Nothing Miley Cyrus does is very shocking to me, but that has more to do with the fact that I’m pretty open minded and I’ve seen a lot of disturbing shit in my day. That said, if I showed these pics to my Mom I’m pretty sure she would hit me up the head and scream at me to stop showing her porn. Then I would have to explain to her who Miley Cyrus is, who Terry Richard is, and that this photoshoot was for a good ol’ fashioned magazine.
It would be easy to call this photoshoot part of some crazy antics to get far away as possible from Miley’s Hannah Montana days, but I think we can safely say that Miley’s Disney image is long dead, so what are we left with? Maybe this isn’t a show, maybe this is just Miley being Miley.
If you look at these photographs beyond their initial shock value you’re left with some important symbolism. It wasn’t too long ago that for a woman to have body hair was considered a major faux pas. Hell, some people still find pubes disgusting let alone armpit hair, but in the last few years we’ve seen a shift happen and when women Miley’s age sport body hair they’re often doing it as a political statement.
Beyond that, however, it has also become part of what is considered sexually attractive. Comedian Rob Delaney once said that he loves hairy armpits, because they look like vaginas and it’s like a little preview of what you’ll get to see if you ever have the pleasure of seeing that person naked.
Another issue that has become politically and socially important over the last few years is the idea of socially constructed gender roles. We’re born with a certain set of genitals and from that moment on society imposes upon us a specific gender, but the entire concept is a construct that in reality has nothing to do with what’s between our legs.
It’s amazing to see someone with a large fan base like Miley Cyrus get involved in gender politics, feminism, queer and trans* rights, and the sex positive movement. You might not like the way she’s doing it, but you can’t argue with the intentions behind it all.
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