Lady Gaga's Penis

Well, now that I have your attention...I really have nothing to say about Lady Gaga's lack of penis. Although I do think it would be pretty cool if she was a hermaphrodite, as she might be able to really educate and spread awareness about the range of sexes and genders. But anyways, that's a different story.

What really stuck out for me in the Jessica Valenti piece was how happy she was with the fact that Lady Gaga mentioned the word "misogynist" in an interview. I'm sorry, but why is this so impressive? Maybe instead of applauding Lady Gaga for her feminist (although apparently she does not label herself as a feminist, another problem as perhaps she doesn't understand the concept properly) views, we should be asking why this is so special. Instead of taking it as the norm that most really famous pop-stars don't bring up feminism and politics and therefore applauding Lady Gaga when she does, why don't we expect pop stars to have opinions on important issues and wonder why the ones who don't voice it stay silent? If Lady Gaga was in one of my university classes and expressed her opinions, she would probably get some nods of agreement and we would move on. In a liberal arts setting, her views are far from revolutionary and are actually fairly common. Sure, it's not the job of pop stars to have opinions per se, but I'm sure that they do. However, I'm also fairly certain that when most pop stars sit down for an interview, the questions the reporter has prepared for them aren't all that political. In the case of Lady Gaga, this is different. So, as this is turning into somewhat of a confusing rant, and I'm not really sure what I think or where I'm going with this, I'll end with a question: If all pop stars were asked their opinions on feminism and politics, would we hear the word "misogynist" more often?