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The Guardian asked in 2010 if Lady Gaga is "a feminist icon." Kira Cochrane's column answers in the affirmative, noting how Gaga reveals the "sham" of performed femininity, while Hadley Freeman responds briefly that Gaga is nothing more than a copycat.

I found this Facebook page made especially to shoot down lady gaga and show all the ways in that she has 'supposedly' copied other artists images. At face value when looking though the collective photos that people have added to prove so, it is quite astonishing at the resemblances between lady gaga and other artists before her.

This can relate to the class discussion on Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' music video and how there is this reversal of the black/white dynamic. This article continues to discuss how Gaga isn't oblivious to her own normativity and how she deliberately plays with her 'whiteness' but in actuality she is then oblivious to to white privilege. Thus the protagonist and in this case Gaga gets the attention while women of colour (beyonce) that are contributing to the redefinition of music and gender performances are marginalised.

I posted this article in response to the articles about Miley Cyrus smoking weed on stage. This is Lady Gaga doing the same thing and like Cyrus she is also in Amsterdam. I don't understand what the fuss is about it's legal in the Netherlands so really why bother? These artist never smoke tobacco or drink alcohol on stage and these are legal substances in most places, plus they would impare their performances which fans pay money to see. I would be so annoyed that I payed money to watch an artsist get high on stage and then perform not because its predominately an illegal substance but surely they want to be at their best and their fans want to see them at their best.

I agree that people may have gone overboard with miley when you compare her to gaga because she has done the exact same thing. I think the reason for this is because people still have this goody-goody, disney image of miley and cannot still tear themselves away to look at her in this new light. Also Gaga never started out the same way as miley so i don't think people really care if she smoked weed or had a drink on stage, therefore i think origins play a big role for the perceptions of people in relation to artists such as miley and gaga.

Rolling Stone's page for Lady Gaga, which includes all their stories about Gaga over the last few years.

This blog post talks about Lady Gaga's video for "Born this Way."  Horn believes that while Lady Gaga establishes herself as Queen Elizabeth I in the opening of her video, Lady Gaga is an "anti" Queen Elizabeth I because of the gender issues between the two.

Kind of late, but I was remembering the conversations we were having after watching the Monster Ball. We talked about Lady Gaga wanting the attention and constantly telling the crowd to cheer and scream for her. I think this parody of her song "Applause" touches on a lot of that and throws a little Madonna in the song as well. And it's pretty funny. Enjoy!

This was amazing! I think it is so relevant so the point about authenticity. At first Gaga was considered new, original and exciting but now people have gotten bored of her. Maybe it's because she has lost her authenticity and originality or is it just because people can see through all her make up, clothing and persona, therefore diminishing her as an artist.

This article gives insight into the search for the "real" Lady Gaga, and discusses how she is a manufactured performance artist. The story adds some depth to Paglia's article and discusses Lady Gaga's references to Madonna as well.

Amanda Palmer performing and speaking about Lady Gaga. Ends short, but I found it interesting hearing Amanda Palmer speaking about someone we are studying so heavily right now. 

I found this article interesting not only because we have been discussing Lady Gaga as a class but this article was literally posted yesterday stating how Lady Gaga's new song isn't something to brag about and as a culture we will move on once the next shiny object appears... (Perhaps Miley???)

Ann Powers responds to Paglia's critique of Lady Gaga

Alex Needham responds to Paglia's critique of Lady Gaga

Fendrich argues that Lady Gaga isn't that pretty, which offers a hopeful image to those who are less attractive.

A 2009 interview with Lady Gaga about feminism, sexuality, fame, etc.

I thought I would post this as it was menitone in class. This is a clip of Lady Gaga at a festival, she gets of the motorbike a shows what appears to be a penis. What do you think was this just a publicity stunt?

I thinks it's really interesting that Gaga decided to use the critism against her and make it work for her image.

I honestly feel so weird having watched this 5 or 6 times looking for a penis. Honestly, I think it was just her underwear, but even if it was a publicity stunt, it was done in Gaga style.

This essay explores the ways in which Lady Gaga exploits stereotypes about Muslims, and how coverage of Malala covers her as an exceptional case.

Referencing a recent interview Lady Gaga had with Andy Cohen, this article discusses the validity of her proclaimed bisexuality, and whether it is simply made up for the sake of broadening her appeal to a wider audience

Sounds like Lady Gaga isn't too happy with the way things are going with her new album! Lady Gaga fired her manager just days before her album release, which isn't very common among pop stars [this close to such a major event]. It's a pretty big deal; I suggest you all check this out!

Interesting tumblr postings.  It seems that the author of this certain tumblr doesn't support Lady Gaga and other divas.  An interesting viewpoint, especially from Jennex's article.  

I read about this too while writing my position paper! I totally agree how it's kind of the total opposite of what Jennex said in his article!

I think this tumblr is brilliant - why should all gays be categorised into liking Gaga, like they advertise; they can see through the marketing machine,and they do not want to just settle for being a target market for artists to try and conquer as if the LGBT community is something that needs to be won!

This article is about Lady Gaga going back on what she "stands" for. It talks about how she now uses her music in commercials, and some argue she's a "sell out." The song used in the commercial, "Applause," kind of goes a long with the theme of this article and questions what Gaga's motves really are.