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madonna's emails to lady gaga, circa xmas 2004

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p.s. right now i'm trying to decide whether i should buy the 5,000 song ipod or the 10,000. for 50 bucks more, i could get 2500 pictures with the 10,000 songs. i'm thinking about it…


2004 « Today In Madonna History

From: Madonna <theboss2004@email.poo>

To: Lady Gaga <sadnessperson@email.goo>

Date: December 23, 2004 04:23:55 AM

dear lady,

you don't have to be like your mom or like any other woman. your life does not have to look like anybody else's. honestly, get away from your mom. she’s no good for you.

so some men disrespected you in your life. so what? seek out the people and
experiences that make you feel good and alive. you don't have to be a man just to feel not burdened by men.

in fact, i don't understand your feelings about men at all.

to me it just sounds like it's all about mom.

how can you really be worried about marriage and children when you've never even had a real boyfriend?

is your identity so well-defined and amazingly clear to you already that being in love would be a total loss of self?

and if it's so defined and clear, how could it be so precarious and shatterable by something as simple as love?

everything will be okay. spend more time with people who are chasing their talents and being productive instead of people stable in their boring "normal" pathologies. and chase your talents.

you have no idea…. don't hide from anybody, even if it means making a scene.

xo madonna


Lady Gaga in 2004 - Page 2 - News and Events - Gaga Daily

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