Slog - Comments on Madonna's New Head Gets Its Own Think Piece http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie The meat of the essay from New York magazine: Through some unholy marriage of extreme fitness and calorie restriction (and maybe a little lipo), women have figured out how to tame their aging bodies for longer than ever. You see them everywhere in New York City: forty- and fiftysomethings who look better than a 25-year-old in a fitted little dress or a tight pair of jeans. But this level of fitness has created a new problem to which the New New Face is the solution—gauntness. Past a certain age, to paraphrase Catherine Deneuve, it’s either your fanny or your... Copyright 2008 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:42:49 -0800 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:49:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Crows feet are ridiculously sexy.

But not on women.

Women with wrinkles are ugly and should be chopped up and fed to cattle.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1093998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1093998 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:49:19 -0800 Comment by ew. Crypt Keeper + Pimp Hat = unfierce

]]> ew. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1093999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1093999 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:50:57 -0800 Comment by PopTart Mr. Poe, just because you prefer mummy republican men:

http://search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?q=crist+florida&FORM=BIRE

that's no excuse for being mean about women with wrinkles. So, please, don't reduce me to cattle food because I retain my eye crinkles.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094009 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:02:22 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
I always imagine there being a certain "brittleness" in these night of living dead sex fiends in the city 50 is the new 20 women. Sort of like, during one night of intense physical passion and you'd hear a big "KRRRACKK" as the whole thing shatters on them due to lack of calcium and other nutrients.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094014 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:04:59 -0800 Comment by Mike Yes New York is filled with women who don't want to appear their real age. As a New Yorker I can tell you that isn't a bonus.

]]> Mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094016 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:05:11 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe PopTart, I'd ask you to forgive me, but I am an asshole. And you should know that I would never chop you up and feed you to cattle.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094021 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:11:31 -0800 Comment by Nora I believe awfulplasticsurgery.com thinks Madonna has had cheek implants. Looking at that pic, I gotta agree.

]]> Nora http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094023 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:13:47 -0800 Comment by Le Juif @3 - Excuse me, I am neither a republican or a mummy, but I do apparently have crows feet. I haven't seen them myself, as they are only visible when my eyes are closed, but yes, they are sexy.

]]> Le Juif http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094027 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:17:36 -0800 Comment by Irena Blah blah blah women looks beauty blah blah.

Why do women obsess over beauty? Because our culture, and our media, obsess over their beauty, at the expense of giving a fair share of exposure to their accomplishments. I am way more interested in what women say, think, and do, than in how they meet society's ridiculous standards for looking good. Articles like this are trivial, and deserve much less attention than they get.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094028 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:21:18 -0800 Comment by PopTart @8 Sorry! I was trying to distract Mr. Poe from cutting me up and feeding me to cattle. You are most definitely not a mummy. I think you are quite handsome and Mr. Poe is very lucky he gets to gaze at your sexy crow's feet.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094032 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:29:39 -0800 Comment by pox Has anyone else noticed that Madonna has turned into Madeline Kahn?

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094033 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:29:53 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Irena, you are so right when we are talking about Meryl Streep or Madeleine Albright. But this is Madonna, who has built her entire career on her sexual desirability, which I have to say as a red blooded male I find entirely gone at this point. Live by the sword, die by the sword. So to speak.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094040 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:37:57 -0800 Comment by inkweary Madonna appears to have had that procedure which lifts the malar pad (which is the bit of fat that covers cheekbones in dewy youth but in age slips and becomes jowls). In her case they took too much and left her looking as though she has no back teeth, or is perpetually sucking on an invisible straw.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094046 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:48:30 -0800 Comment by hohoho green giant Has anyone else noticed that Madonna has turned into Madeline Kahn?

God, that would be stellar.

]]> hohoho green giant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094052 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:57:49 -0800 Comment by max solomon that photo makes cindy mccain look hot in comparison.

how old is ms. ciccione now? 49?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094054 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:58:49 -0800 Comment by Hernandez That photo of Madonna = gross. There is no amount of money in the world you could pay me to fuck that disgusting corpse. Guy Ritchie, I pity you. Gals with wrinkles, be happy you don't look like that.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094056 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:16 -0800 Comment by anon "Sucking the invisible straw" heh, heh!!! Ain't invisible and it ain't no straw.

]]> anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094057 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:22 -0800 Comment by Amelia 1) I love Madeline Kahn.

2) A friend once warned me: "After 40, women either turn into a cow or a goat."

I said, "I want to be a goat."

She said, "I want to be a cow."

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094062 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:01:40 -0800 Comment by elenchos Instead of talking about this "new class of women" as if they were mindless objects, why not talk to one and ask her what she has to say for herself? I imagine they make themselves look this or that way because they fucking can and they fucking want to and if they had needed you all to tell them what the ought to do, they'd have asked your opinions first. Shocker: they didn't ask you. Not everybody is a victim who needs you to enlighten them.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094069 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:11:27 -0800 Comment by Greg As an eyewitness, I can attest that PopTart is kind of hot.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094098 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:30:20 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @16,

I believe they're getting divorced.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094104 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:33:58 -0800 Comment by Westside forever Didn't women used to "ripen"? There's something about this look that's like the tomatoes at the grocery store in January, they look good, but something's not quite right.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094118 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:45:53 -0800 Comment by Wurm wow, its like Madonna got fused with Micheal Jackson...... scary

]]> Wurm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094142 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:10:50 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop I've recently noticed a whole slew of crinkly eye wrinkles on my face, and could not be happier about it.

They come from laughing, smiling, and living. You are a fucking jerk if you don't like to do those things.

The scars of life should be celebrated and respected, no matter what their form.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094146 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:15:58 -0800 Comment by Madashell @ 24, amen, sister. Celebrities aside, there seems to be an emerging standard that for a woman over 40 to be competitive in the workplace or whatever, she must go under the knife to look good. These multi-thousands of dollar procedures aren't covered by insurance. Add this to the other expenses of 'looking good', and the fact we earn - whatsit - 70 cents on the dollar compared to men, and it's quite apparent that women in our so-called advanced society pay a premium that men do not.
Susan Sontag had a good bit about the lines on a woman's face being a result of her character and the life she lived, something to that effect.

]]> Madashell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094208 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:57:59 -0800 Comment by Confused Wait, who else thought Mr Poe's first comment meant he had a crow fetish?

]]> Confused http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094212 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:02:38 -0800 Comment by ellarosa 11--maddy kahn? she looked alot better than that, even just before she died (check out "judy berlin" her last movie). current madonna reminds me more of willem dafoe.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094225 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:17:00 -0800 Comment by Vince A friend of mine had a sunken face from years of fighting AIDS. He got injections of something (I think it's called Resilin) and he looks great. Really, it worked wonders. He'll have to have it done every fews years but he looks much better.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094264 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/madonnas_new_head_gets_its_own_think_pie#c1094264 Celeb Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:49:12 -0800