that_60s_witch

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I did answer the question. You only get that interpretation if you ignore every bit of context.

To be completely honest, I wasn’t even aware of the NFT thing. She has done some pretty unsavory things over the course of her career, the NFT thing, obviously, her reaction to Sinéad O’Connor tearing up the photo of the Pope, her habit of being consistently late for concerts, etc., and I have no qualms about admitting that. When you’ve been a public figure for over four decades, you’re bound to have a mix of good and bad things to talk about.

If you can’t see how coming out with a critically acclaimed album that’s being called your best work in 20 years, at the age of 67, when every single time you’re mentioned there are people rushing in to say, “You’re old and expired, just go away already,” is pushing buttons, I really don’t know what to say.

And as for the plastic surgery bit, I’ve always found the line of thinking that you should “just accept your age” and stop trying to look or act young pretty odd. I myself have had plastic surgery (a deep-plane facelift and neck lift, breast lift and augmentation, etc.) to look more youthful. Not wanting to age into the stereotypical image of an old woman isn’t inauthentic or negative.

The first one that comes to mind is her refusal to retire and take on the old-hag role society expects of women, as if women are supposed to disappear after a certain age. The fact that she made a successful comeback just last month with the excellent Confessions II, 43 years after her debut, shows that she’s still defying expectations and breaking conventions. And regardless of what she does now, her legacy remains untouched.

An uneducated, misogynistic take that completely misses the sociocultural context and diminishes the legacy of one of the most influential women of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nice.

This is just factually untrue. She’s been a button-pusher and trailblazer from the very beginning of her career and never stopped. She was already hugely famous and wealthy in the 1980s. Saying she’s “just another super-rich celebrity” completely ignores the influence she’s had and the impact she’s made.

There’s a lot to be said about Madonna:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Madonna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy_and_activism_of_Madonna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_as_a_gay_icon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_of_Madonna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_and_sexuality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_and_religion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_and_contemporary_arts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_of_Madonna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_studies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_of_Madonna

They’re beautiful, incredibly well made, and they turn something as ordinary as having a meal into a ritual. I love the idea of making every meal feel like a special occasion and actually putting the fine china to good use every day.

My boyfriend is 34 years younger than me, and he asks me questions like this all the time. It doesn’t make me feel bad, quite the opposite, actually. It makes me feel like an immortal witch.

I adore fine china, and I've always had cabinets for them. I've actually had some wherever I've lived.