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Shut Up, Sinead

By Guerrillamom @mariaguido
I'm forty. Of course I have advice for stupid 20-year-olds like Miley Cyrus. But I keep it to myself. You know why? Because I was in my twenties once - and I was a hot mess. And I wasn't a billionaire and there wasn't the ever-present YouTube and iPhone documenting every damn mistake I made. Well, Miley made hers on national television - but whatever. I don't give two shits about Miley Cyrus. I do give a shit about older people who should know better (I'm talking to you Sinead) getting on their slut-shaming high horses and acting like they never made mistakes of their own.
Shut Up, Sinead
Sinead's letter got on my last nerve. Yeah, I know she attempted to make the "music industry" the bad guy in her letter of warning - but whatever.
Yes, I’m suggesting you don’t care for yourself. That has to change. You ought be protected as a precious young lady by anyone in your employ and anyone around you, including you. This is a dangerous world. We don’t encourage our daughters to walk around naked in it because it makes them prey for animals and less than animals, a distressing majority of whom work in the music industry and its associated media.
Ew.
I repeat, you have enough talent that you don’t need to let the music business make a prostitute of you. You shouldn’t let them make a fool of you either. Don’t think for a moment that any of them give a flying f— about you. They’re there for the money.. we’re there for the music. It has always been that way and it will always be that way. The sooner a young lady gets to know that, the sooner she can be REALLY in control. 
Does she have enough talent? Who even knows. She looked like a huge asshole on that MTV stage, but not as much of an asshole as Robin Thicke - a man approaching 40. Yes, my eyes were burning when I was watching her hump that ridiculous foam finger, but honestly, why the hell am I even watching the MTV awards anymore? I'm way too old for that crap.
All I'm saying is - shut up, Sinead. You publicly lost your damn mind a few years ago. I'm not judging you for that - I've done worse but I'm not famous so nobody cares about my past discretions (thank God). But if that experience taught you anything it should have been that fame is a bitch. And I'm here to remind you that 20-year-olds can be ignorant and ridiculous. Miley is ridiculous. The end.
And anyone disappointed that Hannah Montana is no longer an appropriate role model for their children needs to get over it. The Disney machine pumps out little role models every year. I'm sure there are tons that can take her place.

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