In the flesh: Lady Gaga dons raw meat on cover of Vogue Hommes Japan

[mike r]

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/09/07/2010-09-07_lady_gaga_dons_raw_meat_on_cover_of_vogue_hommes_japan.html

In the flesh: Lady Gaga dons raw meat on cover of Vogue Hommes Japan
BY Cristina Everett

Lady Gaga has worn her fair share of off-beat costumes – but her latest jaw-dropping ensemble is sure to cause an uproar.

Posing on the September cover of Vogue Hommes Japan, the boundary-pushing singer wears nothing but pieces of raw meat strung together to create a dress-like design. The only thing redder than her shocking look is the color of her lipstick.

Though Gaga, 24, has yet to comment on her eyebrow-raising photo shoot, it's not a surprise that PETA is none too pleased with her new look...

[dkf]

1. That is one screwed up person.

[trumad]

36. With a following of millions

I guess your culture meter is a bit off.

The woman rocks.

[SkyDaddy7]

49. HELL YES SHE ROCKS!

I love me some Lady Gaga!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. dress-like design ??

more than a bikini - less than a mini, I guess

[arbusto_baboso]

3. Am I the only one seeing the irony inherent in the cover photo?

It's a statement about women being "pieces of meat" for the consumption of men. It's actually quite clever. Am I the only one getting this?

[xchrom]

9. It's all kinds of statements -- men and women, red meat, men and red meat --

If you'll pardon me - there's a lot to digest there.

[Evasporque]

19. got it...nt

[Whisp]

21. its a lot of statements. Is it any worse than

eating animals that suffer in factory farms?

people just don't get art. That's a shame

[Bluenorthwest]

23. There is irony and also artistic lineage which I am shocked is

not better known on DU. I blather on the subject more down thread. Anyone here heard of Media Matters?

[trumad]

37. Exactly---

The knee jerkers act like old farts.

[county worker]

52. Hey! speaking as an old fart, if I weren't a vegetarian I'd invite ms. GAGA over for a

BBQ! I'd like to cook that meat for her, not too well done though, I think she likes to go almost raw.

[seabeyond]

63. damn... hawt... what a man.

it just never amazes me how stupid men sound when they talk like this, but they really think they are cool

[joe_sixpack]

55. If I'm not too far off....

It kind of seems like being treated like a "piece of meat" has been very lucrative for her, has it not?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

59. Maybe that's what she's implying in the photo. She doesn't seem displeased. -nt

[arbusto_baboso]

62. Who is exactly is treating her that way?

And how can you so completely miss the point of her act?

[vanbean]

58. No, you're not the only one. It was the first thing to come to my mind.

[seabeyond]

61. i got it. as she uses her body as a "piece of meat" and often to make the statement about

being treated like a piece of meat

kinda like when iran yells about women being downfall of man because of cleavage. so women in u.s. flash for male entertainment with a bunch of cameras to make their statement.

or NOW going after what his name for saying 315 million tits... by claiming something about the tit remark but he is an ass. playing off the t & a objectifying women for male entertainment. i love how us women are just so clever.

[xchrom]

4. I do love me some GaGa! Nt

[Brickbat]

5. Awesome.

[tridim]

6. What a dumbass.

[trumad]

39. Actually I think your the dumbass ...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. I'm OK with this.

[backscatter712]

12. Speaking of PETA:

Here's another good photo (WARNING: NSFW!!!)

[uncommon]

30. WTF does her being sterilized have to do with anything?

The rest is right on point, but wtf is that about?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

34. I think it's the second clause of that sentence that's the kicker.

Apparently, when she opposes human birth, she's not just talking about herself.

"I’m not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity."

[Ignis]

56. Richard Berman thanks you for spreading his lies.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Berman

Do you have an anti-ACORN poster, as well?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

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[CBGLuthier]

8. I figure she is about three fourths on the way to over.

Another year and she will publish a book of herself fucking a chimp and that should be about the end of that one.

[trumad]

40. I think you're a cultural moran.

Who really has no idea what your talking about.

[CBGLuthier]

45. That may be true, but I know how to spell You're

I just look back on that singer Madonna who will be remembered more for her vagina than her vocal prowess. I figure this decade's flavor is just gonna do it quicker.

[trumad]

46. Yep---you're a cultural moran.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

51. woebetide our culture if Gaga becomes an icon of any significant import

bleah

[Fumesucker]

10. All of you who are criticizing are also looking..

Which is exactly what this cover is all about, drawing eyes and clicks.

Mission Accomplished!

[Poll_Blind]

11. Guard 1:"I told ya she didn't have a dick." Guard 2:"Too bad."

:rofl:

PB

[kentuck]

13. I like Lady GaGa...

:-)

I think she is making a statement that women are sometimes looked at as nothing more than a piece of meat...

[TwilightGardener]

14. Maybe she feels like she's on Minute Fourteen. I hope she is.

[slackmaster]

15. That looks like some really good beef

What a waste.

[Dogtown]

28. I don't know, slack

I'd eat it.

[cbdo2007]

16. That's it....now I've gotta have steak for lunch.

[AndyA]

17. Yuck. Some people will do anything for attention or publicity.

Maybe she should focus on her singing instead.

[snooper2]

18. you just stand there and hold the meat..

While I throw it on the grill :)

[MrScorpio]

20. Let the media circus commence! nt

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Not to get to art snitty here, but this is an homage, this photo

suggests more than one thing, but one thing it brings to mind instantly is the famous (in some circles) early 80's protest by former model Ann Simonton who entered a pageant as 'Miss Steak' wearing a gown of meat. She went on to found and head Media Watch.
Lady GaGa knows all of this, folks. She's making art that is part of an ongoing creative stream. Simonton was arrested, it got lots of press. It was art then, and it is art again.

[blondeatlast]

24. If it has to be explained,

it failed.

[xchrom]

25. no it doesn't -- artists don't expect every one to know about their stuff.

why would artists assume such a thing?


they make a comment and move on -- either you know about it or you don't -- it doesn't matter.

[xchrom]

27. i remember when that came out -- it was fabulous then -- and the gaga cover is pretty good too.

i don't know how much gaga had to do with the creation of the image though.

that's usually decided by others.

more 'meat' stuff here

http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2009/10/meat-couture-continued.html

[KittyWampus]

33. In other words, she's derivative at best.

[trumad]

42. We got three or four old fogies here in this thread..

who would not know art if it farted in their face.

[AtomicKitten]

26. Lady GaGa is a cartoon. nt

[meow mix]

29. guess i now have an opinion about lady gaga, shes lame

[Ignis]

31. Nasty.

And the outfit's not great, either.

[KittyWampus]

32. Sorry, this isn't original. Or interesting. She's an attention whore

and a boring one.

[trumad]

43. Maybe you're the boring one...

You ever think of that?

[Amaril]

50. GaGa? Is that you?

You're taking other peoples *opinions* about her awfully personally, aren't you?

[Canuckistanian]

35. It doesn't look very practical

Can it be dry cleaned?

[fascisthunter]

38. interesting commentary

is she stating she is just another piece of meat?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

41. slurp

[musicblind]

44. As a vegetarian I have to say

Lady Gaga is fucking fabulous.

Go girl! Go!

[spanone]

47. gag a

[27inCali]

48. BEATLES DID IT 1/2 A CENTURY AGO

Wow, what a ground-breaker she is! *snerf*

[xchrom]

54. Lots of people have done it - all riffing off of each other.

THAT is part of the point.

[-..__...]

57. Undertones "All Wrapped Up"

[Spike89]

53. A rare talent

She's exploiting the medium and all I can say is well done Gaga.

[glinda]

64. Sorry. This is sad. She should try burning Bibles for attention.