'Forget Miley Cyrus, teens and tweens have moved on'
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/miley-cyrus-not-role-model-girls
This article looks at the fact that young girls no longer see Miley Cyrus as a role model and in fact look up to other singers similar to Miley's age such as Taylor Swift. The Guardian interviewed a mother who asked her 11-year old daughter who her celebrity role model was. She responded with Taylor Swift because 'she's not crazy'. The mother also speaks about her 16-year old daughter and says that both her kids watched Miley's TV show when growing up and saw her as a role model but are now 'over her'.
I believe this is a true image of young girls nowadays. While Miley has gone a wall, young teens are turning to other celebrity female role models other than Miley Cyrus who they actually can aspire to be.
'Miley Cyrus could put her tongue to better use-by speaking up for women'
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/oct/14/miley-cyrus-tongue-madonna-pop-star
The next article looks at Miley Cyrus and her 'offensive' tongue sticking out all the time. It looks at other females celebrities in the music industry such as: Rihanna, Iggy and Azealia who have also done the same to show off their 'good girl gone bad image'. The Guardian quotes the pose to be 'rude, but not actually offensive. Provocative, without being explicit. It's masturbation, under the guise of mastication'.
I agree with The Guardian as females in the music industry strike this pose to show they have matured and have grown up and are no longer the innocent girls they used to be.
'Miley Cyrus: is twerking worse than cooking meth on Breaking Bad?
My next chosen article quotes Miley herself debating about what America think is right and wrong. She compares her performance at the VMA's lyric 'molly' being bleeped out. However in Breaking Bad they show a how-to on cooking meth and kill a guy then disintegrate his body in acid. But they bleeped out the 'f' word.
I agree that the media can be very judgemental. However it will always cause controversy and people will argue that it is 'unfair'.
'Sinead O'Connor threatens to sue Miley Cyrus over mental health tweets'
The next article talks about Miley's mocking tweets on Twitter about Amanda Bynes who was at the time undergoing psychiatric treatment. Sinead O'Connor found Miley to be amusing and threatened her that he will have no choice but to being legal proceedings against her if she didn't apologise.
I believe this article did not need to go as public as it did because if Sinead O'Connor had an issue with Miley's tweets he should have contacted her personally rather than causing debates in the media. It only made the situation bigger, however people on Twitter decide to make their posts public and the social media always seems to cause disagreements.
'Forget empowered popstars-we need more riot grrrls'
The final article speaks about Miley Cyrus in a positive ways and states that 'there is nothing with making a role model out of Miley Cyrus'. It also talks about how hard it is to find a perfect/inspiring role model for teens. Stars such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift and and Miley are all talented women who don't talk about much beyond sex, love and pleasure.
I agree with this article. If young girls see Miley as a role model nowadays I find that worrying. However, other pop stars out there are not any better than Miley and all promote the same values. It is hard to find a perfect female role model in the music industry.
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