Dear
      Editor,
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Is
      Madonna
      good
      for
      feminism?
      I
      don’t
     
     
      know
      but
      you
      can
      bet
      your
      bustier
      that
      she
     
     
      is
      good
      for
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THe
      article
      states
      that
      "she
      changes
      her
     
     
      image
      so
      often
      ...
      the
      result
      is
      fake
      and
     
     
      unreal."
      She
      supposedly
      negates
      all
     
     
      substance
      to
      her
      as
      a
      person.
      When
     
     
      Madonna
      is
      on
      stage
      she
      is
      an
      actress.
      She
     
     
      is
      not
      trying
      to
      show
      her,
      audience
      her
     
     
      personal,
      private
      side
      but|her
      different
     
     
      stage
      personas.
      To
      her
      each
      song
      is
      a
      one
     
     
      act
      drama
      to
      play
      out.
      If
      she
      apears
      "fake
     
     
      and
      unreal"
      that
      is
      because
      she
      wants
      you
     
     
      to
      see
      that
      part
      of
      her.
      She
      is
      a
      performer,
     
     
      not
      your
      best
      friend.
      Her
      private
      side
      is
     
     
      just
      that,
      private.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Comparing
      Madonna
      to
      Barbie
      is
      insane.
     
     
      Madonna
      has
      a
      brain.
      As
      she
      controls
      her
     
     
      movie,
      stage
      and
      music
      control
      she
      gets
     
     
      what
      she
      wants.
      And
      gives
      the
      people
     
     
      what
      they
      want.
      It
      is
      not
      her
      job
      to
      be
     
     
      "deep".
      She
      is
      a
      performer,
      not
      a
     
     
      philosopher.
      She
      has
      facets
      of
      her
     
     
      personality
      that
      you
      will
      never
      see,
     
     
      because
      she
      doesn’t
      want
      you
      to.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Exploitation
      is
      to
      "turn
      to
      advantage;
      make
     
     
      use
      of
      for
      one’s
      own
      end."
      Thus
      Madonna
     
     
      is
      using
      the
      fact
      she
      is
      female
      to
      her
     
     
      advantage.
      What’s
      wrong
      with
      that?
      Would
     
     
      you
      rather
      if
      she
      had
      to
      hide
      the
      fact
      she
     
     
      was
      female
      in
      order
      to
      be
      successful.
      Shall
     
     
      we
      go
      back
      to
      the
      days
      to
      George
      Eliot,
      a
     
     
      successful
      female
      writer,
      who
      had
      to
      hide
     
     
      behind
      a
      male
      pen
      name.
      The
      amount
      of
     
     
      clothes
      Madonna
      wears
      is
      entirly
      her
      own
     
     
      choice.
      I
      believe
      she
      has
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      attitude
      to
      be
      successful
      no
      matter
      what
     
     
      she
      wears.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      article
      considers
      a
      "giant
      step
     
     
      backwards"
      is
      being
      taken
      by
      Madonna
     
    
   
   
    
     
      because
      in
      the
      "Justify
      My
      Love"
      she
      is
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "the
      aggressor."
      "She
      is
      seeking
      sex
      and
     
     
      calling
      the
      shots."
      Why
      is
      this
      a
      bad
      thing?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shalt
      +e
      go
      back
      a
      couple
      hundred
      years
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      where
      women
      laid
      there
      and
      basically
      got
     
     
      raped
      by
      their
      husbands.
      Get
      a
      life>
      What
     
     
      is
      “tong
      with
      a
      woman
      wanting
      sex
      and
     
     
      going
      «iter
      it.
      Equal
      rights,
      remember.
     
     
      1
      ,oStiiutes
      are
      not
      all
      women
      and
      it’s
      a
     
     
      totaliy
     
    

    
     
      different
      story.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      "Open
      Your
      Heart"
      Madonna
      dances,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      not
      "gyrates
      repulsively".
      She
      kisses
      a
      boy,
     
     
      does
      not
      become
      a
      paedophilac.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      You
      blame
      Madonna
      for
      being
      thin
      and
      ia
     
     
      shape.
      That
      is:
      totally
      insane.
      Siie
     
     
      excercises
      and
      eats
      right.
      What’s
      wroug
     
     
      with
      being
      fit.
      Eating
      disorders?
      Okay.
      |
     
     
      Let’s
      all
      look
      like
      Roseanne
      Barr
      and
      die
     
     
      from
      heart
      attacks.
      That’s
      a
      good
      plan.
     
     
      Madonna’s
      toned
      body
      is
      not
      excessive.
     
     
      She
      can
      look
      good.
      And
      dresses
      to
      show
      it
     
    
   
   
    
     
      off.
      And
      there
      are
      a
      lot
      of
      jealous
      people
     
     
      out
      there.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      When
      I
      watch
      or
      listen
      to
      Madonna
      I
      see
     
    
   
   
    
     
      an
      attitude.
      An
      attitude
      that
      tells
      me
      that
     
     
      I
      can
      do
      anything
      I
      want.
      It
      tells
      me
      if
      I
     
     
      want
      something
      I
      can
      get
      it
      and
      it
      doesn’t
     
     
      matter
      if
      I
      am
      a
      man
      or
      a
      woman.
      It
      tells
     
    
   
   
    
     
      me
      to
      "express
      myself"
      and
      get
      whit
      I
     
     
      deserve
      which
      is
      everything.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Colleen
      Easter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Do
      you
      know
      that
      we
      have
      to
      PAY
      for
      our
     
    
   
   
    
     
      homework
      in
      some
      of
      the
      courses
      at
     
     
      UP:
      BL?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      bad
      enough
      having
      to
      pay
      for
      the
     
     
      increased
      tuition
      fees,
      and
      then
      to
      spend
     
     
      hundreds
      of
      dollars
      on
      text
      books.
     
     
      However,
      the
      idea
      of
      us
      paying
      for
      our
     
     
      homework
      is
      absolutely
      ridiculous.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      I
      say
      "pay
      for
      our
      homework"
      I
     
     
      mean
      the
      amount
      of
      money
      spent
      on
     
     
      photocopying.
      There
      are
      professors
      who
     
     
      want
      us
      to
      photocopy
      the
      materials
      we
     
     
      used
      for
      our
      essays.
      In
      other
      words,
      they
     
     
      want
      to
      make
      sure
      that
      we
      are
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pooe