There’s an online backlash brewing against the young Jenner girls, Kylie, 17, and Kendall Jenner, 18. Time Magazine compiled a list of “The 25 Most Influential Teens” sort-of in America but not necessarily, considering Malala Yousafzai and Lorde made the list. Still, the list is pretty American-teen heavy. The first daughters, Sasha and Malia, made the list, as did Chloe Moretz, Lorde, Jaden Smith, Austin Mahone and many more. You can see Time Magazine’s list here. Time cites the Jenner girls’ YA novels, clothing lines, nail polish lines and modeling careers, plus their social media profiles.

I understand why there’s a backlash against the Jenner girls and why people dislike the entire Kardashian-Jenner clan. But Time Mag didn’t make a judgment about good or bad influences, and let’s face it, the Jenner girls are bigger “celebrities” than most of the teenagers on the list. No one is saying that makes them good people or better than Malala or anything. Just that they get media coverage and thus, influence the teens and tweens. Kylie and Kendall issued a joint statement about their inclusion:

“We are so honored to be included on the Time magazine list of ‘Most Influential Teens. There are incredible teens on this list and we are so proud to be in their company.”

[From E! News]

Eh. Whatever. I still pay attention to Time’s listicles because it’s usually fun to argue about who got #1 on whatever list or whatever. But Time made the choice to not to rank the teens, which was smart. Except we’re left with the impression that Kylie Jenner is as influential as Malala. UGH.

Meanwhile, a fashion site (Polyvore) ran some analytics of internet searches and found that Kylie Kenner is the sister “on the rise” most consistently over the past two years.

PS… Just my opinion, but Kris Jenner has allowed 17-year-old Kylie to mess with her face and it’s really tragic. Kylie was a pretty girl to start with, there’s no need for the lip injections and all of that.

Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.