Miley Cyrus Isn't A Role Model

Everybody is ranting and raving about Miley Cyrus and her actions at the VMA awards. While I did not watch the program as it was airing I have seen the pictures and the videos and heard the song. A lot of people are saying that she is a slut, appalling, disgusting, raunchy and a horrible role model. There are also a lot of people saying that she shouldn't have performed that way because she is influencing children to behave in a promiscuous and disrespectful manner. Are you kidding me?
First off, Miley Cyrus has said repeatedly that she does not want to be a role model for children. She has also said that she is no longer Hannah Montana and that she wants a more adult and sexy image to distance herself away from her Disney Channel years. She was a child when she signed on for Hannah Montana and I'm sure that she didn't realize then that she would be labeled as a role model and a child forever because of a few years on a TV show. She isn't for anybody's child to watch anymore. She isn't trying to set an example for anyone to follow. Miley Cyrus is trying desperately to make herself into an adult only entertainer and singer. If you are so removed from your child's life that they have to look up to her then you need to reevaluate how you parent.
Further more, why is nobody upset about Robin Thicke? He was on that stage too the last time I checked. He was letting her grind and twerk on him. He was also the one singing a song that is far more disgusting and raunchy than anything that Miley Cyrus did. The whole song is about the "blurred lines" between a woman wanting sex and a man being too pushy with her. Here is a sample of the lyrics:
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talk about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
...
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me
...
He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that
So I just watch and wait for you to salute
But you didn't pick
Not many women can refuse this pimpin'
I'm a nice guy, but don't get it if you get with me
Shake the vibe, get down, get up
Do it like it hurt, like it hurt
What you don't like work?
Baby can you breathe? I got this from Jamaica
It always works for me, Dakota to Decatur, uh huh

So nobody has a problem with Robin Thicke and his lyrics and his actions? He did just as much and even more wrong than Miley Cyrus did. I think a lot of people need to look at what they're getting upset and worked up over and reevaluate. Miley Cyrus was not the only person on that stage and she was not the only one behaving sexually.
The fact is, what Miley Cyrus did was not for children. But she isn't trying to be a role model for anybody's child. She is putting herself out there as an adult and she wants to stop being looked at as a child. Everybody needs to stop trying to force that image on her and start realizing that she is now for adults only. If she wants to be sexual and explicit then let her be and ignore it if you don't like it. People need to also take a look at Robin Thicke, his song and his image if they are going to criticize her.

Minimum Wage Doesn't Mean Minimum Intelligence.

I want to address the common misconceptions about people who work for minimum wage today. As many of you know, I work at a movie theater. This is a minimum wage job and since being there I have seen more of what people think about low paying jobs than I would have ever known before I worked a minimum wage  job. A lot of people assume that anyone who is in a minimum wage position such as cashier, fast food, concessions worker, etc. are stupid, worthless, a burnout and in some cases far beneath them. A lot of this comes from the fact that most of these jobs aren't high paid and the people working their are often young. Since working at the theater I have been called an idiot, a ticket nazi, stupid and I have been told that I lack ambition; This has all been said in the three months that I have been there and most of it has been said more than once.
What the people saying this don't realize is that I'm the opposite of everything they call me. I'm in college because I want to be a movie director. I had a 3.7 GPA in high school and currently have only A's and B's in every college course I have taken. I'm in one of the top all women's schools in the country and I absolutely hate having to card people for movies. So in essence, I have a lot of ambition, I'm highly intelligent and I only card people because if I don't I could get fined for it, not because I'm a "ticket nazi." I'm a person and it does sting every time a customer insults me because of where I work. Every person that I work with is in college or has been to college as well. None of them deserve to be yelled at or called names and quite frankly I get sick of seeing it happen.
People don't realize that someone has to do the job that we do or they couldn't go to the movies. We work hard and put up with a lot and usually manage to do it with a smile. When somebody comes in angry about not being able to get their underage kids into an R rated movie or how much concessions and tickets cost they don't stop and think that that isn't our fault or that we don't control the rules or prices. We are just doing our job, the same as anyone else who wants to get a paycheck would. They also don't stop to think how they would feel if they were us or if their child was getting treated with disrespect for doing his or her job. So the next time you go in somewhere with minimum wage employees be courteous and show them respect; even if they are slow or they make a mistake. They are human and they have feelings and ambitions just like everyone else and they most likely aren't the stereotype of a minimum wage employee.