Category: Madonna
The Only Person Who Can Have an “Eras Tour” Is Madonna (But Does That Really Mean She Should?)
The rumors have been brewing for a while now, reaching a crescendo throughout all of January as Madonna finally confirmed on the 17th that a [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Take A Bow” Video As Harbinger of Technosexuality and Obsessing Over a Simulacrum of a Person
By the time Madonna’s Bedtime Stories album came out in 1994, the postmodern era was well into effect. Indeed, one might say Madonna single-handedly created [Read More…]
Madonna Gambles on Rereleasing “Gambler”
Apropos of nothing—not even some TikTok virality bullshit—Madonna has seen fit to reissue her 1985 single, “Gambler,” for all streaming platforms. Although Madonna has been [Read More…]
Madonna Takes A Bigger Risk on Dredging Up the Sex Book in the Present
While it’s nice to see #JusticeForErotica happening after thirty years, Madonna’s decision to dredge up her accompanying project of the day, Sex, proves, perhaps more [Read More…]
Madonna’s Unwitting “Plastic Surgery Costume”: A Commentary on Class and Age
Just when you thought Madonna might not have any sense of self-awareness, she goes and does something all too meta: puts scar makeup all over [Read More…]
Madonna Makes An Accurate Assertion That’s Met With A Response Similar to the One Given After Lana Del Rey’s “Question for the Culture”
On the occasion of Erotica’s thirtieth anniversary, Madonna has been feeling particularly “Dita-esque” of late. That is to say, rocking her bondage-y aesthetic, complete with [Read More…]
With Finally Enough Love, Madonna Has Shown Yet Again That Everything Old Is New
When one is the progenitor of an entire pop cultural lexicon, it gives her plenty of license to reuse and redesign whatever she sees fit. [Read More…]
That Don’t Impress Michael Alig Much
Perhaps because of the pandemic and the long-standing existence of the internet, people, specifically “youths,” forgot all about words like “club” and “subculture.” The latter [Read More…]
Madonna Arrives At That “Impossible” “When I’m Sixty-Four” Moment, Yet, As A Woman, Doesn’t Have the Same Respect or “Cachet” as Paul McCartney
One of the most noticeable themes Madonna has touted in recent years during interviews or speeches is a certain sense of “survivor’s guilt.” Not just [Read More…]
Madonna Rendering Herself As A Naked and Immortal NFT Makes A Lot of Sense
If anyone is the “Mother of Creation”—at least when it comes to modern pop culture as we know it—it’s Madonna. She’s made that claim rather [Read More…]
