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agat I am staunchly against censorship but I do has probably come to place age restrictions on them believe in boundaries. It is my job to raise my as well. Surely there is a middle ground here? daughters, not Rihanna's or Miley's – however it is MaSigh. hard to get them to pay attention to my speech on thaOn a side note, both girls have observed that the "making good choices in life" when Katy Perry is men are almost always fully-clothed in their clips... shooting whipped cream from out of her nipples! Fu Funny that. On a side note, both girls have observed Help a sista out ladies! I wonder what they will tell their daughters (should they have any)? If little Nii If little Nikki Minaj junior comes out, aged 13, in snakeskin hotpants and a crop top covered in baby oil announcing she has a date – what will Nikki Minaj Snr say? She doesn't really have a leg to stand on does she?! The biggest crime here, bes The biggest crime here, besides putting young girls under enormous pressure to be hard-bodied, shiny porn star look-a-likes, is the lack of creativity from these artists. Quite frankly it has all become very same-same. Oh she's in a white see-through singlet masturbating you say? YAYAWN. YAWN. Are the increasingly adult themes andAre the increasingly adult themes and content surrounding pop music causing my girls to grow up faster? Maybe. There is certainly a lot of evidence around at the moment to suggest that. My girls are 12 and 6, both huge music fans, and love watching music video shows. I have to supervise them – back in 90's with Video Hits and Rage that was never a problem! Sitting with my kids and having to explain why (insert pop starlet’s name here) felt the need to You can catch Em Rusciano in “Divorce – The take her clothes off in her clip has become a weekly Musical” at the Adelaide Fringe on Sat 8th March occurrence. I am a bit disappointed that I have to do (www.adelaidefringe.com.au/) and the that. Melbourne International Comedy Festival from Surely there is MaSurely there is a middle ground here? Maybe 26th March - 20th April they could all make 2 clips?? A young-person (www.comedyfestival.com.au/) friendly one and an adult version... I think the time