Photo: Mark Seliger, Marie Claire
In the September issue of Marie Claire, noted pop tart and future VMA hostess with the mostest Miley Cyrus opens up about gender fluidity, her Happy Hippie Foundation and the all mighty Taylor Swift.
Miley is easily the most interesting and, dare I say, most important pop star we have right now. While La Swift is busy collecting her famous clique-bait girlfriends and calling is feminism, Miley’s redefining the role of a pop star through her activism for the queer kids and just in the sheer amount of fucks she doesn’t give.
Cyrus, who is currently dating Victoria’s Secret model Stella Maxwell, has been nakedly honest — and just plain naked — about her sexuality and gender fluidity in the past.
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She tells Marie Claire, in reference to her body, that she feels “like a 15-year-old boy trapped in the body of a 22-year-old girl.” Dealing with her own identity informed Cyrus in creating the Happy Hippie Foundation, which raises funds and awareness for homeless and LGBT youth:
“A lot of us are born into some shit, you know what I mean? Lately, I’ve been talking a lot about my being gender-fluid and gender-neutral. And some people snarl at that. They want to judge me. People need more conventional role models, I guess. But I just don’t care to be that person.”
As far as “conventional” role models are concerned, Miley has a thought or two on what is apparently The Feminine Mystique of our generation, Tay-Tay’s “Bad Blood” video:
“I don’t get the violence revenge thing. That’s supposed to be a good example? And I’m a bad role model because I’m running around with my titties out? I’m not sure how titties are worse than guns.”
Miley Cyrus may not be the role model we want, but she’s the role model we deserve. Sure you may not agree with her running around, titties-ablazin’, but there’s something refreshing, and decidedly un-Swifty about her approach to this thing called fame:
“People in this industry think, I just gotta keep getting more money, and I’m like, What are you getting more money for? You probably couldn’t even spend it all in this lifetime. People get more famous, so that they can make their brand more famous, so that they can sell more shit, so that they can make more money. It’s a never-ending cycle. Getting more money, having more hits, being the lead in the movie—those things might stimulate you, but they don’t make you happy. I’ve experienced it all already, and I’m telling you firsthand, it doesn’t.
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“I don’t really stress too much about being out there. There’s nothing left to catch me doing. You want to hack my e-mail so you can find my nude pictures? I’ll just fucking put them up.”
Check out the rest of Miley’s interview in the September issue of Marie Claire, hitting newsstands August 18.
Les Fabian Brathwaite — can’t be tamed.
Jerie Ragsac
Just give her the attention she desperately wants so she’d shut up already!!
Peter McKinney
So brave. So outspoken. I would love for her to get a sex change operation and then come out publically to discuss the fact that the “penis” of a FtM trans person is little more than an non-functioning engorged clitoris.
Keith Perdue
I didn’t recognize her because her disgusting tongue wasn’t hanging out of her mouth…
Dave Basora
With the mentality of a two year old
Ian Reeve
i wonder if that means when she looks in the mirror she thinks “i’d hit that”
Carole Janish Wilson
Sickening ploy for attention!
Linda Hopp-Hill
Oh come on, isn’t anyone paying you enough attention ? Or haven’t you sold enough records lately? If your down and NO-ONES around you did it to your-self, with your crazy antics and over the top performances.
Glücklich
Doooooeeeees that mean she’s jillin’ off 12 times a day?
Benjamin Keith Boyd
So she does want to be justin bieber. Makes more sense now
aliengod
Look at me… look at me! Enough with this “gender-fluid” nonsense. Grow up!
Pamela Mckinney Frizzell
So what I feel like a slim gorgeous sexy 20 year old woman trapped in the body of a 48 year old fat granny lolololol. (Talking abt myself)
Melinda Kaye
cuz u have no boobs or ass ? makes sense
Dan Levin
I feel like a 25 year old millionaire football player stuck inside the body of a 28 year old broke guy. Is society going to bend itself backwards to support who I truly am?
No…?
Damn.
Cam
Oh Please, look at the trolls coming on here and attacking her. Of COURSE you hate her, because years ago she spoke out for gay marriage, and told anybody who didn’t like it that she didn’t need them as a fan and to basically f-off.
No wonder the right wingers hate this woman.
Deon Brown
When I think of how brave it was of her to have the courage to come out and say something this beautiful … I just want to vomit.
Sam Raether
Kudos to her for being herself. I may not agree with everything she says or does, but she really does seem like a good person.
electrongreen
Either way she’s still a vile human being, and her voice adds nothing to this argument and Trans gender people don’t want trash like her speaking up for them.
Cam
@electrongreen:
Of course they don’t, the trans activists seem to do nothing but attack gays, lesbians, and bisexuals rather than wasting ANY of their time attacking bigotry or the right wing.
Of course they reserve a huge amount of their hatred for drag queens, especially RuPaul.
So yes, those trans activists would never probably want somebody who showed some bravery and eloquence speaking for them. They would rather have people like Parker Molloy attacking people screaming that they should drink bleach and die. Yep, that’s sure not trashy at all.
J Alexander Steel
same miley, same
Henry Collazo Canchola
She has no clue how a 15 year old boy feels… Wet dreams, random woody’s, starting to smell, and sex sex sex(on the mind) so she’s stinky and horny.
electrongreen
Cam Cam, Bravery? From a woman that has no moral guidance? and boundaries? People who are trans want to be taken seriously, not laughed at, and with a woman that supports animal cruelty and behaves as someone who needs therapy, yet craves any form of media attention will do nothing for anyone, What is needed are positive role models, not trash, there is a difference.
Cam
@electrongreen:
Yeah Bravery, when everybody else in Hollywood is staying in the closet, and she attacks bigotry and risks her career when she was still a teenager? Nice try, but your Troll is showing through.
As for Positive roll models, you mean like Parker Molloy? The entire trans community had her back when she was only attacking gays, of course they turned on her and fired her the second she turned that ugliness on one of their own.
Apparently that is the type of roll model you mean. But nice try.
electrongreen
Cam, REGARDLESS Viley Cyrus is no role model, role models, support, pass no judgement and behave in a very different way to this two bit piece of trash,and Parker neither, and not everyone is staying in the closet, hollywood now has thousands of openly gay,bi sexual actors, who don’t need to get their tits out to support people, and achieve far more than someone people laugh at, nice tryxxx
Cam
@electrongreen:
Please give me a list of these “Thousands” of openly gay and bisexual actors and actresses. If you are going to lie about something that basic, it pretty much shows me you have a ridiculous agenda here.
You spent FAR more time attacking Cyrus, who apparently you don’t like because she sticks her tongue out, than you did on Molloy who attacked activists, and threatened violence. I think I see what matters to you.
YashaDk
I like her. She is free-spirited, does not give a fuck and acts more like a European then an uptight American.
Brian Crim
@Jerie Ragsac: FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH? WHY YES. YES WE WILL
loquesea
a lot of these comments are disgusting and as bad as the conservative, homophobic trolls in yahoo news. you may personally dislike that there’s more to the gender spectrum than what you understand, but it’s wrong to bully and insult a 22-year old who is sincerely and bravely discussing it openly.
the fact that some disapprove of her smoking pot publicly, appearing nude, being open about sexuality and then shame her for it makes them exactly as rotten as people who think gay people are disgusting for “flaunting it.”
maybe her interview wasn’t as scintillating as some “straight guy sucks off straight guy, talks about it on reddit” post, but she’s actually advancing public discourse about serious issues more than most of the other dreck that ends up on this site and certainly more than the disgusting trolls who are insulting her. there are some teenagers in some crappy parts of america who are being helped immensely by the marie claire article.
go pick on the people who make the world a less tolerant place and…LEAVE MILEY ALONE
Gene Dale Moore
a lot of 15yr old boys wish they were trapped inside Miley
Kevin J Desmond
Who cares what that trashy skanks feels, she has no shame what so ever. She’s crude disgusting and from what I understand has had more sex than most people I know. Miley if you want people to respect you then you need to respect yourself first … stop acting like a trashy skank.
SuzieRoberts
Electrongreen, I totally agree ,Cyrus makes my flesh crawl, yes she speaks up for gay people but has also chosen to work with those that support violence against them.
She isn’t an advocate for anything, only stupid people.
And as for her new foundation, Cyndi Lauper set up something similar some time ago, with out all the crap, Cyndi Lauper’s an Icon an has been fighting for equality for decades and hasn’t got her tits out every 5 mins, nor supported animal cruelty.
In the end stupid people can support what ever they want, however intelligent one’s know the difference,
As for Actors, yes more gay actors etc than ever before and your right, thousands, some people really need to read more.
It’s now great to see gay actors having lead roles and their sexuality is not even an issue, very big changes in Holywood, and all long done before Cyrus,
Felicia Edwards
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Tommysole
So what is wrong her feeling this way?
She is a cute girl with sexy feet and I feel as though she very open about her sexuality.
It is after all, her life to with as she pleases. And If she likes to show her tits and ass, go for it.
Cam
@SuzieRoberts: said…
“As for Actors, yes more gay actors etc than ever before and your right, thousands, some people really need to read more.
It’s now great to see gay actors having lead roles and their sexuality is not even an issue, very big changes in Holywood, and all long done before Cyrus,”
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And once again, a different screename with the same unsupported lie. What is your agenda?
If “THOUSANDS” of these Actors in Hollywood are out, I’ll ask you the same thing I asked your other screename. If there are so many, please provide a list of a few dozen, that shouldn’t be too hard since you claim there are thousands. Should it?
SuzieRoberts
Cam, not the same person, but I will answer,http://www.zimbio.com/Openly+Gay+Actors/articles/EzwVhL4vu5p/Coming+Out
http://www.accesshollywood.com/gay-lesbian-hollywood_gallery_711
http://likes.com/misc/biggest-gaylesbian-celebs-in-hollywood
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052534452/
The list goes on, so I’m rather bored by your answer, above, so I will move on, enjoy just a few examples of the many out gay actors, enjoy, much love Suzie xxx
Peter Cardenas
Come Out! Come Out! Whoever you are!!!
Kathleen Marquez
She can join Caitlyn the young and old it is still a free county sort of a lot lot lot of us really don’t give a bleep
Colin McCoy
I didn’t know fifteen-year-old boys liked diddling their vajayjays on stage.
Joshua Grubb
That’s a weird thing to say
Cam
@SuzieRoberts:
And once again you’re a liar, because those lists are the same ole same ole, and most of them came out AFTER Cyrus attacked her bigoted fans.
So keep on making stuff up. Oh and by the way, 10 isn’t the same as a thousand. Just thought I’d let you know.
As for you being “Bored”, yeah, that usually happens when a liar gets caught and needs a way out.
John Wadsworth
Is Miley going to do a “Bruce Jenner”?
SpunkyBunks
This is what happens when you have a famous daddy, a huge bank account, and no boundaries due to the lack of proper parenting. Her siblings are a mess, so we can assume that nobody in this family was raised right.
electrongreen
Cam,Looks like poor Cam is the liar here, So you like her, big deal, who cares, she’s still trash, Period , now move on,The real Cyrus really cares eh? So she works with people that support violence and homophobia, you win Cam, I was so wrong Cyrus is fantastic , a great role model, no hyprocrisy here, god bless her for all she has done, and continues to do, without here where would we all be?
http://www.inquisitr.com/2008279/big-sean-is-misogynistic-and-homophobic-say-princeton-students/
Bill Mountrey
She acts like a 5 year old – regardless of the gender.
xzall
I feel no need to attack her. I just wonder about her sincerity. She seems to do things for shock value. She tried nudity and near nudity and people got bored. Now she’s dating a woman. But she doesn’t show this in a natural way. Instead when she spotted a TMZ camera she proceeded to make out with her girlfriend all the while keeping an eye on the camera. Now she’s using trans speak to hint at some kind of gender dysphoria.
Is this all real? Who knows. I know we never heard about this when she was dating her boyfriend and before all the hoopla with Caitlyn Jenner. She wouldn’t be the first person to follow a trend. Faux lesbians is a thing so why not a faux transgender.
It all just seems a little fake.
jason smeds
Miley Cyrus is addicted to the camera. Almost everything she does has a camera in front of it. Without the camera, she’s almost like a lost child.
I don’t consider her an ally of the GLBT community at all. Maybe she’s an ally of that ever-present camera.
Giancarlo85
I didn’t realize so many gay Americans were so conservative. Time to get out of your shells. Miley Cyrus is tame compared to what happens in the European media and entertainment industry. Shock value? Is that what you call something that offends your sensibilities? Miley is tame. Other artists have been doing this decades ago.
sportyguy1983
She just needs to STFU
Clark35
@Jerie Ragsac: LMAO too [email protected]sportyguy1983: Seriously.
1EqualityUSA
Thanks for helping homeless LGBT youths.
Sluggo2007
Here we go! The next new show on E! will be “I am Milo.”
Cam
@electrongreen:
I love it when people make idiotic claims. Look, we get it, Trolls hate anybody pro gay so you will do whatever you can, but at least try to make a valid effort at it.
Lestar
The hate brigade has come en masse, I see. They hate her because she doesn’t play by the books and she offends their eyes. Well tough shit. She’s living her life. Carry on doing the great things you do for the homeless LGBT, Miley. You rock.
JaredNorthcutt30
And why would any gay man care about Miley’s titties a-blazin’? Isn’t that what most of ya’ll call a typical Friday night? Jesus. Cut out the slut-shaming or join Pat Robertson already.
JaredNorthcutt30
Most of the Queerty readers I should say.
JaredNorthcutt30
But yeah, keep jizzing over Zac Efron’s tits and then chew Miley Cyrus out for the same thing. That’s some progressive liberal s–t right there. Please. This ‘T’ will be over in the corner with my fellow anarchists waiting for ya’ll to get it together.
JaredNorthcutt30
Yeah, all these cisgender gay white males. I’m waiting for ya’ll to call out your fellow cisgender white gay males for ‘being trashy skanks.” I’m waiting. I’m drinking some tea. Still waiting. Your hypocrisy bores me.
philatonian
@Giancarlo85:
Like who? Name one example. One mainstream example as influential to Europe as Miley is to the U.S.
Jacob23
@JaredNorthcutt30: Oh no! We are losing the support of an angry transgender anarchist! There goes our movement! As you head for that corner, just keep walking. Walk until you are so far away we no longer have to see the tell-tale transgender face/body combo, which was the inspiration for American Horror Story.
JaredNorthcutt30
@Jacob23 Oh, you’re going to see a lot more of it. Prepare yourself.
JaredNorthcutt30
@Jacob23 What movement, by the way? Notice that this commentator didn’t address any points raised, either. If you haven’t noticed, this is 2015. #gaywhitemaleproblems….yeah, that peaked in 1995.
Way2real4yodumbass
All I’m gonna say yall ignorant asf you don’t get a damn point… yall better off as robots.. yall the same… keep watching television you should be good… There’s so much to talk about yet all you can do is talk shit about her tongue or attention wtf do you really think she wants attention at this point?? You don’t even listen to the good things she have to say your too worried looking for something new to judge her.. if you hate her so much what are u doing here why you reading this yall have serious issues but like I said keep watching TV and living on social media