What Is Fame Anymore?

Today, I have a lot of disappointment inside for the reality we live in. As of now, "twerk" is in the Oxford Dictionary...literally typing those words disgusts me. Not because twerking is a terrible thing, but because of what this stands for. I admit, I occasionally go to parties, I 'turn-up', I twerk with my friends for a laugh. But that's it. We don't campaign for twerking to be a movement. A movement for what? To teach kids younger than I am that they should dance provocatively for a like on Facebook, a Revine to make it on the Best Vines page, a favorite on Twitter. Please, I am honestly here to voice my opinion that it is enough. Twerking has been around the world WAY before there was even a name for it. But why is it, that when people like Miley Cyrus begin to sponsor it, it THEN becomes a craze? (And I am not singling just her out as the sole person of my frustration, but her recent performance at the VMAs has stirred a lot of uproar.) Twerking is now being seen as a part of our culture, because celebrities make it that way. I am just bothered because as another human being, I would never promote this as something EVERYONE should be doing. Hell, if you are up with the slang of today, I know that when I twerk it's ratchet. Ratchet in every way. In other terms, it's not something you would WANT millions of people to see you doing. I am just here to clarify for all of you that we forget that celebrities are just regular human beings with a talent. Understand that I don't hate any celebrity. I respect them for their craft and originality, but realize with all your success, you have millions upon millions of people watching you. Did we forget somewhere down the road that the derivative of the word celebrity, is to celebrate? These are supposed to be celebrated people -- famous people. But what I see in front of me are people who are telling us and our youth to pop our asses in public spaces, pop a molly, allow men to exploit women. You know, I am an avid listener of all types of music and you can see me dancing to Trinidad or Blurred Lines -- ready to party. But I know, that if I were famous, or celebrated for that matter, I would not want people to associate those acts with me. Personally, I do wish to become a celebrated person. Not for the fame or the fortune, but so people can hear my voice, my story, and feel inspired. We have millions of young people today that worship people like Justin Bieber and One Direction on a scary level. But we look past it, because it's just 'childish' behavior. WRONG. We cannot forget that these people on our TV screens are human beings as well, and when you worship another HUMAN BEING, you lose your humanity. We cannot allow this budding generation to strive to be someone else. They should be taught to better themselves -- to be happy with their own talents, not someone else's. In a nutshell, I am just bothered. As someone who wants their voice to be heard around the world -- I am bothered. Being a celebrity gives you power, and now we see that you can even influence what goes in our dictionary, for EVERYONE to learn from. (And I don't mean Urban Dictionary) Being celebrated by millions should bring greater things than THIS and that's all I have to say.