Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos

Miley Cyrus, Twerking, Rape Culture And A Dirty Old Man

Posted

September 4, 2013

Views

148,624

Likes

2,098

Comments

1,539

Engagement

2.45%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

"Miley Cyrus twerked. I had to look up the word since my indefatigable spell checker had no idea what I meant. I discovered from Wikipedia that twerking "involves a person, usually a woman, shaking her hips in an up-and-down bouncing motion, causing the dancer to shake, 'wobble' and 'jiggle.' " That's precisely what Cyrus did at the recent MTV Video Music Awards, for which she has been amply and justifiably criticized. She's a cheap act, no doubt about it, but for me her performance was an opportunity to discuss one of the summer's most arresting pieces of journalism — a long New Yorker account of what became known as the Steubenville Rape. Cyrus should read it.".* Jimmy Dore (TYTComedy, The Jimmy Dore Show), John Iadarola (TYT University, The Common Room), Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report), and Desi Doyen (Green News Report) break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Richard Cohen / Washington Post:

Preserve TYT as a progressive voice that challenges the establishment by becoming a member at Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth.

or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing

Join our mailing list

Like Us on Facebook:

Follow Us on Twitter

Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!)

Buy TYT Merch

Guests & Subjects Covered

Miley CyrusMTV Video Music AwardsNew YorkerSteubenville Rape CyrusThe Young Turks ReadRichard CohenWashington Post Preserve TYTSupport The Young Turks

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

Miley Cyrus, Twerking, Rape Culture And A Dirty Old Man · Cenk Uygur · Sentinel