February 25, 2011
- Lady Gaga Orders Target To Get Down With Homosexuals
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hmmmmm…will i be able to shop at target again b/c of lady gaga? that’s a bit horrifying? or maybe not?Love or hate Lady Gaga, you have to admit that she’s done wonderful things for the gays. After inking a deal with Target—a store I would sadly spend most of my waking moments in—Gaga held a meeting with the execs and demanded they stop funding anti-gay groups. In the past, the store had donated $150,000 to a political group that supported a ban on gay marriage.
Love or hate Lady Gaga, you have to admit that she’s done wonderful things for the gays. After inking a deal with Target—a store I would sadly spend most of my waking moments in—Gaga held a meeting with the execs and demanded they stop funding anti-gay groups. In the past, the store had donated $150,000 to a political group that supported a ban on gay marriage. Gaga described the discussion as “intense’ and said the following:
That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I’ve ever had in a business meeting. Part of my deal with Target is that they have to start affiliating themselves with LGBT charity groups and begin to reform and make amends for the mistakes they’ve made in the past … our relationship is hinged upon their reform in the company to support the gay community and to redeem the mistakes they’ve made supporting those [antigay] groups.
Subsequently, Target has rescinded any and all financial support to anti-gay groups and has made a donation of $500,000 to LGBT groups. (FYI: Target is worth, like, a billion dollars.)
Isn’t this news kind of insane? The fact that Lady Gaga is powerful enough to change one of the biggest corporations is pretty mind-blowing. Imagine if Lady Gaga was a creepy Christian who hated gay people. That alternative is terrifying. Regardless of your feelings about Gaga, it’s important to note that she’s a progressive liberal who basically has as much influence as Obama. Whoa. That’s an intense thought. And so American.
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omg the booties
She’s going to come with a tiny version of The Fountainhead, and she’s going to be an asshole. “There is not a person in New York City who should be allowed to live in this dreamhouse,” she’ll say if you press her back. Also, “If you want my advice, Peter, you’ve made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask dolls. Not about your work. Don’t you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?” And if you put her in a drawer she’ll build something to set herself free, and then hiss at you from the opened drawer, “You know that I hate you, [your name]. I hate you for what you are, for wanting you, for having to want you. I’m going to fight you — and I’m going to destroy you … I will hurt you through the only thing that can hurt you — through your work. I will fight to starve you, to strangle you on the things you won’t be able to reach. I have done it to you to today — and that is why I shall sleep with you tonight.” It’s going to be pretty upsetting actually.
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