antispy

Okay, very interesting :D

k-dawg

i mcant beive it after the world cup im gonning there to talk to her

onlinedesign

The comment was made below that the "primary market" is not tweens, but the 6 to 8 age bracket who are highly impressionable. They are. But they don't read Vanity Fair. I saw the pic when it first came out and thought "wow," "artistic," super photographer...then the "news" broke. I had to re-visit the pic to see what I was missing here. ? That age bracket who adores Miley will grow up with her. Is is okay for her to express herself and her youthful beauty in a tasteful, artistic way when her fans are older? No. Never, because she will always have a fan base of tiny-bops who will see her re-run all over television for ages to come. It's not like she was staggering out of a limo with no undergarments on. On the other hand, I suppose her parents don't want to bite the Disney that feeds them!

Kenosis23

This is another example of "killing the messenger!" Miley and her parents delivered a message about society and the truth upset some people. "Punish the messenger!" The magazine business does nothing that socity does not want; that is how they make money.

Builder

popprincess, I agree with another blogger that neither Miley nor her parents did anything wrong. There is nothing obscene in the photo. What is obscene is between the ears of the bigots who made something vulgar of something artistic. The apologies and retractions and claims of "a mistake" were insincere, at best. These are good people who created something artistic and, like many other artists in their country, were condemned for it.

another blogger

Popprincess Miey did nothing wrong, she is the victim of sick minds. Bill is trying to show this, he is concerned about the youth. Personally i think this looks like a painting of the 19th century, i see a pretty girl. (i guess that makes me a clean minded person) Be-careful popprincess the world is evil and wants to destroy the innocence of all the youth, i think its because alot of older people are just jealous they are no longer young. For the record i think the parents should of been smarter then to agree with their daughters Vanity Fair Cover...but even parents do mistakes they were probably rushed into it ...equivalent to a time share sales presentation.

LA ROCKSTAR

she said that those pics were a mistake shes very sorry so please give the poor 15 year old a break

Builder

PP, that was the picture in Vanity Fair. She doesn't look like her movie (and now television) pictures. But the photo shoot was set up by a professional photographer who wanted her to look like a woman, not a child.

LA ROCKSTAR

that pics not her at allllllllllllll

another blogger

Cory i'm sorry you have to go through all that. I'm sure its not easy to control a budding teenager, their hormones are changing and they feel a great need to fit into society. Its just too easy to blame others, i'm not saying you don't feel any responsibility about your daughters idolizing a TV person. I'm sure some good can come out of this, as we know there is a silver lining on every cloud. Take care don't get too upset to the point you forget there is hope to redirect your daughters life. Remember when we were kids growing up our parents tried to understand us too but we turned out fine. Just stay proactive as the good parent that you are.

cory2605

Well Bill, you obviously do not have a young girl who idolized Hannah Montana and looked up to her as a role model. Hannah Montana's primary market is not tweens but the 6 t 8 age bracket. This is an age when identity is a crucial stage. As a mother to a young girl this age, I was very skeptical about allowing my daughter to watch a program which focuses primarily on the life of a much older age group, no matter how innocent or the fact that the Cyrus's openly proclaimed their Christian beliefs. I just felt like the interest and concerns of a teenager are not suppose to be the same as that of a 7 and 8 year old (or 3 year old!). And I can almost see you rolling your eyes and cursing under your breath on this one.....but just as the Bible teaches us, those things we expose ourselves to visually, audibly, physically, etc. are those things we will become. However, I made a bad judgement call and relented when my daughter begged to watch Miley's show. And I enjoyed it in the beginning also along with the rest of the family. After about a year of watching the show maybe once or twice a week, my husband and I started noticing our daughter was spending less time with her books, her Barbies, her Webkinz, and only wanted to watch the Hannah Montana show, listen to her music, or talk about her with her friends. Suddenly, she would become so upset if her hair wasn't just right, or if her clothes were to 'babyish'. She changed the way she spoke and her mannerisms, right before our eyes! In talking with other Moms, I found they were having the same situation at their homes. And we were not the sort of family to even watch much T.V. or to lay around listening to music. We were always playing games, riding our bikes, as a family. In other words, her actual exposure to Miley/Hannah was minimal. When we noticed the change in her shows and that Hannahs performances and concerts were becoming more and more inappropriate, we decided it was time to cut the cord so to speak. It wasn't long after that all the blogs and youtube videos came out which showed Miley in some pretty questionable situations, particularly for a 15 year old. Grudgingly, my daughter agreed Miley/Hannah was no longer what she use to be but here we are left with an 8 year old who is struggling with her identity. She doesn't feel like she should be playing with Barbies anymore (although I can tell she sometimes misses them)and doesn't quite know where to go from here. So to sum this all up, I take responsibility in allowing my daughter to watch her program from the beginning but also hold Miley (Destiny?) along with her managers, parents, and Disney responsible for initially targeting this young before tween market, sucking them in, and then pulling a stunt like this. Any sir, you are wrong, we do not have to buy our child Vanity Fair in order for them to see the front page. They will see it in the Grocery Store, the drug store, the convenience store, etc. I truly believe that Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana and the associated managers, family are attemptin to phase out of the young girl market and seque into the older teen, young adult market, hence the photo shoot for Vanity Fair along with the change in other publicity (rapping, etc.) that Cyrus is doing. All at the expense of our young girls. Further more, if posing with a sheet is not suggestive or 'sexy' and shows less than a bathing suit.....why not pose in a bathing suit and avoid all the controversy? I think you know the answer to that, my friend.

xanadu

my children luv hannah... and i think this girl did very well 4 herself. her level of responsibility + her effort 2 put forth work cant b denied. no doubt, a controversial portrait will only add mystique + value 2 this piece of art history;) go hanna!

dinoroy

i do agree sir, community is not always about doing your business alone and let others do so, we are a part of the society, and i think we have a right to tell the people what's right and wrong through our stances, because we live in a same world, and everything happened in our around affects us mostly...well the truth is i feel sad with the girl in your story, i think it's not fully her false, always something push her to do it...

anothermember

Since impropriety lost its definition years ago it's about time someone paid attention.Nevertheless, these parents are really radical ones.

another blogger

i like your blogs very insightful