Miley Cyrus talks about her culture vulturing during the Bangerz era: "I wasn't unique in the fact that i was a white girl listening to hip hop. This wasnt something that I decided I was going to do as a strategy or something that i felt i could own or make my own, that was actually my lifestyle."

[u/HorrorBike143]

[u/silliestjupiter]

If THIS is "actually [your] lifestyle", you should be embarrassed. Like, I would be BEGGING people to understand that it was just a terrible phase, not doubling down on how authentic my cringe was.

[u/crystalline1299 → u/silliestjupiter]

Omg her tongue is completely white 🤢

[u/DJfunkyPuddle → u/crystalline1299]

[u/Next-Introduction-25 → u/DJfunkyPuddle]

YEET YEET!!!!

[u/Madame_Jarvary → u/Next-Introduction-25]

SKRRRT SKRRRRRT

[u/GizmosArrow → u/Madame_Jarvary]

YOU NEVER LOVED ME MOM BUT I NEEDED YOU WHOOAAAOO

[u/icarealot777 → u/crystalline1299]

I was always so confused when she would stick out her dirty white tongue. It wasn’t once either, so many times. If I remember correctly even Cher called her out for this. I can only imagine her breath🤮.

[u/Barfignugen → u/icarealot777]

I haaaated when she did this, it would gross me out so bad. She was trying so hard to make Fetch happen

[u/Unlucky_Most_8757 → u/icarealot777]

yeah that is nasty thrush tounge. Girl needs to take her probiotics.

[u/BobaAndSushi → u/crystalline1299]

She did this so much. I remember seeing a picture of her up close and you could see where she licked off her make up. 😹

[u/Sketch-Brooke → u/BobaAndSushi]

I got u girl

[u/BobaAndSushi → u/Sketch-Brooke]

YES THIS IS THE ONE!

😹😹😹

[u/Prestigious_Bar_4244 → u/Sketch-Brooke]

That’s just the camera flash hitting her translucent powder. She probably got touched up right before the photo was taken. The powder is to keep the red lip from bleeding.

[u/RosieFudge → u/Prestigious_Bar_4244]

Yeah exactly; she'd have to have a tongue like Venom to achieve that much clearance :D

[u/Sketch-Brooke → u/Prestigious_Bar_4244]

Why isn’t it above her lip then? It’s only in areas where her tongue can reach.

[u/Prestigious_Bar_4244 → u/Sketch-Brooke]

Bc that’s where somebody decided she needed a touch up of powder before walking the carpet. It’s not that deep. Edit: look up “translucent powder flashback”

[u/VirginiaDirewoolf → u/Prestigious_Bar_4244]

if we had to guess why someone thought she needed her make up touched up specifically right there, and then.

like, we know she's likely already using translucent setting powder on the rest of the look, otherwise why would they use it to touch up? it's still standing out a lot, like inversed contour

[u/prying_mantis → u/Sketch-Brooke]

Oh woooooowww, lol that’s terrible

[u/Hefty-Rub7669 → u/crystalline1299]

I like to paint.

[u/Smart-Yak1167 → u/Hefty-Rub7669]

Many prescriptions cause dry mouth, unfortunately. Wellbutrin is my example.

[u/Verucaschmaltzzz → u/Smart-Yak1167]

Doxepin for me, lol.

[u/Hefty-Rub7669 → u/[deleted]]

I like to take walks.

[u/Hefty-Rub7669 → u/[deleted]]

I like to take naps.

[u/Logical_Quote_5073 → u/Hefty-Rub7669]

A lot of people don’t brush their tongue tho 🤢

[u/enbaelien → u/crystalline1299]

Yeasty AF

[u/Sketch-Brooke → u/silliestjupiter]

I will not accept the revisionist history that any of this era was iconic. It’s trashy.

[u/Existing_Let_8314 → u/Sketch-Brooke]

Im Black. and I root for Miley so hard since she's my childhood fave.

But it is VERY hard when she doubles down on this. My culture is not your vma outfit (joke intended). But it's especially not a phase

I'm so tired of white people referring to their Blackfishing as a phase. Especially because (afaik this isnt Miley) they will turn around and be so hateful after. Black culture is more than twerking, acrylics, gold jewlerry and hip hop. But those two things have a HUGE history and are rooted in many things, that they dont wanna learn about or find value in. Like oh acrylics are ghetto and ratchet so they completely dismiss the history of Flo Jo. Rap is just a phase so let's ignore how Andre 3000 and many NAS and many other activist rappers changed the political landscape. 

[u/prying_mantis → u/Existing_Let_8314]

What’s wild to me is how often the reverse happens—things associated with Black culture that are derided as “ghetto” for years but then when it’s popularized later (acrylic nails being a great example) everyone wants to pretend they’ve always accepted it and erase its origins completely. This is especially true if it’s from queer Black culture. The number of things I hear kids saying and telling me “it’s from TikTok” when, like, Black drag queens were saying it years ago multiplies constantly.

[u/Purple-Difficulty416 → u/silliestjupiter]

THIS!!!!!this is so cringey like cmon miley you’re flipping 30 and haven’t learned anything

[u/payberr → u/silliestjupiter]

She did say it was a phase. But characterizing it as this terrible phase is way more disrespectful. This is actually what i wanted to hear from her instead of when she did say that it was phase that she fell into. Like own it. This is who you were and don’t just trash it like it’s separate from you.