Lady Gaga's Feminism
June 21, 2010 6:19 PM   Subscribe

Lady Gaga, the new Simone de Beauvoir? New York Times Opinionator blog analyzes Gaga's brand of feminism.
posted by inara (16 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I think Lady GaGa has gotten to the point where unless she can plug the BP spill we maybe don't need to hear about her for a while. Nothing personal inara it's just an ebb/flow sort of thing. -- jessamyn



 
I guess the answer to this is "no."
posted by charred husk at 6:25 PM on June 21, 2010


Lady Who-now?
posted by Kwine at 6:26 PM on June 21, 2010


No one cares.
posted by Diskeater at 6:27 PM on June 21, 2010


enough
posted by chaff at 6:27 PM on June 21, 2010 [2 favorites]


This particular plate of beans has been served too many times.
posted by wabbittwax at 6:28 PM on June 21, 2010


I am constructing an animatronic Lady GaGa robot out of Lego. Prepare yourself for the greatest collective Metafilter orgasm of all time when I link to the pics and video!
posted by Daddy-O at 6:29 PM on June 21, 2010


rah rah sim boom bah ga ga ga ga o la la!
posted by The Whelk at 6:29 PM on June 21, 2010 [1 favorite]


I am sick and tired of all these posts about Simone de Beauvoir!
posted by Sticherbeast at 6:29 PM on June 21, 2010 [8 favorites]


Flagged as Give it a Rest, Already.

Srsly, guys, this is beginning to get very spam-like.


/not Gaga-ist.
posted by darkstar at 6:30 PM on June 21, 2010


I can honestly say that - all of her music and work aside - if I never see this woman's name again, I'd be a happy man. Give us all a break, please.
posted by nevercalm at 6:30 PM on June 21, 2010


at least wait until a new album...
posted by The Whelk at 6:33 PM on June 21, 2010


I have seen this routine before.

It was back in the 1980s. The performer was named Madonna. She was an outspoken, charismatic artist with a strongly sexual persona.

Academics tried to find some sort of deep, empowering Feminist Message in her act. I guess it helped her sell some records. And it helped the academics gain a little relevance with their students. A good deal overall.

History repeats itself.
posted by jason's_planet at 6:33 PM on June 21, 2010 [1 favorite]


Why can't famous women just BE without having to embody a Theory of Women?
posted by DU at 6:33 PM on June 21, 2010 [5 favorites]


I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!

Where "snakes" = Lady Gaga posts

-and-

Where "plane" = Metafilter

-and-

Where Samuel L. Jackson = Admiral Haddock.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 6:36 PM on June 21, 2010 [1 favorite]


jason's_planet, hopefully we can do that without said commentators turning into obnoxious conservative ideologues (I'm looking at you Camille.)
posted by The Whelk at 6:37 PM on June 21, 2010 [1 favorite]


Please no more Lady GaGa posts. Until the one where she's outed as a CIA experiment to see if we can pontificate ourselves to death.
posted by GilloD at 6:37 PM on June 21, 2010 [2 favorites]


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