Take It Off/Keep It On

If you have been shocked at any entertainment news since this year's VMAs all I have to ask you is which rock have you been living under since the 80s?!

The following things are not NEW or SCANDALOUS:

• Sexualisation of the youth.
• Girls in music videos in very little clothing.
• Black girls in music videos in very little clothing.
• Men singing about 'honeys they would like to fuck'.
• Men having 'honeys they would like to fuck' in very little clothing in their music videos.
• Women being used as objects of sexual desire.
• Slut shaming.
• The fact that sex sells.
• The fact that, for whatever reason, naked ladies manage to sell.
• Women making themselves sexy.
• Women getting naked in their own music videos.
• Provocative dancing.
• Women not exactly liking the fact that they are constantly represented as 'honeys the boys would like to fuck'.
• Drugs.

Now here is a list of things that ARE new:

• The term 'twerking'

Therefore I would like to pose you all this question: 

Why, in light of recent events, is everyone so up in arms about half naked young stars who want to own their sexuality?

Madonna and Britney were at it years ago...

How has it always been perfectly OK for Rappers to dress up their music videos with half naked girls, humping cars like dogs on heat, yet it not be OK for Miley to step on stage and point a foam finger at her crotch? Literally, the whole universe reacted like she's stepped on stage and stabbed a small puppy. She was turned into a monster.

Why can Robin Thicke have naked girls in his music video but Lily Allen does it ironically and everyone seems to miss the point?

What is wrong with you, society?! What do you want from us?!

I'm glad Miley keeps taking her clothes off and sparking up in public places, I'm glad Rihanna gyrates on a giant throne and I'm glad Lily is willing to call out every person, every where who keeps trying to put women, their sexuality and their worth in boxes.

These three women, although doing very different things, are all getting at the same point. I'm gonna go ahead and say it here that yes, I think Miley has done wonders for feminism. 

Shoot me, but I do. 

Mostly  I think that the fact that being a feminist has such awful connotation is ridiculous. Essentially to be a feminist is to be a humanitarian, so why all feminist are obviously asexual, man hating lesbians is beyond me.

Some of us don't want to burn our bras because they are Agent Provocateur and they make us happy, thank you very much and good day to you sir! 

By making the choice to get on stage and do what she did, Miley simply stepped up and showed everyone that maybe, just maybe, women don't need Rap stars to undress them and get their hips moving; sometimes we like to do it for ourselves. Equally by Lily keeping her clothes on and singing the word 'bitch' over and over again whilst a group of scantily clad ladies danced about behind her, she was showing us that maybe we don't always want to take our clothes off either and that's just fine too.

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Let women take their clothes off or let women keep their clothes on.

Teach your daughters that it's THEIR choice to make and teach your sons to respect that choice.

And for the love of God, someone please tell Robin Thicke they own heels bigger than his dick.

- xo