Miley Cyrus & Lily Allen...Today's Feminists?

I recently came across this article (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/leave-miley-and-lily-alone-the-shock-new-faces-of-feminism-8944619.html) in which the author credits artists such as Miley Cyrus and Lily Allen for perpetuating a "modern feminist manifesto." Although this article makes many good points, especially regarding how many people today believe the term feminist to have extremely negative connotations, there is nevertheless some points that I take issue with. For example, the article implies that Miley Cyrus and Lily Allen are both feminists, and to this statement I strongly disagree. The article cites Miley Cyrus' statement, "I'm one of the strongest feminists in the world because I tell women not to be scared of anything." I really think Miley has the wrong idea of what it means to be a feminist, and I especially don't believe her outrageous and frankly embarrassing behavior empowers women in anyway. I'll admit that I do like Miley's music but I find her music videos and public appearances to be extremely awkward and cringe-worthy and I never feel more empowered after watching her ridiculous performances. Based on my understanding, the central argument of feminism is equality for all and the way Miley treats minorities as stage props by no means supports this sentiment. In fact, the first line of the article reads, "She [in reference to Miley] spanked a twerking dwarf" which in itself seems to be an extremely disrespectful act that in no way supports feminist ideologies. Miley's whole obsession with twerking seems to include racist sentiment, as many of her dancers are African-American women who she either spanks at some point or dances on as if they are props. I know Miley really believes that she is forging a path for today's women but her strategy for doing so is completely wrong and it seems to me she is missing the point of feminism entirely. Lily Allen on the other hand is also being criticized for her "racist" music video due to the way it portrays African-American women as well. The major difference between Miley and Lily is that Miley does in fact use minorities as stage props while Lily uses blatant satire to take a stand against racism and sexist issues for that matter. I do consider Lily Allen a feminist figure, you can just listen to the words of her new song 'Hard Out Here' to support this, however I do not find Miley Cyrus to be in any way helping with the feminist movement. I believe the author of this article had a good intention but it was rather misplaced. Anyways I am curious if anyone agrees or disagrees with my opinion?