Tag: Lady Gaga
Too Gay To Function: “Rain On Me”
In the tradition of gay icons having songs about rain–from Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade” to Geri Halliwell remaking “It’s Raining Men” to [Read More…]
Madonna Takes on the Character of Her Truth or Dare Persona for 1990 Iteration of Maternalness
Sucking on her candy of choice in those days–a Mike and Ike–she says, “I think I have unconsciously chosen people that are emotionally crippled in [Read More…]
The Awkwardness of Being A Feminist When Someone You’ve Worked With Turns Out to Be A Predator
The precedent for women declaring themselves as feminists yet still going ahead and working with known sexual predators was most glaringly set in recent years [Read More…]
Donatella as Huckster: Designing a Leotard For Gaga That Forced Her to Wear Madonna’s Head
It’s the feud endlessly regurgitated by drag queens and anomalous straight women like myself ever since Madonna’s infamous 2012 “Look it up” comment with regard [Read More…]
Why Is There A Gaga: Five Foot Two When Truth or Dare Already Exists?
For someone who likes to stir the pot with Madonna, even going so far as to drum up viewings by including a cliffhanger snippet in [Read More…]
Lady Gaga & Starbucks: Proof that Corporate Merging Is the Only Way to Get People to Shell Out for a “Good Cause”
The current collaboration between Lady Gaga and Starbucks surprisingly has nothing to do with the corporation selling an exclusive pressing of her music (not that [Read More…]
Lady Gaga “x” Urban Outfitters: Actually the Perfect Pairing
Who has chosen to sell her ass with more gusto and carefreeness under the guise of being original than Lady Gaga? Why, Urban Outfitters, of [Read More…]
The Safe Way Is the Only Way (For Mass Approval): Why People Go “Gaga” Over Banality
The near universal praise of Lady Gaga’s February 5th performance at the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show came as something of a surprise, and, indeed [Read More…]
Not Super Bowled Over: Lady Gaga’s Patchy Halftime Performance
Though it was already to be expected that Lady Gaga wasn’t going to usurp (can’t use the word “trump” these days) any of the already [Read More…]
No Good Can Come of Texting Lady Gaga
Just when you thought Kesha’s legal battles might finally be coming to a close, her longstanding issues with Dr. Luke get stoked anew in the [Read More…]
