posted by [identity profile] blazingrowan.livejournal.com at 09:48am on 30/12/2009
You make a very convincing argument for the cockrock noisy sex-positivity stuff, and consider me convinced! :)

But: the disability fail stuff is quite argh. There's lots in her act that seems to be massively bombastic and attention-grabbing, *and of course fair enough because she's a performer and it's her prerogative and it's about time*, *but*, this isn't an appropriate way to get headlines, I think.

http://cripwheels.blogspot.com/2009/09/lady-gaga-and-wheelchair.html

In addition (ie. not excusing the disability fail - I'm less well-versed in the racefail btw) of course she's going to get the media leaping on her *whatever* she does. And the noisy sex-positivity is worth cheering and getting behind, as is the radical headline-grabbing (where it doesn't fail).

'If you're a pop star and you're a woman then it's much more likely that people will say your art sucks...'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dxDREaCyjE
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posted by [identity profile] prolificdiarist.livejournal.com at 11:57pm on 30/12/2009
I'm not well-versed in any of the various fails, but I found the racefail article I read recently, which you might find interesting:

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/12/22/die-already-king-kong-racism-lady-gaga-edition/

I'm with you on the yay for noisy sex-positivity. :)

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