Miley Cyrus’ new look: The Wood Troll

How can I sum up Miley Cyrus in one sentence? She’s a young, scandalous, twerking hillbilly pop star, with a social drug obsession. Seriously, this girl truly is something else.

She started off as a young eight year old nicknamed “Smiley”, shadowing her father Billy Ray Cyrus’ career as a minor actress in “Doc” (2001). Soon after, Cyrus escalated to Disney’s teenage pop star living a double life as Hannah Montana. As the young angelic “Smiley” transitioned into womanhood, the barbarian spirit shredded through her Disney image to what we know now as a sexy, wild, wrecking ball that can’t be tamed.

Recently Miley Cyrus was interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine, only to reveal her adoration for weed. She claims:  “I think weed is the best drug on earth…Hollywood is a coke town, but weed is so much better. And molly, too. Those are happy drugs – social drugs. They make you want to be with friends… You’re not in a bathroom. I really don’t like coke. It’s so gross and so dark. It’s like what are you, from the Nineties? Ew.”  I found her comment on coke really amusing, the “nineties” really wasn’t that long ago, and wasn’t she born in the nineties?

I think I died a little inside when I read this. I was a Hanna Montana fanatic; I loved her personality, singing and especially her long hair. I grew up without cable, but that never stopped me from spending a lot of time at the library watching her shows. I even told my parents I wanted to be a pop singer and still be able to go to normal school! I was Hannah Montana for Halloween four years in a row. What happened to that girl from the Last Song or Lola from the movie “LOL”? My favorite pop star as a child is telling me that all these drugs that health teachers are paid to prevent us from taking, are actually good? Does she not realize is how many little girls are inspired by this frenetic exploring stage in her life?

I literally see twerking everywhere. I wanted to go to the bathroom yesterday and instead I found girls taking a video of themselves twerking in the stalls. Even as I came into the bathroom, they didn’t seem to care, and continued their abnormal dance and I just left the bathroom shaking my head in disgust. In Red River High School in North Dakota, Principal Kris Aronson views twerking as an inappropriate style of dancing, warning his students during a dance that violation of the rules would lead to be asked to leave. Instantaneously, three fourths of the whole dance decided to have their own dance in the parking lot as an act of rebellion.

I know growing up underneath the Hollywood spot lights can create a lot of pressure regarding your self –image. We all understand you’re not a little girl anymore, and don’t want to be treated like one. However, you don’t have to be twerking in white leggings or licking everything in sight, to prove that you’ve chose the party life. You don’t have to take naked videos or pictures to brand yourself as beautiful or even sexy. There’s nothing attractive about a girl dancing with a huge teddy bear on their back, or making out with manikins. You’re not cool, you’re just sick, and seriously need to rethink your priorities and principles.  There’s a clear line between appropriate and inappropriate. If we don’t try and stop this trend, people will start wearing fewer clothes. We’ll see more fake Cyrus’ in this world and ultimately a new generation twerking psycho’s. Unfortunately, it might be too late.