Jessalynn Keller
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Hate to be controversial but
Hate to be controversial but that's actually not true-- if you look very far back Gaga maintained a very, very stereotypical, girl-next-door appearance. She began covering her face quite a bit farther down the road, after she was already a star. She ... -
thinking about satire and Gaga's performance of beauty
Thanks for this interesting post Madison. My quick and simple response to your question if a feminist can embrace glamour is a definite yes! But my follow up question would be what is partiularly feminist about this image? Is she indeed satirizing beauty ... -
Hi Dom, Thanks for your
Hi Dom, Thanks for your thoughts! Yes-- I find Gaga's recent shift on the feminist identity interesting (couldn't get a clip on this though!) and I'm very curious to see if she speaks on the subject in her upcoming Vanity Fair profile. I� ... -
Rethinkiing the binary...
Hi Madison, I'm not sure it's useful to create a good feminist/bad feminist binary-- I think the label of feminist is quite a bit more complex than that. My critique of Gaga centers around the rather limiting view of sexuality she puts forth-- a ... -
revisiting the image of the feminist...
Hi Suzanne, and thanks for your insightful comments! Like you, I am troubled that being a feminist is still equated with hating me. And I am somewhat disappointed that Gaga continues (continued?) to promote this idea to her fans. I am probably more troubl ... -
Femininity in feminism
Thanks for raising these important questions Kris! I'm glad you brought up the place of femininity in feminism because it's been a cause of tension in both third wave and post-feminist discussions. I think there must be room to embrace the femin ... -
A different set of questions...
I think this debate centers around the kinds of questions being asked, as well as acadmic background. While I understand that her performances have been read as "hyperfeminine drag" I don't think that's the only way to read her. Furthe ... -
Hi all! Thanks again for your
Hi all! Thanks again for your comments. Dom, I think you've raised some interesting questions in your response. I think I've been a bit misunderstood... I am by no means disregarding the importance of Butler's work to this debate (or sugges ... -
Gaga's career trajectory
Thanks for your insights Karen-- and I totally agree. Part of what makes Gaga interesting is her constantly shifting image and consequently, her sometimes contradictory remarks. So I think you're right-- looking at her career trajectory will be inter ... -
rethinking postfeminism
A final thought-- just because Gaga adopts a postfeminist rhetoric, does not necessarily mean that her work can't ever have feminist potential, or as Dom said, be viewed under the umbrella of feminist thought. I'm not sure that postfeminist mean ...