From some other site, via Jezebel:
"Noah Lindsey Cyrus & Emily Grace Reaves, with Emily's dog Bunny, pose for the cameras at Brittany Curran's Retro 50's Poolside Bash on Saturday, May 30 in Burbank sporting Juicy Couture vintage bathing suits. The two friends filmed an episode of their Noei and Ems Show at the party. So pretty!"
They are pretty. (And yes, that Cyrus.) But okay, no, seriously? For the love of JonBenet Ramsey, would someone please make Girl Power trendy again? When will Sarah McLachlan let the dogs fend for themselves and worry about the children instead? Do we need to put Ani DiFranco in a Lady Gaga costume? I've never been one for feminism as a trend or branding tool but if it can arrest this particular fall — and by "fall" I mean "WHY ARE THOSE NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRLS POSING IN SWIMSUITS ON A RED CARPET" — let's crank out some bumper stickers and dreadlock some hair! I went to the doctor…I went to the mountains…I looked to the children…I drank from the — sing it if you know it! Wait, does anyone still know it?
Argh. I've got my own theories, but you tell me, PopWatchers: How did we get here…and how can we get back? The No Doubt reunion (and the return of Stefani's tough-chick tank tops) seems like a good start. The revival of Lilith Fair has potential. Honestly, I'd even accept some Spice Girls up in here. Because LADIES. SELF RESPECT. EVEN NINE YEAR OLDS NEED SELF RESPECT.
What do you think? Is the picture above a sign of the apocalypse…or THE apocalypse?
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Yes, please dress children like children. Unless these girls are on their way to a dance recital this is just really ridiculous.
One step away from a semen stained death in a basement…
I drank from the fountain.
There’s more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line.
The less I seek my source for some definitive
the closer I am to fine.
I drank from the fountain.
There’s more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line.
The less I seek my source for some definitive
the closer I am to fine.
Ew. Saw this yesterday, and hoped it was a very bad dream. This is disgusting, it makes me afraid to have daughters someday. The Cyrus’s should be ashamed, but we all know that they’re not.
I need to start reading Jezebel. As someone with a young niece (1 year this month!) I’m very disturbed. However, I made a commitment to myself when she was born to make sure she had good, female role models in life…if it kills me.
The bad news? These girls actually exist-everywhere. The good news? For every one of them, there are 10 great girls who care about running fast and being smart (especially smarter than the boys). I’m afraid there’s little hope for girls like this until they get to college (if they get the chance) because their moms think they’re just darling. Seriously, the crazed moms create this, and the frightened, clueless girls just go along until they hit junior high/high school and everyone wants to be like them. Sigh.
The bad news? These girls actually exist-everywhere. The good news? For every one of them, there are 10 great girls who care about running fast and being smart (especially smarter than the boys). I’m afraid there’s little hope for girls like this until they get to college (if they get the chance) because their moms think they’re just darling. Seriously, the crazed moms create this, and the frightened, clueless girls just go along until they hit junior high/high school and everyone wants to be like them. Sigh.
Ugh. Honey, I shrunk Paris and Nicole…
Ugh. Honey, I shrunk Paris and Nicole…
Dear Billy Ray: Look at this photo of the little Cyrus and tell me again that you didn’t approve of those Vanity Fair photos…
Dear Billy Ray: Look at this photo of the little Cyrus and tell me again that you didn’t approve of those Vanity Fair photos…
Noah Cyrus looks very skinny. I hope she’s not starving herself.
Okay, I am raising a girl this age and let me tell you, it is tough. Every store that is affordable sells teeny tiny everything and basically women’s clothing, just downsized. You just have to be diligent and say no a lot because a lot of moms don’t see the problem. The dads tend to, but are overrided by mom. I rent a lot of girl power movies, she plays a lot of sports and we try to sway her to role models that don’t show their a%# every chance they get. She still wants the string bikini that they sell (in a size 8!!!) at Target and gets angry when she can’t wear makeup to elementary school (yes, some of them do), but like I said, I say no a lot.
Holy crapola. My daughter is not yet three, and I realized last summer that I have to buy her shorts in the boys section (unless I get her capris) because, I’m sorry, but short-shorts are not appropriate for any age. They barely covered her butt!!! And this was a size 2, people! Size 2 toddler!!!
I do my best to avoid the baby-hoochie crap, but when I do encounter it, I know that I can at least try to make it a learning experience for my daughter.
And Whitney, there are quite a few of us out there who still love Indigo Girls.
Holy crapola. My daughter is not yet three, and I realized last summer that I have to buy her shorts in the boys section (unless I get her capris) because, I’m sorry, but short-shorts are not appropriate for any age. They barely covered her butt!!! And this was a size 2, people! Size 2 toddler!!!
I do my best to avoid the baby-hoochie crap, but when I do encounter it, I know that I can at least try to make it a learning experience for my daughter.
And Whitney, there are quite a few of us out there who still love Indigo Girls.
I have a 4 year old daughter and I have a hard time finding appropriate clothing for her. I hope that the designers out there start realizing that parents don’t want their little girls looking like 16 year olds. I want her to stay a little girl for as long as possible. Even her grandma bought her a sexy little halter that I prompty put away. I’m not a prude by any means, but this is my baby!
I have a 4 year old daughter and I have a hard time finding appropriate clothing for her. I hope that the designers out there start realizing that parents don’t want their little girls looking like 16 year olds. I want her to stay a little girl for as long as possible. Even her grandma bought her a sexy little halter that I prompty put away. I’m not a prude by any means, but this is my baby!
I’m just waiting for the four horsemen to go by.
I liked it better when the preppy look was in rather than this hoochie look.
Saw this on Jezebel yesterday. Ewwwww…. Wait til you see the picture of little Cyrus drinking a Sugar Free Red Bull!! Because it’s never too early to watch your weight, right?!? And what nine-year-old doesn’t need an energy boost?!? Because putting on make-up and prancing down a red carpet is just SOOOO exhausting!! UGH!!!!!
Please don’t shoot me, because I hate the tween-hoochie look with a passion, but these girls are wearing bathing suits. And since the bathing suits are NOT bikinis and actually seem to show less skin than most little girl bathing suits, I actually approve. Now if those were normal “skirts” as opposed to bathing suit bottoms, we’d have a different issue.
Paris Hilton and company are not role models so why in the hell do parents want their kids to emulate them!!! If it was just the suits and a towel that would be great but it is the heels(girl on right), makeup, and handbags that take it to far. Raise your hand if you wanted to be Princess Leia, Pippi Long Stockings, or Wonder Woman(even had the underoos!) growing up. The 80’s were a great time to be a young girl growing up to be strong and independant based on our pop culture heroes. What do girls have today, Britney S., Lohan, the Bratz dolls and a rediculous need to preen? Barbie is even a better role model if you consider that she has been an Astronaught, Doctor, Lawyer, etc. I just prefer being a “Self Rescuing Princess”, just like my childhood idols and can only hope to influence girls to think the same.
I saw a girl of about 2 on the bus yesterday, wearing a shirt that declared that she was “born to shop.”
Sound the alarm, Whitney Pastorek! I totally agree. This has gotten way out of hand. When I was an impressionable teenager, Delores O’Riordan and Shirley Manson were our female role models.
You mean that that’s not a shop of those girls’ faces onto adult midgets’ bodies?? OH DEAR LORD KILL ME NOW
what tj said. i guess miley has gotten too old and they’re looking for a replacement?
this is the top reasons why we were so glad our little one turned out to be a boy.
All time we dont know where our children are going but we are trying to follow them.
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It’s the parents – and I’ll even go as far as to say primarily it’s the mom’s. My sister has a 4 year old daughter who is in dance class. I can’t believe the conversations she has to have with the other mom’s when it comes to costumes, make-up and unfortunately even choreography. I mean really – they can’t find appropriate dance moves for 4 year olds? No, they can’t. And these mom’s are probably the ones watching “My Super Sweet 16″ and starting the savings accounts now. It is just all about indulgence and don’t even get me started on how teen-aged girls treat each other – it’s so brutal it’s a wonder any of them make it to college.
That’s a good song by the Indigo Girls. My mom used to play their stuff in the car when I was a kid. Yeah, and that picture is scary.