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Showing Original Post only (View all)So do we lament Miley [View all]
and her ability to objectify/commodify herself in this great land of ours, that the only way a young woman like her can get the cash she gets is by utilizing her sexuality to sell her person to her buying public.
Or do we celebrate her use of her sexuality to capitalize on those who would sexualize her--i.e., don't hate the player, hate the game--and see that she has played the cards dealt to her? And played them very well.
Or do we simply celebrate the freedom of a capitalistic system that allows all members to get theirs no matter how?
Or . . .
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She is trying to stay relevant, not much different than a street kid doing anything to keep going..
Tikki
Nov 2013
#8
I don't consume Miley or GAGA so I really don't care, but I have a daughter who one day
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2013
#51
Miley Cyrus might just believe that her sexuality is being exploited by some idiot using her in a
lumpy
Nov 2013
#23
People say Cyrus has a good singing voice and she apparently did well in her TV series.
lumpy
Nov 2013
#25
Josephine Baker was selling her sexuality in the 1920s. How is this different?
last1standing
Nov 2013
#28
Isn't her current career direction a reaction to the breakup with Liam Hemsworth?
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#45
I love her song Wrecking Ball. I'm so tired of all the threads saying sex is bad. I think I'm going
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#56
I was going to say why don't we just ignore her...then noted I clicked, read and, never mind. n/t
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#57
So long as the check(s) clear, I doubt she gives a shit what we do on her behalf. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#59
Where's the option for "We stop taking ourselves so god-damn seriously"?
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#62