I am a prude. Tina Fey isn’t. It appears I might have to get over myself. Or hopefully by not being in the West I will be saved from this particular rite of passage.

Fey at the post-Emmy’s press conference was asked about 16-year-Miley Cyrus’s pole dance:

Fey: I only saw it on the internet. I can’t believe I have an opinion about this. I thought she was just hanging onto the pole to not fall off the ice cream cart. It didn’t seem dirty to me. It seemed like a technical safety device.

Questioner: So how do you feel about young woman, teenagers, sexualizing themselves.

Fey: I think working the pole is a rite of passage in Western culture that we can expect all our daughters to pass.

If you missed the pole dance at the US Teen Choice Awards here it is:

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