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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

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[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Writing something about Lady Gaga's video could take a week. I think the religious references were the most interesting - the sacred heart, the rosary, the Crusader-inspired white gown. *cough* yup, Madonna *cough*

And then there were hot guys with patent leather pumps and she was riding one of them. Yeah.

Oddly, I found it semi-squicky when she wasn't on top. Hmm.

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

I LOVED the sacred heart. Thinking about it outside the experience of watching it I do find it odd that I didn't start laughing until the breast guns showed up.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

YES, I did laugh at that.

And I thought the male dancers' bowl cuts were vaguely Moe-on-the-Three-Stooges... :D

NOBODY looks good in a bowl cut!

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

She has a lot of sexual violence and sexulaized violence in several of her vids -- sometimes she's the victim, sometimes she's the perp. Often the same 'character' is both.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, and she's been chucked off a balcony.

Contrast it with a scenario where there are multiple men "pedestaling" the central woman.

(Have you ever noticed the bondage chandelier women in this?) LOL 1953.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Bondage chandelier women! So! Bizarre!

Found I couldn't watch it without "Material Girl" trying to play over it in my head. I clearly have Eighties Damage.

[weirdquark]

(Have you ever noticed the bondage chandelier women in this?) LOL 1953.

I don't remember which musical it was, but I remember boggling over a dance number from the same era which had cat girls and whips.

Random thread-jumper is randomly jumping in

[soukup.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I found it semi-squicky when she wasn't on top. Hmm.

I know we don't know each other, but I find this really intriguing. Is it really rude and nosy of me to ask whether you mean "on top" in the literal sense? Because there were some shots where it was more of a figurative topping or bottoming -- in one, she was physically in her partner's lap (so "on top" of him), but clearly being held; in another she was on the bottom in the literal sense, but posed in such a way that it was meant to look like she was fucking him. Does it squick you when she's posed as if being penetrated, or when she's physically under him?

Unless this is the weirdest question in the world! This is one of those things which I feel waaaaay too comfortable discussing in public, so sometimes I'm not really sure where other people's boundaries lie. Please feel totally free to ignore me if I'm over the line.

Re: Random thread-jumper is randomly jumping in

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Nah, I don't mind. I was actually just rewatching the video to unpack my first reactions, and I think several factors play into this:

- Gaga is dressed in lingerie the color of her skin tone, versus the male partner in leather or latex, so she seems more naked/vulnerable.
- The bed/dance moves remind me of wrestling, and she's (likely) physically weaker. (Which... if this were two men in bed or she was with another woman, I don't think it would stand out to me.)
- The snippets when she's on top seem more sensual and less combative. At one point, the guy holds her down by the upper arms, and anything that feels like a non-con vibe squicks me. (Though she's not distressed or anything.)

Penetration has little to do with it; to me it's just the posing. I mean, I'm on the bottom all the time when I do it.

(I pretty much don't have a lot of sex-discussion boundaries, really. :D )

I wonder if I can get my husband to shave his legs and buy some patent-leather pumps. Hmm.