Pop Culture...

My hubby and the boys took me to Target for a movie and some magazines, and they let me take a long nap. Baby Noa even slept with me. They brought me a cupcake cuz sickness means cupcakes for medicine in a child's eyes. I am feeling a bit better but it may be the cold medicine. Watching the recaps of the VMA awards on the lovely Perez Hilton site. Makes me think of swag, and moreover what I am proud of and what semi-disgusts me in our pop culture society. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are recent pop sort of icons that I feel blessed are preaching their beliefs to our youth. They make me proud. On the other hand, I caught a glimpse of Miley Cyrus...which makes me ill. 20 years old, really a cute and talented girl. And what does she do with this success? Makes herself look a slut and a fool. Sorry for the harsh words, but young girls watch her and want to be just like her. She is fumbling around on stage in inappropriate garb and thrusting everything she can. I am by no means a prude, but as a 30 something mother now I feel a bit sick in a different way than my cold. Why do we applaud artists such as Miley Cyrus? If I were her parents I would feel ashamed. Natural talent wasted on being an idiot. I am thankful artists such as Macklemore and Ryan Lewis continue to shine amidst the pop charts of losers these days. Note to Miley, you aren't Madonna.