redhot Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Great article from The Guardian Hands off Madonna (and her nipples) So Madonna flashed a nipple during a performance in Istanbul. Good on her. Why shouldn't older women flaunt their stuff? Madonna performs on stage during her MDNA tour. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Oh Gawd. Madonna's at it again. By which I mean being provocative, as everyone who has given the media even a cursory glance in the past 30 years will know. She has a bit of a back history with this stuff, after all: dry humping a black Jesus in the , , saying the f word on David Letterman, hanging out on a crucifix. Now she's gone and flashed her old lady nipple. Oh, the humanity! It seems Twitter twits such as Piers Morgan think her lady-nubs might not be entirely age appropriate. Cue internet outrage, articles in the Daily Mail, angry feminist backlash, and this piece.Older women simply can't win. And despite the fact that Madonna is a veritable goddess of excellent pop campery, she is, to her detriment, also 53. Which is about the same age as my mum. Now, I'm not suggesting that my mum should start flashing people in Buckingham Waitrose, but that's because she's not a multimillion-dollar recording artist under pressure to keep things saucy. Madonna is, and if she chooses to flash her half-a-century-old nipples, by God, I defend her right to do it. If you're a middle-aged woman, it's often said that, in the eyes of the media, you are invisible. However, proponents of that theory are forgetting one key fact: the Stifler's Mom/Mrs Robinson paradigm. Post-menopausal women recast as sexy older cougars who rob horny young men of their sexual innocence. In light of this, the message that Madonna and women her age are receiving is clear: go hot, or go home. If you're an older man on the other hand, like Iggy Pop or Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, you can carry on doing your thing – which in Iggy's case is getting his crinkly bollocks out through the recognised medium of transparent trousers. Much to my disappointment, the perpetually hot and youthful Bruce is keeping his under wraps, but Iggy, despite the fact that he begins to resemble Frank Gallagher more by the day, is still flying the flag for pre-geriatric nudity. And why not? There's an assumption that aged bodies are somehow shameful, that they cease to be sexual vessels, especially where women are concerned. Madonna, in her own way, is giving that cultural assumption a pretty categorical V sign. I don't want to assume that Madonna flashing her nipple is some kind of post-modern commentary on patriarchal gender norms. Maybe she just wanted to experience the feeling the cool breeze of a thousand gay men's sighs caressing her nip. But since "nipplegate" has officially become a thing, it's worth remembering that women's bodies and their activities are still regarded as common property. What's even more ridiculous about this whole furore is how Madonna doesn't even look 53. Do you have any idea how hard she works to please you people? I read in Closer magazine the other day (and before you start, it's my job), that she covers herself in £500 moisturiser and sleeps in a plastic suit. And what does she get in return? All-round twit Piers Morgan saying it was "the most desperate attempt in the history of music". Madonna is not desperate. She is sensational. Morgan is forgetting the myriad desperate moments that have graced musical history over the years – not least the Steps comeback tour. And in a world of quasi-pornographic pop booty shaking, Madonna's nipple is hardly shocking. It may not be my world, or my mum's world, or your world, but it's Madonna's world, and she's not letting go of it just yet, nor should she. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Nice article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Oriole Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 GREAT ARTICLE Leave Madonna's 53-Year-Old Breast Alone Madonna recently flashed her right breast at a concert in Turkey, prompting cries of disgust from people who think she's too old for that. WTF, people? "'Girls Gone Wild' works for you when you're 22 — it doesn't work for you at 50," Star Jones said on the Today show this morning. She was sitting in her usual spot on the "Today's Professionals" panel, which was discussing Madonna's purposeful nip slip at a concert in Istanbul this week. The show includes a strip tease dance sequence in which Madonna strips down from a cone bra corset, to a white shirt and pants, to a black lace bra. For whatever reason, she took it one step further at that Istanbul show and pulled down the bra's right cup, flashing her right breast. Now, all anyone can talk about is how she's "too old" to show her boob at a concert packed with screaming fans who paid good money for Madonna's signature showmanship — including her unpredictability. "What works for a 22-year-old woman or a man is not appropriate, very often, for a 53-year-old," Donny Deutsch opined next to Jones on Today. At his side was Dr. Nancy Snyderman, who echoed his sentiments. "Not special," she said. "Not a special breast, not worth doing." Oh. OKAY THEN. (Sorry, but this is Madonna we're talking about. Love her or hate her, she's a whole lot more special than many of us.) Over in the Daily Mail, Liz Jones wrote, "Bluntly, nudity at the age of 53 is not just gratuitous, it’s gruesome. Should I have written that last sentence? Probably not." And Fox News's take: "It smacked of a pathetic attention grab by an artist with little current relevance — and who just four months ago blasted such antics." Prior to her Super Bowl performance, Jay Leno interviewed Madonna about the show. He asked if there was anything she wasn't supposed to do. "Well, for sure no nipples," she kidded. "I wasn't going to go there. I mean, I don't like to repeat myself … or do what other people have done before me." Of course she's not going to flash the entire Super Bowl halftime show audience after Janet Jackson's huge scandal. But her own concert? For which her fans bought tickets? She can flash a boob if she wants. Frankly, anyone who's seen her Sex book or Googled "Madonna nude" or some variation thereof has seen a lot more than that. Criticize her vulgarity, her gratuity, her self-objectification — but don't criticize her age. It sends a very archaic message: See woman. See woman age. Must cover gross old woman to hide gross old woman parts. Women have enough superficial pressures to worry about: dieting so we don't get fat, wearing makeup so we don't look ugly, getting Botox so we don't get wrinkly, dressing sexy without being labeled slutty. So apparently now when that inevitable thing called aging happens, we also have to worry about covering up enough so that we don't look "desperate" but probably also not covering up too much so that we don't look dowdy. Also, since we're so not sexy when we get old, we better not do anything to show we love our bodies or are still interested in sex or being sexy. Heavens! Women who are 53 still have breasts and... sex drives! Should I have written that last sentence? According to the media, probably not. http://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/leave-madonnas-53-year-old-breast-alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsight Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4371665/Madonna-was-right-to-bare-her-boob-at-53.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadCrazy Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 http://www.thesun.co...boob-at-53.html Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I am so impressed that she has done this. The reactions are incredibly negative however I think that's what makes her such a great artist. If you look at someone like Gaga she is always being "shocking" in a way that is approval seeking, not actually making a real artist statement. Madonna has and has always had balls, and she cares more about the statement she's making more than her own popularity. She likes causing controversy as a way of opening people's minds. Our society IS incredibly ageist. Her fans all love this, everyone else thinks its "gross." You have older women all around saying its disgusting and she should act her age. I don't see why. Madonna has a great body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY PIG Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 i bet Madonna is LOVING this overblown worldwide reaction to her flashing it would appear that she is more relevant than ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madonnagoddess Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 madonna's tits are fucking wonderful and i am always glad to see them, god i want to fuck that babe, she just gets hotter and hotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narendra Sen Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 ...go round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 It always makes me laugh when people bring up the relevant thing. I mean, for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY PIG Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 It always makes me laugh when people bring up the relevant thing. I mean, for real? it what respect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 ^That people even question it- if she weren't, no one would care to report on what she's doing or have such heated debates about it. Been that way for decades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Exactly. It's Madonna for fucks sake! Madonna! Lady Gaga is trying to be smart by saying that the record industry has changed since twenty five years ago but what she doesn't realise is that it's Madonna who changed it! In so many ways too. Audience expectations, touring, diversity of work, promotion, record formats, digital media and being a true star! Lady Gaga hasn't added anything to pop culture or the record industry. Not ONE thing. It's stupid of her to make a comment like that but we all know she's a bit special. Madonna is a future piece of history whereas Lady Gaga is yesterday's news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Exactly. It's Madonna for fucks sake! Madonna! Lady Gaga is trying to be smart by saying that the record industry has changed since twenty five years ago but what she doesn't realise is that it's Madonna who changed it! In so many ways too. Audience expectations, touring, diversity of work, promotion, record formats, digital media and being a true star! Lady Gaga hasn't added anything to pop culture or the record industry. Not ONE thing. It's stupid of her to make a comment like that but we all know she's a bit special. Madonna is a future piece of history whereas Lady Gaga is yesterday's news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLVC82 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 SHOCK AND AWE Kathie lee actually defended MADONNA sorta this morning....she said if she had a body LIKE THAT....she would probably be doing the same thing.....she said even when she was 23 she didnt have a body LIKE THAT! she also said she doesnt agree with most of what MADONNA does but she actually felt she could defend her on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 It seems some +50 ladies approved what Madonna did and pay their own homage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Wow lol thats kinda beautiful i love it x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ditaluver Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 ^^ THAT IS AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 In the new Entertainment Weekly- in The Bullsyeye section- it has a censored pic of M exposing herself, with the following: In case you missed it the first 1,000 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessie Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 This is fucking great!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Oriole Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Madge-ic moment: Madonna's nipple-flashing was a radical gesture When she revealed the slogan on her back – NO FEAR – it did not seem like a pathetic publicity stunt to me. It seemed rather brave MADONNA, 53, has had a lot of stick for flashing a nipple at 55,000 Turks in Istanbul. A desperate publicity stunt, they said. Inappropriate behaviour in a woman old enough to be someone’s Nan. A pathetic bid for controversy. A right old boob. Put it away, they jeer. We have seen it all before. Perhaps I am a sucker for a desperate publicity stunt, but Madonna’s nipple-flashing struck me as a genuinely radical gesture. This wasn’t Chicago or Berlin or Tokyo. This was one of the world’s biggest Muslim cities – only Karachi, Dhaka and Cairo can compare. In a world where female journalists from the West often feel obliged to cover their heads when reporting from Islamic countries – although I can never understand why, as they are not Muslims – it was good to see Madonna refusing to compromise her values or her act. Madonna is a game old bird. When she revealed the slogan on her back – NO FEAR – it did not seem like a pathetic publicity stunt to me. It seemed rather brave. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tony-parsons-on-madonnas-radical-gesture-885200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Did the press talk about Lady Gaga's dark hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 http://www.thesun.co...boob-at-53.html LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow, it's beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Exactly. It's Madonna for fucks sake! Madonna! Lady Gaga is trying to be smart by saying that the record industry has changed since twenty five years ago but what she doesn't realise is that it's Madonna who changed it! In so many ways too. Audience expectations, touring, diversity of work, promotion, record formats, digital media and being a true star! Lady Gaga hasn't added anything to pop culture or the record industry. Not ONE thing. It's stupid of her to make a comment like that but we all know she's a bit special. Madonna is a future piece of history whereas Lady Gaga is yesterday's news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesshot Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 On the Kathy Griffin show her panelists pretty much blasted Madonna. Kathy didn't blast her but some straight dude and some fashion guy said it was desperate and gross. The fashion guy seemed very very anti-Madonna. I can only imagine what Chelsea Handler said this week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Chelsea Handler looks 54 at 36. Madonna looks 36 at 54. If she says a word, she will look like a fuckin idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Chelsea Handler looks 54 at 36. Madonna looks 36 at 54. If she says a word, she will look like a fuckin idiot. when i first saw her horrible show on YT, i honestly thought she was in her mid-40s. this is 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xanthium Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 It seems some +50 ladies approved what Madonna did and pay their own homage: That's awesome! You know, it's so easy to pass judgement against older people wanting to be sexual and feel sexy. I say fuck it! I'm not gonna participate in making someone else feel shitty about wanting to feel good. I say more power to them! GET IT GRANDMAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Oriole Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I thought Chelsea bashed M again? I would say she's not on Team M maybe 90% of the times she discusses her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeMySoul Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 are they the new models for Madonna's lingerie collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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