I wouldn't have recognised Madonna

[MrsFin]

I've just read an article about a recent appearance by Madonna on an American chat show (Daily Mail, sorry). She's changed so much, I don't think I would have recognised her if the article hadn't said who it was.
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10072867/Madonna-63-flashes-bottom-gyrates-Jimmy-Fallons-desk-Tonight-Show.html

You’d think with the amount of money she’s made over the years, she’d be happy to grow old gracefully. I’m not even talking about how she looks, the way she’s acting is beyond cringe.

Why should she.
I find the worst people for putting her down about her age are women.
She is allowed to act how she wants.
She owes you nothing.

@Inextremis I feel devalued by her you feel devalued by someone you have never met.Seriously.

@amusedtodeath1

Actually she is very vulnerable, she hides it behind the persona she's created for the public. She has issues and gets her validation from attention. She's getting older now and is struggling with it IMO.

Agree, it's real sad

@YourFinestPantaloons

By wouldn't you have recognised her? She looks the same as ever.

Or is this a thinly veiled attempt to criticise her for not being a typical 63yo who knits and doesn't speak?

I'm not very good at recognising people generally, but to my mind she looks completely different.

I think shes wonderful. Shes always been an icon to me and still is. I just watched the clip and shes still fab. Bit too bdsm for my likes but live and let live.
Misogyny in action with all the criticism and Im sick of it.

Rod Stewart (age 73) and the band Queen and the Stone Roses, The Fall etc etc dont get this agro.

@billysboy

I met her once , she came across very well and i liked her

Oh fab - Please elaborate! 😃

Shes had bum impants or a bbl. Its not a natural looking arse.

Is Rod Stewart really vulnerable under it all too??

Watch your overt sexism please. Its very offensive.

She can grow old however she wants, gracefully or disgracefully. Good luck to her.

But she posed in her bath naked and she flashed her underwear to the world. Some people think that's clever and great, some people think the opposite. She's a very savvy business person and did it so people would talk about her. So now people are talking about her. If they want to say critical things about her, well, that's the exact scenario that she set up so I don't understand why poster's are criticising other posters for doing exactly what she wants.

It's not being part of the patriarchy or being an internalised misogynist to say I don't need to see people's underwear on display, and that applies to men as well as women and of any age. Nothing attractive about a thong or buttcheeks hanging out of hotpants on a 20yo imo. You walk down the street like that, I wouldn't say anything. You prance on a stage like that asking me to look at you, then I have every right to comment.

I’m delighted she’s not growing old gracefully, she’s Madonna ffs. It’s her face and her body and she can do what she wants with it as she always has done.

Distinct whiff of patriarchal disapproval about a woman in her sixties not behaving in the way society expects her to on this thread - it’s depressing

I bet she would have aged beautifully too I saw her on Graham Norton and she could hardly move her face. God I am so sick of the puffed plastic look and massive bum.

I hate threads like this. This is why women have surgery - as other women are their biggest critics.

@Embroidery

I think shes wonderful. Shes always been an icon to me and still is. I just watched the clip and shes still fab. Bit too bdsm for my likes but live and let live. Misogyny in action with all the criticism and Im sick of it.

Rod Stewart (age 73) and the band Queen and the Stone Roses, The Fall etc etc dont get this agro.

I don't remember seeing Brian May flashing his underwear at people. 🤔 If he has, I'll give my honest opinion on that too.

She’s a hot mess. Clearly struggling with getting older and desperate to stay relevant. Her kids must be so embarrassed.

@Pieceofpurplesky

I hate threads like this. This is why women have surgery - as other women are their biggest critics.

It's not why women have surgery.

Women have surgery because they are insecure. They make their own choice to have surgery no one forced them to do it

@madisonbridges

She can grow old however she wants, gracefully or disgracefully. Good luck to her.

But she posed in her bath naked and she flashed her underwear to the world. Some people think that's clever and great, some people think the opposite. She's a very savvy business person and did it so people would talk about her. So now people are talking about her. If they want to say critical things about her, well, that's the exact scenario that she set up so I don't understand why poster's are criticising other posters for doing exactly what she wants.

It's not being part of the patriarchy or being an internalised misogynist to say I don't need to see people's underwear on display, and that applies to men as well as women and of any age. Nothing attractive about a thong or buttcheeks hanging out of hotpants on a 20yo imo. You walk down the street like that, I wouldn't say anything. You prance on a stage like that asking me to look at you, then I have every right to comment.

Exactly this.

@Embroidery

I think shes wonderful. Shes always been an icon to me and still is. I just watched the clip and shes still fab. Bit too bdsm for my likes but live and let live. Misogyny in action with all the criticism and Im sick of it.

Rod Stewart (age 73) and the band Queen and the Stone Roses, The Fall etc etc dont get this agro.

They're not flashing their arsed acting desperate in bondage gear and grinding on Jimmy fallons table

And this thread is so sad - a bunch of women doing the patriarchy's job for them. sad

Yep. Tell women at every turn that they must look beautiful and young in order to stay relevant, then watch the women turn on each other for it.

Leave her be. Who cares what she looks like, is she still good at what she does?

Oh, gosh that video was so embarrassing! I guess one has to admire her guts for just not caring what people might think though!

@BorderlineHappy

You’d think with the amount of money she’s made over the years, she’d be happy to grow old gracefully. I’m not even talking about how she looks, the way she’s acting is beyond cringe.

Why should she.
I find the worst people for putting her down about her age are women.
She is allowed to act how she wants.
She owes you nothing.

@Inextremis I feel devalued by her you feel devalued by someone you have never met.Seriously.

🤣

She can act and do what she wants, that’s not the issue but if someone dove that in a works doo, it wouldn’t be celebrated, they’d be the talk of the office!

@BoredZelda

And this thread is so sad - a bunch of women doing the patriarchy's job for them. sad

Yep. Tell women at every turn that they must look beautiful and young in order to stay relevant, then watch the women turn on each other for it.

Leave her be. Who cares what she looks like, is she still good at what she does?

It’s not how she looks, it’s how she’s acting… knickers on shoe etc…. Put it away 🤮

*show$

@YourFinestPantaloons

By wouldn't you have recognised her? She looks the same as ever.

Or is this a thinly veiled attempt to criticise her for not being a typical 63yo who knits and doesn't speak?

It's not even thinly veiled.

I clicked the link expecting to see an unrecognisable Madonna

However, she looks completely like herself

I don’t get why some previously ragingly sexually attractive women still need to feel like this at 60 fucking 3 - purleeeease Madge, put your arse and vag AWAY - this is not 1986!

and I say this as a teen girl who was hooked on Madonna.

Sigh

I wouldn't have recognised her, either.

@BoredZelda

And this thread is so sad - a bunch of women doing the patriarchy's job for them. sad

Yep. Tell women at every turn that they must look beautiful and young in order to stay relevant, then watch the women turn on each other for it.

Leave her be. Who cares what she looks like, is she still good at what she does?

Depends what you mean by good at what she does.

If you mean can she still flash her backside, then yes.
If you mean can she still sing, then no.

Unfortunately many women in the public eye depend on flashing flesh to ensure longevity whereas men don’t seem to feel the need to do that.