I suspect that I'm one of many who has wondered about all the hooplah surrounding the Miley Cyrus photos for Vanity Fair photos. I saw them and thought...meh, so what? Whether she's topless or not (those involved claim she isn't), she's not showing any of the bits or pieces the law forbids us from seeings, so what's the big deal? I saw girls her age and younger at the beach showing way more skin (and only barely covering those "forbidden bits") just last week.

The other "scandalous" photos of Miley that have been popping up on the Internet over the past few months have looked like nothing more than a teenager goofing off with her friends. I didn't see the faux lesbian kisses or sexual connotations that all the other busybodies so quickly pointed out. I saw a kid being a kid. Big deal. If she had pulled a full-on Vanessa Hudgens, that would be different (though still well within the realm of typical teenage misbehavior), but the photos have been pretty tame.

So I've ignored this non-issue and blathered on about other stuff. And then I happened across this blurb today (a New York Times blog post from April 29):

And I realized that I hadn't thought about it from the perspective of Miley being wrapped in a bed sheet looking like she just went a round in the sack. That angle didn't even occur to me - and I'm usually way ahead of the perv-curve. Either I'm off my game or I just don't have a knack for interpreting innocent (to my eyes) photos of young girls this way.

Unfortunately, now that this perspective has been mentioned...that's all I will be seeing as this photo is shoved in my face again and again by the media. Thanks, you New York Times bastards.

And in other Miley-related news, Hef is already wooing her to be the celeb-mishap-of-the-month when she turns 18.

Damn, Hef's a creepy old guy.



On a non-Miley related note, does anyone else remember the many Brooke Shields advertising campaigns, movies, etc from her childhood? She was way better looking than Miley will ever be and was posed in one sexual pose after another. Yet...there was no outcry. I guess it's a good thing she wasn't on PBS's Electric Company (or whatever the popular tween show of the day was).

I, like you, didn't see the big deal with them either. I also didn't think of the whole lolita idea with this one. I still don't have that big of an issue iwht it but can see wherer some might.

Yes, Hef is very creepy. Just watch that stupid reality show of him and the playmates. I think it is on MTV. My wife watches it and I have caught a few minutes of some of the shows. As much as Hef has done for most teen boys growing up, wathc that show just makes my skin crawl.

Another reason for the lack of uproar over Brooke's pictures could be timing. Things are different today. If she where to do that today at that age, I bet ther would be at least some bithcing about it.

Brooke was only 15 when they shot this Calvin Klein ad.




Remember Blue Lagoon?

I've never actually seen more than just short clips of it, but Brooke was 15 during that one too.


And no, I've never seen Hef's reality show. I abhor reality TV.

I hate most reality TV with a passion. If I watch any it is Survivor and Amazing Race. The rest is pure trash. And Survivor is becoming a joke. My wife watching a lot of them. It is hre guilty pleasure. I think they are pure trash and I give her shit about them all the time.

I don't think I've ever seen all of Blue Lagoon. Just the "key" clips.

HA. You should try watching Brooke Shields in "Pretty Baby".

Wow. You're right.

That is creepy.


And let us not forget Natalie Portman's role in The Leon. Man, that was beyond creepy at times.

Wow. Considering that she was 11 or 12 at the time the movie was filmed, I thought YouTube would have caught the nudity.

I was surprised, too. And I think she was actually 13 years old (the date of the film was 1978).


What's even creepier than this film is the number of Pretty baby clips on youtube.

Pedos of the world, unite! And flock to youtube!

Speaking of youtube, here's a Miley Cyrus spoof by the Ventian Princess



Man, this chick's hot. She's so hot she's making me sexist.

Oh boy, she used the Mickey ears. I predict that video will be taken down fairly quickly. Those Disney lawyers do not mess around...