Miley Cyrus Growing Up

Miley Cyrus, popular from her old Disney Channel show “Hannah Montana” has been getting a lot of attention lately.  It first started when she cut her hair off months ago, starting a big debate and getting a lot of attention from the media.  There was no saying why exactly she did it but many people have said different things about why they believe she did it.  Some people are saying it was because her parents were getting divorced, others saying she just felt like something new, and the rest saying it was merely for attention.  Whether she wanted the attention for it or not she sure got it, and that was just the start of things.

She was once a positive role model for kids with her Disney show, but now, not as much.  December of 2010, she was caught on video smoking out a bong.  The video went viral and eventually everyone found out about it.  Another dumb and inappropriate move she pulled was later, saying she would do a naked scene for a film.  At this time, she was not even of age to be doing this, but was still talking about it, which eventually went viral as well.  Another dumb move Miley has made is making a “slant eyed” gesture during a photo.  This move has been done by many people to imitate Asian people, but when Miley does it, a woman tries to sue her for $4 million.  Eventually, the lawsuit was thrown out of court but the stunt just showed some of Mileys immaturity.

However these things seem like they are a big deal, in actuality they really are not.  Usually whenever a star does something out of the ordinary they are immediately judged by the media, who we all know exaggerates things and does not say the full truth.  Now almost everything Miley does she is being targeted for and they are making her seem like a lot worse of person then she actually is.  For example, I bet most people did not know that Miley supports 39 different charities and foundations.  This is just one of several things that the media chooses not to focus on to portray her as not as good of a person.

Recently, the media has been targeting Mileys clothing choices and music videos.  This is yet another stunt by the media to try and portray Miley as not so good of a role model.  In her recent music video “wrecking ball”, she is shown almost completely naked swinging around on a wrecking ball.  Although this may sound like a little too much, there have been several other singers who have done things much like it.  Instead of targeting Miley, the media needs to start realizing that she is just growing up like everyone else.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/oct/04/miley-cyrus-bangerz-review

"Miley Cyrus: Bangerz – Review." The Guardian. N.p., 04 Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.