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In May, 2008, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus scandalized the morality bigots of the USA by baring her shoulder in a magazine. Read more about it in this article.
Find the home site of author Bill Allin at http://billallin.com

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antispy 13 days ago

Okay, very interesting :D

k-dawg 12 months ago

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

onlinedesign about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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

Builder about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

that pics not her at allllllllllllll

another blogger about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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 Mi...

xanadu about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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 about 1 year ago

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

another blogger about 1 year ago

i like your blogs very insightful

Builder about 1 year ago

Judi, I agree, but only to a point. If we teach our children properly then community values and mores would be well known and more standard for everyone.

It's not so much a matter of minding our own business as making sure that we fulfill our responsibilities to our community as well as to our family.

samvit about 1 year ago

People see what they have in them self. whats in the mind be sure you will be there close to the very thing, place or person.
its high time now after the so called development of the society people should do some work to develop there self, which is now nothing more then a pseudo psyche.

vikramgupta1950 about 1 year ago

gud sir

Builder about 1 year ago

Thank you dinoroy.

People who see blatant sexuality in that photo have questionable moral values themselves. Imagine what they could see in a Rorschach test. It's the viewer who puts sexuality into the picture, not the photographer.

Was Mona Lisa's smile just a "come on"?

dinoroy about 1 year ago

that's what really happend in any place elsewhere in this world today. all things seem to go wrong. there are many values which seem to be good but actually those are trying to snap us in a deepth. Many people think that Art combined with bare sexuality is a highest combination. honestly, it effects us to think nasty. well, i'm really happy for reading your writings, what a downright statement, but surely it helps me and other people a lot to keep an eye such an issue...