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Originally Posted by kayleigh.
Vege, your last paragraph made me lol. I imagine you having kittens right now at the thought of a meat purse  |
Several!
They are very cute.
Anyhoo, here's the article about GaGa's meat purse, and it says she didn't mean disrespect to vegetarians or vegans by it (!), and:
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Lady Gaga explained later that the fleshy look -- which she repeats with a meat swimming suit on the October cover of Vogue Hommes in Japan -- 'has many interpretations.' She said, "If we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And I am not a piece of meat."
The most common theory is that her steak-powered statement referenced her support for gays in the US military and opposition to the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on homosexuals in the ranks.AFP: Critics skewer Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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So, in deference to Urban Hatemonger's earlier criticism of GaGa's artistic statements as being unclear, I must say that I would have to agree with him about this one: I had no clue that the meat outfit might be a statement for gay rights. So, Urban, you are right! And I was wrong.
Now, maybe if she'd dangled the penises and vaginas of slaughtered cows and steers all over her, the point would have been clearer (if gay rights *was* her point). That's what *I* would have done if I wanted to use meat to symbolize how people should not be discriminated against based on their genitalia. If I weren't vegan, of course. I suppose I could have still used genitalia donated from deceased fans... :/
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Originally Posted by マイケル
As a sort of interesting aside, I never really thought much of Madonna's song "Material Girl". It always struck me as a rather witless reiteration of Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend".
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Sacrilege!!! No love for "Material Girl?!" I'd say it is a cut above "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," which I think was not meant tongue-in-cheek. Since you don't like the song by GaGa's predecessor, you might like this cover of it:
YouTube - Madonna - Material Girl (Exhumed cover) 
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Originally Posted by nylonsmile
If anything, a central theme in the Fame was clearly celebrity for all. She's even discussed it herself in interviews. To blame her for 'perpetuating materialism to its utmost degree' is so dramatic and misses the point. She's hardly more responsible than many other mainstream celebrities who endorse products out the ying-yang.
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Agreed! And does Lady Gaga actually endorse any products out the ying-yang?