Leave Miley alone!!!

Why do I have the feeling that's totally gonna be a Youtube video soon, if it isn't already?

Anyway, I actually do feel really sorry for Miley Cyrus, and have for quite a while. I'm not one for the whole celebrity gossip thing, but this is kind of extreme (oh who am I kidding, I read Perez Hilton twice a day). She seriously can't do anything right at this point. Every time she turns around, somebody else is calling her slutty, or a bad role model, or a future trainwreck.

Guess what? 15-year-olds are way more mature than we pretend. Kids are giving blowjobs in junior high, and having sex not long after they enter high school. A mildly suggestive picture that doesn't expose much more flesh than most red-carpet dresses? Not that bad.

Also, the thing that you have to realize is that Miley can't appeal to a younger audience forever. Her fans are all hitting puberty, and the good-girl image isn't gonna fly for long. These pictures are bad publicity for Disney, who is going to market her to children for as long as they possibly can, but they're kind of necessary for Miley (if a bit early), who's gonna need to establish a serious music/acting career if she's going to avoid falling into obscurity as soon as people discover she's a one-trick pony.

As long as she doesn't get into drugs and go crazy, I say go for it, girl.