Dear Malia,
I’m sorry. Sorry that you can’t be yourself, go out and do normal things that other girls your age do. From a young age you have been the centre of focus for a lot of media because of who your father is. I’m pretty sure you may have found it fun at first, but now you are growing up and probably finding it harder than ever to go out and do activities that other girls take for granted.
For example, going to dance at the Cashmere Cat show at Lollapalooza.
Now, I know you were going for a good time, but the media say you were going to get ‘turnt up’, please tell me, what right do they have to do that? You are a strong woman, you are brave and intelligent, for a while, you just wanted to go out and have a good time, and be yourself, but you can’t even do that without having someone take a picture of you. The media are upset because the eldest first daughter of the president decided to drop expectations of what her duties ‘should’ be and that you ‘skipped’ the Democratic National Convention to enjoy a festival. But seriously…why do they care so much? You’re an 18 year old girl, who has no interest in doing those sorts of things, and you just want to have a good time. Why should you be stuck in a convention with grown-ups, who have had the luxury of going out and listening to some good music during their youthful years?
They got to have a fun life – it’s only right that you should too.
Why some people took to twitter to say things like this:
Or this:
Pretty much astounds me, we all know how well it went last time.
For those who don’t, let me remind you,the GOP Staffer, Elizabeth Lauten, resigned after a Facebook post that criticised both daughters of Obama on Facebook:
“Dear Sasha and Malia, I get you’re both in those awful teen years, but you’re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part you play. Then again your mother and father don’t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so I’m guessing you’re coming up a little short in the ‘good role model’ department. Nevertheless, stretch yourself. Rise to the occasion. Act like being in the White House matters to you. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar. And certainly don’t make faces during televised public events.”
This, to me, is absolutely disgusting, and yet another example of how the media influences the lives of young people, and tries to portray them in such a way that makes them seem like a deviant. This is utterly wrong.
Many people did take to Twitter and Facebook, to accuse Elizabeth for cyberbullying the girls, which led her to post this:
“I reacted to an article and quickly judged the two young ladies in a way that I would never have wanted to be judged myself as a teenager,” Lauten wrote. “After many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and re-reading my words online, I can see more clearly how hurtful my words were. Please know that these judgmental feelings truly have no place in my heart.”
Fair enough, she apologised for the rant, but the main thing to remember here, is that Malia is a teenager too, and should not be made to be older than she actually is. She is young, let her do as she pleases.
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