Your post is old, but I hope the incident has done much to convince people to look into the image of Miley Cyrus (and any other media they take in) more critically. Any casual walk through the mall should’ve been enough of an indication that this pop culture phenomenon deserves more scrutiny for just what sort of image she is modeling for young girls (the very materialistic kind of image). She promotes concerts, very recently her own movie, and but a month before, her own brand of Playstation Portable. Perhaps I look at my own childhood through rose-colored glasses. But I can’t ever remember any one pop culture icon having this much influence on our choice of media consumption.

I don’t want to belabor this too much here because the truth is I’m probably a little too, shall we say, secular-oriented for this kind of blog. But I would hope people will think more critically about the media they (or their children) take in for the future. Remember, Disney is one of the biggest media companies in the United States. Their goal is, first and foremost, to sell you a product. It so happens that the flavor of the day seems to be “family friendly”. “Hannah Montana” does not exist to teach family-friendly as a value. It exists to sell family-friendly as a commodity.

“Can’t I have John Coltrane and John Piper in my iPod at the same time?”
I’ll just end this by giving my thoughts about this question, in relation to the Hannah Montana franchise. I think it’s perfectly Ok if your daughter perhaps genuinely likes to listen to some of Miley Cyrus’s music. I would get a little more worried if you find yourself buying her Miley Cyrus sneakers, Miley Cyrus backpacks, or Miley Cyrus trapper keepers. Lest you find her asking you, a few years from now, if you will buy her the latest Miley Cyrus perfume.
http://ultrafragrances.blogspot.com/2008/07/hannah-montana-perfume.html
If she lead any Hannah Montana groupies to become Vanity Fair readers, she did her job.

Forgive my long reply. But media consumption and expression of identity has been salient in my mind lately. And your post reminds me of just how dangerous I find the whole Hannah Montana franchise to be.