"The magazine refers to the 'topless but demure portrait' as Leibovitz's idea and quotes Cyrus as saying, 'It wasn't in a skanky way ... And you can't say no to Annie. She's so cute. She gets this puppy dog look and you're like, 'O.K.''"

Uh huh.

Is that a white rabbit in the background?

I am more revolted by Miley Cyrus referring to Annie Leibovitz as "Annie" than I am by the photograph itself.

I honestly don't think the picture is that bad. She looks gorgeous and her internet shots are much racier in my humble opinion.

@toomuchawesome: "...and it's like totally different than if I guy photographer had looked at me that way. C'mon, Annie is a girl! Of course she doesn't look at me that way! Duh!"

Are these guys doing anything that the "Hannah Montana" crew aren't already doing? Apart from the nekkidness of course.

I don't think you could consider someone who is attracted to the 15-year-old Miss Cyrus a pedophile. A pervert, sure. Or Jerry Lee Lewis.

"Grooming"? Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but roofies are faster and easier, and you always know they're working.

Actually Doucebag Donnie Deutch--he of the silver rug and occasionally resurfacing outerborough accent--has it right--it's all about marketing the brand and transitioning the kid from kid to tramp. So Annie is the pedophile? Or Graydon? Or the kid's parents?

Am I the only one who pictures Annie Leibovitz as someone who is chomping at the bit for some controversy? I mean, come on: a photographer can only take so many aesthetically perfect photographs of celebrities sprawled across a chaise longue.

First the OMG BLACK MAN AS SCARY KING KONG MAN Vogue cover, and now this! I really hope she comes up with something equally passive aggressive and self-referential for her next spread.

Maybe a pictoral of TomKat with allusions to Hitler and Eva Braun.

She's just a kid, and she looks like one. It's not even tongue-in-cheek, 16-year-old Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera sexy. People are just waiting for this girl to head down that road, and will jump at the slightest opportunity to say "it's happened! Miley's gone skank!"

And I'm sure that Graydon and Co. are feeding into it, because they will take any buzz they can get to move their magazine.

@annasballs: Or is she MOLESTING HERSELF??!?

Whoa.

I steal Vanity Fair for the articles.

When all's said and done, she's a kid who hasn't exactly had a normal childhood.

The big questions should be put to the Achy Breaky Dad.

Wow. Next thing you'll be saying is that we have a popular culture based on sexually exploiting teen-aged girls. And you'll be right.

I submit that given the right context, spin and audience, any photoshoot involving minors can look like something unseemly.

And now I'm burning all of my grammar school class photos. And pictures of my kids, nieces, nephews and my pets.

Thank you very much.

why has no one mentioned annie's sexual preferences?

@Gravy Train: Abject horror?

@gawkimo: lol.

@Mediahohoho: Hey! We sexually exploit a lot of older women, too.

@moff: That's heartening.

It would be different if Smiley Miley were remotely attractive...they're doing the best they can with what they've got.

@Gravy Train: see above. too subtle?

@Gravy Train: it's in there, gravy

But somehow, everyone's chill with that New York cover starring a tarted-up 14-year-old Taylor Momsen, wearing only her drawers, a push-up bra, and a see-through tank?

Geez, this photo is so tame. Wasn't Brooke Shields naked in Blue Lagoon at age 13, getting it on with Christopher Atkins? This photo is nothing, I'm glad she's not skankier.

@SarahHeartburn: Whom do they sexually exploit in Spain?

I entitle this piece "Monument to the Death of Free Will"

@moff: some of us even sexually exploit ourselves!

>> It would be different if Smiley Miley were remotely attractive... <<

Because then she'd be wank worthy?

Has the ever crafty porn industry weighed in on this tween phenomenon? Any parody titles along the lines of "Hannah Mounts Anus" or such?

@moff: Leave my weekend funtime activities out of this.

@gawkimo: zackly ... commenting on the attributes of a 15 yr old ...

@moff: The shame, in Spain, is mainly without aim.

@gawkimo: Bingo. She's more Ghost World, or Welcome To The Dollhouse.

You know, when my neice was 15, she went through a phase where she wanted to reposition herself as more of a sexpot. That's where her parents stepped in and said, um, no.

@Mediahohoho: But how many millions of dollars were at stake?

Uh, see the creepy old guy 'stylist' in the last two pictures? That is a pedophile.

(I'm kidding, but he does fit the stereotype.)

The "58-year-old lesbian photographer"? What does her being lesbian have to do with it?

@moff: Anything possible. Still working off a lot of steam built up during the dictatorship.

Blah blah. Stop showing me pics of the upcline. I want to see her bald haeded after back to back pregnancies w/ giant umbrella in her hand fashioned as a weapon!

Related: when is the other Spears spawn popping out the bastard baby? I feel like Zoey101's been pregnant FOREVER.

@EvidenceOfAbsence: WORD/PREACH/AMEN/RIGHT ON/TRUE DAT.

@Mediahohoho:good on them

@gravy train
I'm more freaked out that the original post Does mention AL's sexual preferences.
Cann'ae be conflating the gays and the pedophiles. Not the same thing.

Child porn.

Sidenote: so glad they changed her birth name from "Destiny Hope Cyrus." I mean, I have serious issues with the name. It just begs the question, "Does one need hope if something is destined?"

@EvidenceOfAbsence: Although, I guess the difference is that Gossip Girl isn't "aimed" at lil girls (even though you know they must be watching) and therefore we don't have Ma and Pa Disneyfied setting raging Hannah Montana bonfires or whatever.

Les bebes who watch Gossip Girl have Cool Moms who are out playing tennis or in having wine. They're like "OMG! We should get your hair cut like Jenny Humphrey! Here sweetie, do you want to sample mummy's eyeliner?"

@EvidenceOfAbsence: that's because taylor momsen is hot (unfortunately) whereas miley is just topless. true story.

@alices_list: says you

@starflygirl: "not that there's anything wrong with that"

i really can't believe all the hubbub about this. the main complaint seems to be that miley cyrus's fans are between 6-14. well, if they're the only ones interested in this girl, why is vanity fair doing a profile on her? 6-14 year olds aren't reading VF, i promise you. so the odds that these children would even be exposed to this without the obsessive, repressive media attention are extremely minimal.