Fame.

I'll probably edit this later. But I'll go ahead and post it now.

I find it interesting how one becomes famous anymore. More and more, Fame has become another label, and the only way to get that label is to become scandalous, provocative, and become something that sometimes you entirely aren't. But who wants to worship someone famous who is genuine?

No one has ever heard of Stefani Germanotta. She has natural dark brunette hair, with matching mahogany eyes. Her music is pretty, as she is a talented pianist as well as song writer. Her music conveys the familiar messages of love that we hear all too much about anymore. Her voice is deep and rich, filled with the color. She wears her fashionable outfits, nothing too glamorous or extreme, her makeup is simple and natural. She is plain, sweet, simple, but nothing special. She is too much like everyone else. Nothing Special.

Everyone, however, has heard of and heard Lady GaGa. She is everything Stefani is not. From image- with her platinum blonde hair and extreme hair styles, over the top designer couture outfits, consummate make-up, to music- hard beats and dance techno and lyrics of sex and disco-sticks, to behavior- openly admits and shows attraction towards men and women, sexual acts in public- you get the picture. Don't get me wrong, I believe Lady GaGa is absolutely fabulous and one of the most talented musicians out there, and she deserves every bit of fame she gets.

Why this comparison? Because Stefani Germanotta and Lady GaGa are one in the same.

My point lies in this- young girls are already faced with so much from the media, with the need to be thin and the need to be loved (and the only way to love and be loved is to have sex with someone who won't last forever, right?), and now they are shown the only way to make it in today's society anymore is to become like this provocative icon. They have to be outlandish and crazy. They have to become a focus of sex. They have to become all of these things to be recognized and acknowledged.

I guess I will never be accepted by society.