Let mine be blogosphere comment 67 million regarding 15-year-old Miley Cyrus and the nude-but-covered photo of her that appears in the current issue of Vanity Fair. Three modest thoughts:
- A parent interviewed on Good Morning America this morning suggested that---I'm paraphrasing here---that the photo wasn't as bad as it could be...that you couldn't see the curve of Miley's back..that Annie Liebovitz is a respected photographer, etc. Huh? This is not a discussion about art and taste and nudity, this is a discussion about a 15-year-old girl who posed nude and the publication of that photo.
- The GMA segment went on to suggest that the Miley photo could serve as a teachable moment (now in the running as one of the most overused phrases of 2008). What's the teachable moment here? Fifteen year old girls shouldn't be asked to pose nude. End of lesson.
- When this story broke yesterday about the Miley photo, the Vanity Fair website apparently crashed due to overwhelming traffic. Remember people, it's not what they're selling, it's what you're buying.


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