Posts Tagged ‘pop’
Lady Gaga and the gay gene
Published in Weekly Worker and Red Mist, 3rd March 2011 When Lady Gaga announced in early 2011 that her next single would be called ‘Born this way’, anyone familiar with the singer’s club-conscious pop and gay-friendly sound bites knew what she had in store… Read more at Red Mist
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Tags: Born This Way, gay culture, gay gene, gay rights, homophobia, Lady Gaga, LGBT, LGBT rights, pop
Lech Walesa vs. Madonna
In his early 1980s heyday, Polish trade unionist Lech Walesa led a major strike against a corrupt regime that perpetuated something best described as a parody of socialism. Today, though, he seems to be increasingly fighting against windmills. The strictly Catholic ex-president’s latest object of objection is Madonna’s live appearance in Warsaw
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Tags: madonna, poland, pop, religion, religious fundamentalism, russia, solidarnosc, the religious right, walesa
Shakira on female empowerment
In a recent interview, the 32-year-old Latin pop star of Laundry Service fame explained the meaning behind her new single She Wolf: “She Wolf is the woman of our time”, Shakira said, “the woman who knows what she wants. The song about women feeling empowered and being able to fully express themselves”.
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Tags: charts music, dance pop, latin pop, pop, post feminism, shakira, she-wolf, soft porn, women's liberation
