Lady Gaga’s new “Born This Way” album is seriously the most exciting thing that’s happened to me since graduation, and I’m not even embarrassed to say it. I’ve tweeted about @ladygaga at least 10 times in the past week, I take 15 min. longer than usual to get ready due to excessive dancing in front of my bathroom mirror and I’ve even converted my father, a hardcore 60’s and 70’s rock fan, into a “little monster.”
Although Gaga takes a lot of heat for her outlandish performance art (SNL birth on stage, anyone?) and avant garde costumes, she can still teach us all a thing or two about life. Behind the hair bows, the eggs, the cheek implants and the sky high McQueen platform heels, lies a New York City girl promoting simple ideals: equality, freedom and love.
Treat others as you want to be treated, be the best version of yourself, and love who you are.
In my opinion, mother monster has come at the perfect time. Is it a coincidence that just as our country’s laws are being thrown backwards into a time machine, Lady Gaga appears on the scene to drag us forward into the 21st century? I think not. Those who don’t understand Gaga’s message are the ones who never believed in it in the first place. Simple as that.
I will leave you with lyrics from LG’s rockin’ new single, “Hair” ….
Whenever I’m dressed cool,
My parents put up a fight.
And if I’m hot shot,
Mom will cut my hair at night.
And in the morning,
I’m short of my identity.
I scream Mom and Dad,
Why can’t I be who I want to be?
I just wanna be myself,
And I want you to love me for who I am.
I just wanna be myself,
And I want you to know, I am my hair.
I’ve had enough, this is my prayer,
That I’ll die living just as free as my hair.
I’ve had enough, this is my prayer,
That I’ll die living just as free as my hair.
I’ve had enough, I’m not a freak,
I just keep fightin’ to stay cool on these streets
I’ve had enough, enough, enough,
And this is my prayer, I swear,
I’m as free as my hair.
……AND a Gaga-esque quote that Oprah said on her final episode:
“We block our own blessings because we don’t feel inherently good enough, smart enough, pretty enough. You are worthy because you are born and because you are here. You alone are enough.”
born this way,
Christine
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