I think the "scandal" is ridiculous. I think it's partly media-manufactured, and partly mass hypocrisy - how many people let their 15 year olds, or their 12 year olds, wear makeup?

I got my period when I was 10. My mom took me to the drugstore andlet me pick out a blush and a mascara, which I thought was AWESOME. It made me feel a little bit better, anyway.

Weirdly Allyson, me too. Like, the whole story and the age and everything. And I pretty much have been wearing make-up daily, without fail, since I was in 7th grade.

I got my period when I was 16. Which meant my mother could cancel the appointment with the developmental whatever doctor. She sure wasn't keen on my evincing much sexuality up until that point.

Those shoes look potentially neat, but there's now way I'd shell out $200+¹ for a pair of shoes without getting a clearer view of the low-heeled configuration. Every single shot is similarly obscured. And the shoe I liked the most in the video doesn't seem to be for sale anyway.

¹:To be fair, I'm not spending that much on shoes, period. Not even two pairs in one.

Me three! Ten and a half. And while I didn't get to wear makeup then, I have been since 7th grade, too.

How many people read fashion magazines, where many of the models are 15 and most of them got their start by 15 even if they are 19 now?

This is totally what I was going to say. It's just because until now, Miley has had a little-girl image -- it's not that we (as a culture) don't totally sexualize 15 year olds to sell product all the freaking time.

I spent most of the morning on a semi-work-related interesting project. I guess I need to dive back into my email box now.

I think my main problem with the Miley Cyrus thing is that it sounds very like all the adults around her are making their opinions known, making it sound like she doesn't have a voice of her own. I have to say, I wish I'd had enough confidence in my body at fifteen to take semi nude shots.

I've never worn makeup though, weirdly.

I mean, the sexualized products geared towards my FOUR year old amaze me. The "makeup," the Bratz dolls, the shirts with sexy slogans and belly-baring clothes. A sexy 15 year old strikes me as refreshingly age-appropriate.

I got my period at 14.75. I owned lipstick, mascara and eyeliner by my senior year in high school, but tended to wear them on weekend evenings only. I can't remember the last time I wore any makeup now.

Oh, Miley is apologising. Who knows if those are her words, though.

Well, I have lipstick on and seven earrings. Hopefully that will appease the goddess of femininity.

It's just because until now, Miley has had a little-girl image

I don't think her image has been little girl. It's been teenager, just a less sexual version of teenager. Like, on her show, there have been plot lines about dating and who likes whom, but not much beyond kissing and cuddling. And there have been rumors that she's dating Nick Jonas, another Disney kid. (When I was sick a few months ago, I ended up watching a Hannah Montana marathon, out of lack of energy to get up off the couch and find the remote. Weird show.)

That's so weird, Sophia! Yeah, I think my mom figured if I was going to get the shittier part of growing up, I should get something I liked to even the score.