EDM concert by Diplo, and plaster their exploits all over social networks, no one bats an eye.
By implying that Cyrus is somehow creating a minstrel act of sorts by including black dancers in her act, you are implying that there is something lesser than about such an act. As if it’s completely impossible that she simply enjoys and respects the talents of those she chooses to work with. In short, it is inherently racist to imply that there is anything wrong with anyone other than black women twerking.
So, in 2013 in America, while we celebrate a young man from Seattle for having the courage to make a song out of exploring his thoughts on sexuality as a child, and eventually coming to the conclusion that hate is stupid, Miley doesn't get such a luxury. Even though all she's doing is precisely what we’re celebrating everyone else for: being herself.
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I didn't copy and paste the entire article, but some points they made. If you want to read the entire article: http://washingtonpost.com/entertainm...4a1_story.html
But anyway I agree with some parts on this
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Member Since: 4/21/2011
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I'm not surprised, I mean she did that performance on her dad's birthday, a mess.
Edit: Mess, should have read the article first.
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Member Since: 4/4/2012
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And her stans are so happy she's the most talked about person now. Mess. 
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Member Since: 4/15/2011
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I agree about the **** shaming going a bit far, but it was really embarrassing and over the top and just not a good performance in any way.
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Get that hated promo 
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Member Since: 1/8/2012
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The problem is she is not being herself. She is lost.
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Member Since: 11/2/2010
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people need to get over it she was having fun
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by H-I-M
I'm not surprised, I mean she did that performance on her dad's birthday, a mess.
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Did you even read the article
rather than just the title 
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This article > Even if she isn't being herself which nobody knows if she is or isn't because they don't know her personally sl*t shaming is just ridiculous
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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She has two songs in the Top 5 on iTunes, do you really think she cares? 
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Ikr people keep blaming Miley and saying Robin's wife was there but it isn't like Miley forced him to do it. He participated too.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 40,566
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Like someone said before, it's the fact that before she couldn't name one Jay Z song and now she's claiming she's about that life I like her but c'mon now it's clearly a phase/act 
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Member Since: 8/28/2012
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Well said.
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Originally posted by FAN
She has two songs in the Top 5 on iTunes, do you really think she cares? |
Respect over success
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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IA with WFL, she's not being real.
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Member Since: 8/1/2008
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She might be successful but she just showed she has no sense of self-respect at all.
She's the ultimate proof of what the media is capable of and I feel sorry for her.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Keep reaching 
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Let's so how long this forced, try hard image will keep her relevant. Because with that kind of promo once she flops she will be lost.
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Member Since: 6/10/2011
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Originally posted by coddiecollins
not gaga stans come here
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Problem?
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Member Since: 5/3/2012
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Well, as they say, no publicity is bad publicity. Get that press, promo, and acclaim Miley 
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Add to this the fact that some people feel she is appropriating a certain amount of black culture without proper license and you’ve got a cauldron of ignorance and discrimination that even in 2013 is widely regarded as understandable, if not sensible. It is not.
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By implying that Cyrus is somehow creating a minstrel act of sorts by including black dancers in her act, you are implying that there is something lesser than about such an act. As if it’s completely impossible that she simply enjoys and respects the talents of those she chooses to work with. In short, it is inherently racist to imply that there is anything wrong with anyone other than black women twerking.
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She's being herself and she's having fun. People need to get over it.
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