In an interview she said her first priority was the music, not the clothing, but I'm more interested in her character as well as garb. The whole artist persona is great, I believe she has the right intentions, and is receiving excellent feedback from those who are emotionally affected. Positive or not, the feedback is part of an artist's goal--to produce a visceral reaction, and I enjoy her calmness with it all. The confidence and feeling of world domination might be due to her youth, 23 is very young, but I would like to see that as positive as well.
And yeah, this stuff isn't new. Artists have been doing it for decades. I admire her for knowing her predecessors, their intent, and building on it in her own way. The thing about clothing and fashion for me might not be the same for Gaga. She adores high fashion, I don't really care for it, but I do like how it pushes the comfort of others. This is the question: Which clothing counts as functional, fashion, bizarre? If clothing were meant to be functional, the style would be extremely limited. We'd all be dressing like tribal people of some sort. She is not doing anything wrong. Everything we wear in this industrialized society has crossed the barrier of functionality to fashion, but it becomes a part of the culture. I'm sure besides the fact of it not appeasing the eyes, the sexual connotations are ones that this fundamentalist country bug about the most.
In a society still, where sexuality and understanding of one's body is deemed as offensive or morally wrong, even though women and minorities are being granted more equality, this personally inflicted awkwardness lingers. I assume this problem will continue for generations because of residual parenting and innate guilt of truly giving in to knowing oneself entirely, especially as an adult, about one's body or sexual identity. I am sure MANY would assume, "If I learn about my sexuality, the outcome will be orgy-rific and covered with STDs and fetish-type encounters." UH, why? LOL With everything comes the need to learn balance and self control. The definitions of sex will always vary from person to person, but I want people, especially women to have their voices heard, to be comfortable to tell her partner what she wants, desires, dislikes, so he or she knows exactly how to please her. It's not a sin, it's making love. It's not filthy to know one's body and to be honest to it.
I do not advocate teenage sex, or uneducated sex. That is just plain... it's not stupid, but it's rushing before your brain is fully developed, and making choices based on emotion rather than thought.
And yeah, this stuff isn't new. Artists have been doing it for decades. I admire her for knowing her predecessors, their intent, and building on it in her own way. The thing about clothing and fashion for me might not be the same for Gaga. She adores high fashion, I don't really care for it, but I do like how it pushes the comfort of others. This is the question: Which clothing counts as functional, fashion, bizarre? If clothing were meant to be functional, the style would be extremely limited. We'd all be dressing like tribal people of some sort. She is not doing anything wrong. Everything we wear in this industrialized society has crossed the barrier of functionality to fashion, but it becomes a part of the culture. I'm sure besides the fact of it not appeasing the eyes, the sexual connotations are ones that this fundamentalist country bug about the most.
In a society still, where sexuality and understanding of one's body is deemed as offensive or morally wrong, even though women and minorities are being granted more equality, this personally inflicted awkwardness lingers. I assume this problem will continue for generations because of residual parenting and innate guilt of truly giving in to knowing oneself entirely, especially as an adult, about one's body or sexual identity. I am sure MANY would assume, "If I learn about my sexuality, the outcome will be orgy-rific and covered with STDs and fetish-type encounters." UH, why? LOL With everything comes the need to learn balance and self control. The definitions of sex will always vary from person to person, but I want people, especially women to have their voices heard, to be comfortable to tell her partner what she wants, desires, dislikes, so he or she knows exactly how to please her. It's not a sin, it's making love. It's not filthy to know one's body and to be honest to it.
I do not advocate teenage sex, or uneducated sex. That is just plain... it's not stupid, but it's rushing before your brain is fully developed, and making choices based on emotion rather than thought.
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