The Media, Private Pix & Miley

I have a simple question for everyone judging 15 year old Miley Cyrus right now:
"What is a slut?"

You might laugh and think 'Woaaah, this person is really losing it. Duh. Miley is the slut.'

Wrong answer.

Look at Miley Cyrus's 'scandalous' images that you've seen, like me, probably on The Gossip Girls and tell me that you don't have pictures like that in your photobucket or file of images on your laptop, sidekick or whatever. Images either of you, or a friend or friends or maybe even friend's of friends. Basically, if you're under the age of 25 and you have peers, you'll see some girl or other with pictures like that. It's guaranteed! It's a fact!

Heck, you can be the most religious person and completely against excessive flesh exposure but you know what, it still happens despite the fact that we can argue over the morality of it.

Now would you call these people that you know sluts? I sure as hell wouldn't because guess what? I know these girls, I see them every day at school and I talk to them and I see how they function as perfectly normal members of society and it kills me to admit this but some of them are smarter then me... Boo! The difference between me and them is that they have the body to flaunt, me? Not so much!

The fact is: Miley Cyrus isn't a slut. The media is a whore and a pimp generating sluts and Miley's just another poor passerby that's been dragged into it.


The websites who are reporting these images and are posting on them and then adding distasteful and really dim-witted remarks like 'Oh, isn't Billy Ray proud?' are fucking hypocrites. I'm sorry but where I come from: if you think something is wrong (for example: behaving inappropriately in pictures) then you don't normally spread the immorality of that around for other people to see. If someone was murdered by some crazy axe-wielding person - do we really need to see the pictures of the mutilated victim? No thank you! This is just a classic example of the media getting its sick kicks from exploiting icons in the spotlight.


Do me a favour, people. Stop talking about it. If you hate Miley Cyrus, good for you, here's a round of applause and a pineapple. The more shit you talk about her, the more famous you make her.


When I first read about Vanessa Hudgen's nude pictures ordeal, I didn't even batter a single eyelid because my first thought was "Well, she's hot as hell, she's in a business where she'll be exploited and have no privacy anyway... if she didn't take nude pictures of herself, it wouldn't be long before some disgusting TMZ pap took pictures of her topless on a beach or something."

Miley took pictures considered raunchy even though she has a 'perfect tween-idol' image to keep up. Well guess what? She's a human being just like me and you with red blood just like me and you. She's a young girl just like I was when I was 15 years old and she's finding her way. Let's face it, ladies, our world is full of pressures to look a certain way. When you hit puberty, you pretty much realise (wrongly) that 'If I'm not sexy, I'm nothing'. That pretty much summed up these last few years of high school for me. Gradually everyone finds their path and their way.

One thing I despise is people comparing Miley to Vanessa Hudgens or Britney Spears. For one thing: What the hell is wrong with Vanessa Hudgens? What's so bad about being Britney Spears? They're both rich, successful women and the only downside is that the media exposes their most intimate moments; which is exactly why Britney flipped and really gave them a reality show with shock moments every time she stepped out of the house and it had disastrous consequences for her life and health. Also, the situation with Vanessa Hudgens only made her stronger. I don't think Vanessa should have even had to apologise and I hope Miley doesn't even dignify these photos with a response because it's not needed.


When people spend this much time hating celebrities and talking shit about them and exposing their flaws... you KNOW they have nothing going on in their lives to keep them entertained. But guess what? The personal lives of celebrities aren't here for your entertainment.

Miley didn't send these pictures to you: they were leaked. Vanessa didn't send these pictures to you: a ghost from her past caught up with her when she was famous and most vulnerable.


I don't care and neither should anyone else. When I flip on the news, I expect to hear about murderers being sent down for their heinous crimes and when the hell our troops are going to stop torturing themselves and the poor Iraqis and come home. I don't expect to see live 24-hour-around-the-clock surveillance of Britney Spear's house, thanks! Assholes.


EDIT: I was extremely angry writing this blog! I just read it over and realised I was really flipping out. Sorry for the excessive swearing, guys. Sometimes we all have a frustrating day - I'm no exception. MILEY FTW!