Miley Cyrus by 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w A journey into her celebrity image en-us 2020-02-25 08:23:15 UTC 2024-10-17 15:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com AKA Hannah Montana 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962209 2020-02-25 08:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962209 The 'Wild Child' 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962605 From her various feuds & disputed with fellow celebrities and also the negative media coverage surrounding her new image pin-pointed Cyrus as a 'Wild-Child' with an unpredictable personality ]]> 2020-02-25 08:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962605 acceptance & openness 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962704 There were fans, critics and artists who were accepting of Miley's new image. ]]> 2020-02-25 08:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962704 acknowledging & accepting her past. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962845 2020-02-25 08:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449962845 Miley accepts her past identities. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449963163 2020-02-25 08:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/449963163 LGBTQ community 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450001132 'A Gay Icon']]> 2020-02-25 11:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450001132 a Feminist Icon 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450001223 2020-02-25 11:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450001223 Activism 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450002924 Cyrus has used her influence and platform to speak out for oppressed groups within society and try and speak out for those who feel they have no voice.]]> 2020-02-25 11:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450002924 Sexualised Image (not acceptable) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450003323 2020-02-25 11:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450003323 The Happy Hippie Foundation (LGBTQ) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450003536 Cyrus created a non-profit organization which is dedicated to supporting the youthful LGBTQ community - which Cyrus has been very open about supporting and being a part of. The NGO was was launched in 2014 and makes it sales through the selling of merchandise and through donations. 

Their website states: 

"Our mission is to rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth and other vulnerable populations."

]]> 2020-02-25 11:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/450003536 Her Famous Family. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468972586 Miley's father Billy Ray Cyrus is a well-know country singer, most known for his single 'Achy Breaky Heart'. Therefore, Miley Cyrus has been in the limelight from a very young age. Furthermore, her exposure to the celebrity lifestyle within such a developmental phase of her life may have negatively impacted the relationship she then went on to have with her own celebrity image and career. ]]> 2020-03-21 15:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468972586 The Start of Her Career 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468972867 2020-03-21 15:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468972867 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468979430 2020-03-21 15:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468979430 2006 - 2011 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468979778 Miley Cyrus was the star of a very popular Disney Channel show called 'Hannah Montana' between 2006 and 2011. The show's success meant that Cyrus took part in 4 seasons, a movie, and 8 music albums before she retired as the character.  ]]> 2020-03-21 15:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468979778 Shaping Her 'Star Image' 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468981371 Because of the show's success - Hannah Montana had became part of Cyrus's identity and star image. It was hard to break away from this identity and as a result ended up in quite radical action for Miley to disconnect herself from this identity. ]]> 2020-03-21 15:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468981371 The Last Song (2010) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468988471 This popular teen rom-com features Miley Cyrus playing a part of a troubled teenager who reconnects with her estranged father and on this journey also finds herself falling in love with a boy, who was played by Liam Hemsworth. The movie was based on a novel written by Nicholas Sparks, a writer famous for his emotionally loaded romantic novels. ]]> 2020-03-21 15:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468988471 Her Film Career 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468993215 2020-03-21 15:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468993215 Her Television Career 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468995177 2020-03-21 15:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468995177 Fame from a Young Age 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468995842 2020-03-21 15:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468995842 'LOL' (2012) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468998758 'LOL' was a film featuring Miley Cyrus. The film came out shortly after Cyrus had left Hannah Montana. Cyrus plays the part of 'Lola', a teenager struggling to navigate her way through adolescent life, relationships, sex and trying to find out 'who she is'. The character that Cyrus plays was very different to anything that she had featured in (e.g. Hannah Montana & Te Last Song) before, and it's crude humour and more explicit content featured in the film was quite a shock to those who had known Cyrus as 'Hannah Montana' .

The film turned out to be a 'flop' amongst audiences, and perhaps this was due to Cyrus's target audience being used to a more child-friendly, loving and less crude character.]]> 2020-03-21 15:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/468998758 So Undercover (2012) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/469011194 Again, Cyrus feature is a Romantic Comedy in which she plays the part of a young, private investigator 'Molly'. The narrative of the film centres around Molly, who chooses to take on an assignment from the FBI to keep an eye on the dagger of a senator,  Alex. Molly must therefore enter the wildlife of college sororities.  

Cyrus, again plays into that younger demographic by featuring in these types of films. She plays into the image that she created for herself in her 'Hannah Montana' years.


]]> 2020-03-21 15:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/469011194 starting to break away. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/469015185 'LOL' was a turning point for Cyrus, she challenged the image she had created for herself by acting in a movie that wasn't as child-friendly as her previous work and explored more crude and explicit topic areas. ]]> 2020-03-21 15:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/469015185 Her Music Career 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472605588 2020-03-24 12:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472605588 Hannah Montana 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472606168 Miley released 8 music albums under the name of her Disney Star personality. This in turn made it difficult for Miley to establish her own identity away from that of her fictional, childish Disney persona. ]]> 2020-03-24 12:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472606168 Her Music Legacy 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472609232 The music Cyrus Produced as a teenager in many ways still resonates with her fans, who have been with her and grown up with her and her many idenities. "Party in the USA" is still loved & partied to around the World. Furthermore, songs from her time as Hanna Montana are still enjoyed and sang around the world. For example 'The Climb' is an iconic song from her time as the Disney star. 

As Miley embraces her past, she began to acknowledge her past work and - again - sing these loved songs to her fans. Also, by doing this Cyrus supports and gives back to the fans that have been with her from the start & through all her difficulties. ]]> 2020-03-24 12:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472609232 Albums released as 'Miley Cyrus" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472618773 2020-03-24 12:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472618773 Breakout (2008) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472619656 2020-03-24 12:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472619656 Can't Be Tamed (2010) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472620260 2020-03-24 12:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472620260 BANGERZ (2013) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472621034 2020-03-24 12:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472621034 Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472621770 2020-03-24 12:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472621770 Younger Now (2017) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472622842 2020-03-24 12:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472622842 She is Coming (2020) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472623300 2020-03-24 12:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472623300 Veganism 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472629581 Miley Cyrus adopted a fully vegan diet in 2014 and has since made major moves to try and promote a sustainable, ethical, vegan lifestyle.  Even though she adopted the vegan diet in 2014, she has since become more aware of the lifestyle changes that must be adopted in order to promote a vegan lifestyle. She recently opted out of wearing any fashion items derived from animals, e.g. fur, leather, silk etc. She also makes it a mission to speak openly about the changes she has made in order to encourage others to do the same. ]]> 2020-03-24 12:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/472629581 3 year break 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474634402 When Miley left her Hannah Montana / Disney career behind.

]]> 2020-03-25 14:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474634402 "a musical departure" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474641871 When Miley made a comeback in 2013, she returned with a completely new look and sound. Miley described it as a "dirty south hip-hop" and made a very clear point about feeling 'disconnected' to her earlier sound. This new sound & look that Miley had created was met with controversy. ]]> 2020-03-25 14:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474641871 The End of her Movie Career. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474662196 Nearing the end of 2012, Miley didn't feature in many more movies and TV shows as she was more focused on re-establishing her music career.

]]> 2020-03-25 14:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474662196 mixed reception 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474674819 2020-03-25 14:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474674819 .... 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474683574 "I still really can’t stand the way people keep pinning Miley’s cribbing from a wide variety of other cultures and styles as somehow evil. And, it’s not just hip-hop on this album, but country, EDM, vampy balladry, and more. This is basically what white girls in America do. Why? Because there is essentially no culture for white women in America beyond sex, daughter/wife roles, and beauty, and for some of us, that is not enough."
— Caitlin White for Consequence of Sound)
]]> 2020-03-25 14:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474683574 Feminism & Sexuality 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474689401  "Miley finds power in her sexuality, even twisting it into a goofiness and gender-subverting “dick pic” that LOLs at penis envy and porn at the same damn time." 

(Caitlin White for Consequence of Sound) ]]> 2020-03-25 14:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474689401 "Bro, she doesn’t need your permission." 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474695739 Cyrus will do whatever she wants. Both her fans, those within the music industry and star industry as well as fellow music artists know that with Miley you never know what you are going to get... ]]> 2020-03-25 14:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474695739 Collaborating Artists. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474698327 Bangerz features an array of well-know guest artist, like Britney Spears, French Montana, Future, Ludacris and Nelly. 

This shows a community of artists in support of Miley's new sound. ]]> 2020-03-25 14:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474698327 Celebrity Feuds 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474702070 2020-03-25 14:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474702070 Rejection & controversy 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474703201 2020-03-25 14:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474703201 Feminism 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474705061 This particular juncture in Miley's career saw her become an integral part of the post-feminism movement. Her overt sexual expression was greeted with a mixed response. ]]> 2020-03-25 14:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474705061 A Turn Around 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474775488 "The pop provocateur plays safe on her new album, abandoning R&B in favour of country-pop"]]> 2020-03-25 15:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474775488 Celebrity Feminism 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474801887 2020-03-25 15:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474801887 Lennox vs. Cyrus 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474809101 In her article "“Taking time between g-string cadges to educate ourselves:Sinead O’Connor, Miley Cyrus, and celebrity feminism.” Anita Brady responds to Miley Cyrus's comments surrounding her "Wrecking Ball' music video. Cyrus describes the video to her dingle as a "modern version of Sinead O'Connor's 1990 video of "Nothing Compares 2 U." Lennox responded to this comment with a critique on female celebrities and made a remark about how she was "disturbed and dismayed by the recent spare of overtly sexualised performances and videos." Lennox is critical of the marketing strategies used to promote young female celebrities because, as we know, "sex sells".

Brady also goes on to examine the feud that emerged between Sinead O'Connor which started when O'Connor urged Cyrus to reconsider her "sexual image". The "feud" resulted in a heated debate covering topics surrounding sexual agency, celebrity feminisms and contemporary media culture.

Reading: Brady, A., 2016. Taking time between g-string changes to educate ourselves: Sinéad O’Connor, Miley Cyrus, and celebrity feminism. Feminist media studies, 16(3), pp.429-444.]]> 2020-03-25 15:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474809101 A sudden shift in perspective? 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474856956 With shifting views and perspectives that surround post-feminism, Cyrus has started to become a feminist icon. This shift in perspective can be seen when comparing reactions to her work back in 2013, and the work she has produced these last couple of years.



]]> 2020-03-25 15:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474856956 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474871173 "Mother’s Daughter has everything a feminist anthem needs. A bite-back chorus, and a music video packed with female-forward activists including prominent members of the LGBT community, who barely had a voice in 2013."]]> 2020-03-25 16:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474871173 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474882766 "She brought twerking to the mainstream, she unapologetically cut her hair and she wore barely-there clothes - but was she really going insane, or was she just doing things other daren’t, and saying a massive f*ck you to the standards society holds against women?"]]> 2020-03-25 16:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474882766 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474885995 "But instead of questions being raised about her morality, we’re now seeing support from the masses, describing Mother’s Daughter and it’s video as “powerful statements” and “fierce”, despite it being in the same NSFW tone as the singer’s previous dip into being overtly feminist."]]> 2020-03-25 16:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474885995 Cyrus embraces her 'feminist' power 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474886978 2020-03-25 16:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474886978 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474888817 "In a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone, Miley acknowledged: “I know what I’m doing. I know I’m shocking you.“There’s something empowering about what I’m doing right now. Especially having “short hair don’t care.” I think it’s empowering for girls. Because there’s not one thing that defines what beauty is.”]]> 2020-03-25 16:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474888817 Lyrics "Younger Now" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474981369 "Feels like I just woke up
Like all this time I've been asleep
Even though it's not who I am
I'm not afraid of who I used to be"]]> 2020-03-25 16:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/474981369 Veganism & Feminism & Her Music. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475050028 Cyrus cleverly intertwines her multiple passions and social interests  in order to advocate for change and highlight major social issues. 

"Nothing Breaks Like a Broken Heart", a song that she released in collaboration with Mark Ronson (2018) made overt references to current political and social injustice, which was only strengthened by the music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hcJgtnm6Q). 

Furthermore, Cyrus doesn't shy away from er political and social views. At Christmas time she appeared on the "Jimmy Fallon Live" show, on which she sang the festive classic "Santa Baby". However, she made a comment about the lyrics - “I think I might need to change a few of these lyrics” ... “‘Slip a sable under the tree for me’ – do you even know what that is?” . Fallon responded with, “A sword?” to which Cyrus responded, “No, Jimmy, it’s fur and I’m vegan.”

]]> 2020-03-25 17:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475050028 Awards Won (PeTA) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475073259 Miley has even won prestigious vegan awards for her vegan activism.

"From encouraging fans to go vegan to reminding everyone to stay away from SeaWorld, today’s hottest stars are empowering young people to make kind choices."
(PETA Senior Director, Marta Holmberg).

Cyrus fell under the category of, "celebrities who are using their star power to help animals." alongside Blink 182 and her sister Noah Cyrus.




]]> 2020-03-25 17:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475073259 "Empowering" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475084130 2020-03-25 17:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475084130 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475093282 "During Miley Cyrus's Bangerz and Dead Petz days, the pop star was known for her scandalous outfits and wild performances, but she only made these power moves because it was part of who she is and embodied her self-expression."]]> 2020-03-25 17:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475093282 'Free to be Miley" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475110268 2020-03-25 17:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475110268 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475113519  “I’m singing about empowerment while I’ve got my tits out, and it’s like, 'What the f---?' But that is empowering because the other night I was playing with Joan Jett in Dallas and I was in nipple pasties, like, 'F---, maybe I shouldn't go out. These people in Dallas are going to be really offended.' And then I thought, 'No, there are people that need to see it.' They need to see a woman standing next to another chick playing guitar, f---in’ singing a rock ’n’ roll song with their tits out.”]]> 2020-03-25 17:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475113519 Social Responsibility 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475121814 "I can't drive by in my fucking Porsche and not fucking do something," she says. "I see it all day: people in their Bentleys and their Rolls and their Ubers, driving past these vets who have fought for our country, or these young women who have been raped." She pauses. "I was doing a show two nights ago, and I was wearing butterfly nipple pasties and butterfly wings. I'm standing there with my tits out, dressed like a butterfly. How the fuck is that fair? How am I so lucky?"]]> 2020-03-25 17:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475121814 Miley's Influence & Activism 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475124634 At only 22, Cyrus was using her voice and platform to speak out against political and social injustice. ]]> 2020-03-25 17:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475124634 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475127868 "Cyrus almost immediately starts talking about how she decided to become a vegan last year. She was touring the world in support of Bangerz, her platinum 2013 album, when her beloved dog, Floyd, an Alaskan Klee Kai, was mauled by a coyote. She quit consuming animal products almost immediately. She hasn't spoken much about the switch, but she says that she's finally ready to be held accountable -- to be an example."]]> 2020-03-25 17:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475127868 "she says that she's finally ready to be held accountable -- to be an example." 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475129285 2020-03-25 17:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475129285 Interplay of Elements - Contributing to her Star Image & Identity. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475130210 You can start to see how all these elements of Cyrus's life start to tie together and play into her star image. They recur throughout various forms of media and an interplay between all these different elements starts to emerge. 

It also highlights how, as Cyrus as matured, she has tried to break away broken away from the 'Disney' images by speaking out about social image & relating it back to her new image and identity. 

]]> 2020-03-25 17:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475130210 Nicki Minaj versus Miley Cyrus VMA Feud (2015) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475142596 At the 2015 VMA awards, which Miley Cyrus presented. Nicki Minaj was awarded with the Best Hip-Hop Video VMA. In her speech she took a shot at Cyrus. The on-stage dispute made global news highlights and to this day is still referred to as an uncomfortable celebrity moment. ]]> 2020-03-25 18:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475142596 Miley & Her Sexuality 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475162350 "She says she has come to consider her own sexuality -- even her own gender identification -- fluid. "I am literally open to every single thing that is consenting and doesn't involve an animal and everyone is of age. Everything that's legal, I'm down with. Yo, I'm down with any adult -- anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me," she says. "I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl."]]> 2020-03-25 18:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475162350 ... 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475165429 Throughout her 'PAPER' articles she talks openly about her own sexual discovery. ]]> 2020-03-25 18:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475165429 "Cyrus only wants to grant others the same clemency." 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475171428 2020-03-25 18:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/475171428 Hannah Montana References (Instagram) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476043835 Cyrus has recently been seen to re-post scenes of 'Hannah Montana' in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Embracing her past tv career as a comedic buffer & make her fans laugh in a time of crisis.]]> 2020-03-26 09:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476043835 Cultural Appropriation 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476046942 "the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture... this can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from disadvantaged minority culture" ]]> 2020-03-26 09:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476046942 Twerking 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476052802 2020-03-26 09:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476052802 "Miley Cyrus's twerking routine was cultural appropriation at its worst" Hadley Freeman 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476066132 2020-03-26 09:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476066132 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476071483 Cyrus was seen 'Twerking' in a 2013 video that went viral.

"a subversion of the history, complexity and meaningfulness of the black social dance and the role black females play/played in it began... The initial surge of the event—registering as the most significant trend ever on twerking in Google searches to date—masked the black communal roots of the social dance from New Orleans."

Reading: Gaunt, K.D., 2015. YouTube, twerking & you: Context collapse and the handheld co‐presence of black girls and Miley Cyrus. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 27(3), pp.244-273.]]> 2020-03-26 09:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476071483 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476076893 "a young wealthy woman from the south doing a garish imitation of black music and reducing black dancers to background fodder and black women to exaggerated sex objects." (Hadley Freeman)]]> 2020-03-26 09:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476076893 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476084103 "So like King... I have a dream that the predominantly white music world will stop reducing black music to grills and bitches and twerking"]]> 2020-03-26 10:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476084103 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476280193 "Younger Now is the sound of Cyrus, or her record company, panicking and hitting “reset”. ]]> 2020-03-26 11:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476280193 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476281218 "This is Cyrus au naturel"]]> 2020-03-26 11:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476281218 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476282124 "So the mothers of small girls can rejoice: Younger Now is a twerk-free zone."]]> 2020-03-26 11:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476282124 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476284957 "You’re tempted to conclude that the former self Cyrus is unafraid to acknowledge is Hannah Montana, rather than the grill-sporting, Molly-mentioning hellraiser of We Can’t Stop (Molly being E)" . ]]> 2020-03-26 11:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476284957 In Questioning... 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476287053 "Bangerz brought with it serious charges of cultural appropriation; as an R&B-free zone, Younger Now confirms Cyrus really was just a cultural tourist." 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/01/miley-cyrus-younger-now-review]]> 2020-03-26 11:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476287053 "No one stays the same.." 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476291056 "sings Miley Cyrus on the excellent title track of her sixth studio album, surely referring to a career of reinventions from Disney child star to Wrecking Ball-era sledgehammer licking controversies to Dead Petz' psychedelic weirdness."]]> 2020-03-26 11:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476291056 Miley Cyrus X Charli XCX as Radio1 Big Weekend. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476302334 2020-03-26 12:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476302334 "Star Reactions: BBC iPlayer". 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476309349 "On BBC iPlayer's "Star Reactions" Charli XCX responded to this event with "she's got like a glint her in her eye where you're like 'I don't know what's going to happen, but it's going to be fun'" ... to which Nick Grimshaw (The Host) responded, "Yeah, it's not unnerving, scary. It's like unnerving, good."... to which Charli replied "it's like, I don't know where we are going, but I'm coming!". ]]> 2020-03-26 12:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476309349 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476333703 Miley has a 'reputation' amongst celebrities and fans that can be seen as good or bad... but it's exciting - you don't know what se'll do next BUT she'll do whatever she wants! This definitely feeds into her star image (as a whole)]]> 2020-03-26 12:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476333703 Feeding back into her Star Image. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476337261 The idea of Cyrus being a 'Wild Child' feeds back into her star image constantly. Fans, critics, and those within the music industry are constantly interested and excited about 'what Miley will do next?' which is reflected in both her music, her performances and her online, social presence. ]]> 2020-03-26 12:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476337261 An Identity that is in Constant Flux. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476341906 2020 - "Cyrus began 2020 by teasing a ‘new era’"

]]> 2020-03-26 12:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476341906 Instagram. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476343508 Her New Year Post read... "New Hair. New Year. New Music" ]]> 2020-03-26 12:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476343508 "Genreless" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476348531 "Cyrus has been fairly consistent with her releases over the years. After 2017’s Younger Now, in which she reverted back to her country roots (and a more wholesome image), the singer revealed that she was hard at work on her next album, which she teased would be “genreless" ]]> 2020-03-26 12:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476348531 Acceptance and Reflection. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476353443 As for the new, more subtle musical style seen on her latest work, "Younger Now," Cyrus told CBS the reason for the album and song title is due, in part, to an awakening in the last few years. "I'm in a really different place," she said. "But I feel like all the people that I've ever been are just sitting right here in, you know, inside. And I feel those ways, too."]]> 2020-03-26 12:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476353443 "Miley Cyrus sings "The Climb" for the first time in 6 years and fans freak out." 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476361337 2020-03-26 12:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476361337 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476365107 2020-03-26 12:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476365107 Carpool Karaoke with James Corden 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476366708 2020-03-26 12:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476366708 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476381315 "the twerking Robin Thicke VMA's led me to the activist that I am now. I realised, if that many people were going to talk about something that I did, or something that I do then I should make it a good thing. I should make it something that can change people's lives rather than be a controversial conversation that does nothing but become a fun Halloween costume."]]> 2020-03-26 12:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476381315 Reflection on past. 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476390957 "there was something of - when I stopped doing Hannah Montana - of saying "I am no that... I want you to see who I really am!"]]> 2020-03-26 12:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476390957 "I am down to embrace it" 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476393874 "But I love that that was a part of me and that that is me and I think that I have allowed that childhood self to shine through a little more because I am not trying to run away from it and I'm down to embrace it" ... "I think everyone should embrace who they used to be because it's made us who we are now,"]]> 2020-03-26 12:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476393874 Her return to the screen (Black Mirror) 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476755819 Cyrus even made a return to the screen in a 2019 episode of Black Mirror. She played the character of 'Ashley O' in a dystopian world. ]]> 2020-03-26 15:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476755819 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476761785 2020-03-26 15:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476761785 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476762225 "The fifth season likely marks a return to straight episodic narratives, with Cyrus featured in what “Variety” called a “meta storyline” about a celebrity who undergoes a transformation to attract more fans." ]]> 2020-03-26 15:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476762225 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476767121 "Miley Cyrus herself went through a similar development, but to what extent she has become the master of her own destiny or has remained caught up in the economic machinery remains uncertain. So long as there are others involved in the artistic process, acting on their own best interests, we can never know for sure."]]> 2020-03-26 15:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476767121 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476775314 The episode set out to "target is the music industry. Ashley O does not exist; she is an artificial personality, created not by Ashley herself but by her aunt. Her songs don’t communicate what Ashley feels inside, rather what extensive market research has proven sells. The conflict between the artistic integrity of the artist and the financial interest of their producers might as well by now be regarded as one of storytelling’s most archetypal relationships, one that Brooker chose to represent literally by having Ashley’s aunt induce her into a coma, extracting songs from her head without resistance, suiting them to her own needs."]]> 2020-03-26 15:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476775314 Miley as 'Ashley O' 201270759 https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476777339 Both critics and fans have drawn out comparisons between the subject of the episode and Cyrus's own music career. It begs the question of whether Cyrus was cast for this particular reason. It is also interesting to consider whether Cyrus was aware of that and chose to be the part as a move to embrace her past self (her own 'transformation') and struggle within the music industry and her struggle to find her own place and identity within that industry. ]]> 2020-03-26 15:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201270759/9uanbwz8995w/wish/476777339