Helicopter Mothers

FOXNews is reporting that parents (though they use “mothers” in the headline for maximum sensationalizing) are boycotting Miley Cyrus toys in light of her scandalous photos.

This Neil Sean writer writes: Angry parents at the Disney store in London told me that while the kids still want to buy the dolls and toys, the grown-ups are in fact banning them ... I met Miley on her visit to London and let me tell you, she is trouble and I mean trouble in the making. So grown up and so demanding ...

That’s about as substantiated as me saying that I went to a Jonas Brothers concert and approached some accompanying parents who were outraged at the falseness of the JoBros’ claim of chastity, but brought their children anyway because their children LOVE the JoBros. Oh, and that I passed Nick and Joe on the way out, and they were bitches because they didn’t stop to say hello and snap a photo. And let’s not even go there about Kevin ... he must be bitter because he doesn’t get as much attention from the girls.

BS. Who is this Neil Sean!? Why is he employed?

Though I probably wouldn’t condone Miley Cyrus if I were a parent. The difference is, I wouldn’t be in the shop buying them Hannah Montana toys, either.

The Los Angeles Times has a fascinating article on Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson’s relationship, and the media outing gay celebrities in general:

While many celebrities themselves have stopped hiding their same-sex relationships, the media have not until Lohan followed suit. Michael Musto, an openly gay columnist for the Village Voice, who himself has never engaged in that kind of self-censorship, has noticed a change. As Musto sees it, we've reached a moment in which the Lohan-Ronson pairing can simply be reported as a fact because people have, you know, eyes.

"Traditionally, the media has been as interested in closeting celebrities as the celebrities themselves have been," Musto said.

Oh, really? Perhaps The National Enquirer doesn’t count, because I’m pretty sure several celebrities or former child stars have been “forced” to come out before the tabloids did it.

If this is the case, what does make Lindsay’s case different? Is it that we, as consumers, are much more accepting of homosexual relationships than in the past? And we’re genuinely happy that Lilo finally seems to have calmed down a little? Or are we waiting on the edge of our seats for her to break up with Sam and “go back to men”? Or is it for the simple fact that we’ve been following her so very closely from her formative years and are just continuing to do so?

What I find particularly interesting is that the idea of our darling tabloid baby dating a woman is so polarizing – not in the sense that people either love it or hate it, but that people are so black-and-white about the matter. Most people seem to think, now, that she is a lesbian. Few others seem to think that she is “only” bi. Does it really matter? Or maybe what I mean is: does “it” need a label?

But perhaps that’s a question left for another time and day.

Turning back to the infuriating, New York’s Daily News with its sharp spies is reporting that at last Thursday’s Sephora Anniversary party in New York, Dina Lohan was present and hovering over her favorite cash cow. The paper writes: “Couple or not, Lindsay and Sam couldn’t have looked happier and Dina was all smiles, telling partygoers just how cute she thought the pair looked, making sure reporters were never out of earshot.”

Hey, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, right?

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