Once upon a time—-as a teenager, thirty years ago— I thought Madonna was cool. The first concert I attended was her Who’s That Girl Tour and I found her to be fun, edgy and a commanding performer.
Now I view her as a tragic figure and think her influence on popular culture is ruinous. It’s a pity that we live in a shameless, superficial world obsessed with sex and celebrity where the number of followers you have on social media and surgically enhanced bodies are a measure of success.
And, because she’s terribly vain and lacks self knowledge, if anyone critiques her, she cries : sexism and ageism!
But, this is not a male/female thing, it’s about dignity, integrity. True artists evolve; real talent is ageless.
Madonna is a one trick pony —trading in sex and shock tactics — and desperate for attention, by any means necessary.
True ageism is for a woman, like Madonna who is 63 years old, to have her last 3 or 4 boyfriends be 20-30 years younger than she is. But she lacks the humility and depth to recognize how terrified she is of aging & plays the victim.
Okay, rant over. I’ll leave you with this pathetic picture recently posted on her Instagram account — this from a mother of 6 children…
born same year as me and I am not really sure where she tries to go with that fake bootie :)
I still respect her for being a "fake" authentic.
I wish to age more gracefully....
Rant over :)
Fake authentic is a funny coupling 🤪
Nothing wrong with aging — in exchange for the powerful gifts of youth we must surrender, we are granted different, more subtle powers.
It’s the desperation that’s cringe-worthy.
Here’s to moving through life, gracefully ✌🏼
Well said and as 'La' Mammasitta I try my Best to age gracefully!
I am proud of my lines of wisdom and experience and love to show those
She’s a weird person for sure. I can’t figure out what’s going on with her but she’s got a bit of satanic shit going on so I’m sure that’s part of it. I don’t particularly care for her or some of the other weirdos who are like her.
I mean I get it (cynically-speaking) sex sells, it makes the world go round, etc... etc.. But, all the time, shoving it down our throat, without subtly or sophistication, in her mid 60's?!? Y'know, I don't blame her, entirely, either, but the culture at large that encourages this attention-hungry narcissist. There you go, two rants for the price of one :P Happy Sunday, @cmplxty! PS - Quick, unrelated question, Mr. Crypto. I've got a little spare cash, would you recommend that I put it into: xlm, cro, vet or rsr?
Yeah I think we should resist the crap that they are trying to normalize for culture. It's not normal!
I'm honored that you think I'm smart enough for that hahaha I don't know what some of those ones are but I know I wouldn’t go with XLM, that ones a centralized scam from what I remember. One of the things I’ve been buying a little bit here and there are some of the meme coins. Shiba Inu is one that’s rocketed up in popularity and what does 10$ hurt to invest in it? If it goes to 20 you doubled your money, if it goes to shit then it’s not bad.
Another thing I just recently looked at was the “top movers” chart on coin gecko. Next 5-10$ I spend I’m going to see if I can get a little bit of one of those without much hassle, even better if the coin is available on one of the exchanges I use.
Well said, man. Echoes of Krishnamurti: it is not a sign of health to be adjusted to a sick culture.
Resist!
Thanks, for feedback on coins, I dabbled a bit with shib, dogecoin and their ilk but looking for utility.
Cheers, mate✌️
Still posting on Twitter, even though I’m still not receiving any #posh tokens @ocd :
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