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From: jimi@SCINEWS.UUCP (Jim Ingram/Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Madonna
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 15:39:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 15:39:10 1985
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> In article <273@cmu-cs-g.ARPA> ckk@cmu-cs-g.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) writes:
> >I am just glad that some women are
> >becoming mega-superstars on an equal footing with men...
> >
> >The more successful role-models that young girls have while growing up,
> >the healthier their outlook on life will be, I think.
> 
> A woman who wears a belt-buckle that says "Boy Toy" and plays up on
> adolescent wet dreams to make a buck is hardly my idea of a role model
> I'd like MY daughter to emulate.  I don't know about yours.  Success is
> more than just money; I'd rather my daughter emulate Joan Baez or
> Ronnie Gilbert or Grace Slick (without the early drug dependency problems,
> thank you).
> 		Ken Arnold

Good point, Ken. My impression is that Madonna is *not at all* in
charge of her career or her marketing scheme. Her popularity is
the work of the (male-dominated) entertainment industry, that will
dress someone up in a gorilla suit if it will sell records, posters,
lunchboxes, etc... Madonna is a product of sexist imaginations.
Do not give her any credit for her image. It wasn't her idea.
Flame away, pseudo-feminists!

-Todd Jones
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