Syria, Miley Cyrus, and Pumpkin Spice lattes.

Syria, Miley Cyrus, and Pumpkin Spice lattes. 

These highly unrelated subjects are the most frequent topics I hear on an every day basis.

What is wrong with our society?!

How has everyone forgotten about the very irresistible Salted Caramel Mocha? I'm very disappointed in mankind. Very, very disappointed. 

In all seriousness, I haven't made up my mind on any one of these matters. If you know me, you know I'm not one to take an immediate and definite stance on Syri-ous issues (Yes, that just happened). I prefer to do some research before taking on faith what CNN reports. However, seeing as Miley Cyrus's PR ploy is neither a serious nor world changing matter, I have decided not to take a stance at all because I do not care. 

People care because they like to occupy themselves with someone else's life instead of their own. It's a favourite past time of ours; to judge, scrutinize, and condemn others for their behaviour. What many people don't understand is that a team of genius PR masterminds have been devising, planning, and preparing for this kind of unprecedented outrage and attention for months. And, that is the most interesting part of this whole situation.

        If you can find a way to get 19 million YouTube views in 24 hours without straddling a wrecking ball naked, I'd give you a thousand dollars (I probably wouldn't, but saying so helps me make my point). 

But, these guys, they did it and they did it well! A month hasn't passed since she twerked her little butt onto the front covers of newspapers and various media outlets, and yet here she is again, licking a sledgehammer. Yum. If this doesn't wreak of a perfectly calculated PR stunt, then I don't know what does. After all, we as a society, would never commit so much of our precious time and attention to something that we couldn't wag a finger at because, let's face it, it makes us feel better about ourselves.

Now, for all the parents out there who are downright outraged that a teen actress would ever act in such an inappropriate manner, you need to stop. You suck as parents. Miley Cyrus is no longer a role model for children. In fact, Miley Cyrus has not been a role model for children for a few years now. Hannah Montana ended in 2011. That is almost 3 years ago. You need to be aware of these changing trends or risk the day your daughter starts wearing red lipstick and granny panties. Ever since she came out with a song praising the party life in the U.S.A, it was safe to say she was no longer an icon for 10 year old girls. This next point is going to be a little off topic, but I'm throwing it in regardless. Parents who think Miley Cyrus is a children's icon are probably the same parents who buy Bratz dolls for their kids. Just out of curiosity, when you're at the store buying your daughter a doll called Bratz, what pops into mind? ALL of the positive attributes of a brat? No. Nobody wants a bratty child, so why give them the opportunity to idolize one? Get it together, parents. 

Anyway, moving on...

Although, I am sure many of you think that all of this negative attention is going to somehow make Miley feel insecure and ashamed, I promise you that it will not. Miley will keep doing her thing, and she will keep doing it naked (most likely). Why you may ask? Because, she has you hooked. That's why. You hate to love her. Wrecking ball will climb the charts and the radio will inevitably overplay it to the point where is will burn a hole in your brain. You will continue to watch the video and you will most likely watch her next video. That's just the way it works and boy, does it work! Not to mention that the lyrics themselves represent self-destruction and zero self-worth in a relationship.

Just in case you have forgotten, Britney Spears sang a song about being a sexual slave and released videos either half naked or covered in christmas lights. And, we LOVED her. Soooo, as much as we claim to hate Miley, all signs point to us having more of an obsession with her bad girl image than anything else. 

I am no pro at this stuff. I don't have any special insight into the music world, but this is nothing new. We've seen it happen before and we idolized then too. The only reason this is such a hot topic is because we live in a new age of social media where everything and everyone's thoughts and opinions spread like wild fire. People love the power of self-expression and we will continue to be outraged within our 140 character limit. In my opinion, Miley Cyrus is just one smart girl. Feel free to judge and criticize, but if you secretly blast her song in the car or whistle the tune in the shower, you are quite the hypocrite and I would only assume you are in the majority. 

In the words of the Twerking queen herself; 

And we can’t stop

And we won’t stop
Can’t you see it’s we who own the night
Can’t you see it we who bout’ that life

This is really our fault. Not hers.