Madonna laments to Rolling Stone that, at her age, EVERYONE feels like they can tear her down. Proclaiming it’s the “last great Civil Rights frontier,” she says ageism is “still the one area where you can totally discriminate against somebody and talk shit. Because of their age. Only females, though. Not males. So in that respect we still live in a very sexist society.”
She goes on:
“No one would dare to say a degrading remark about being black or dare to say a degrading remark on Instagram about someone being gay. But my age – anybody and everybody would say something degrading to me. And I always think to myself, why is that accepted? What’s the difference between that and racism, or any discrimination? They’re judging me by my age. I don’t understand. I’m trying to get my head around it. Because women, generally, when they reach a certain age, have accepted that they’re not allowed to behave a certain way. But I don’t follow the rules. I never did, and I’m not going to start.”
Well, good for her. Although I have a feeling the gay, the trans, the Muslim-American, the ginger, and the overweight communities might feel there are still some Civil Rights frontiers that need forging. Read the whole interview, and hear where she stands on Gaga, here
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