“Madonna: Relax!”
Sunday, August 17th, 2008The Western World reaches something of a cultural milestone this weekend when Madonna Louise Ciccone – better known, of course, simply by her first name – reaches the age of 50. This is naturally an appropriate occasion for pundits to produce philosophical reflections upon aging, pop culture, feminism, and what-have-you. Elke Buhr of the Frankfurtehr Rundschau offers one of the better treatments in a piece whose content reflects the cheekiness of its title: Hedonism for all: Why Madonna cannot age in dignity. (more…)
