CONFESSIONS TIME

The excitement is building.... and we will have to wait and see where this goes and how it does, I could care if the critics like it or not, though Queen Madonna might. I'm just glad she is releasing another grand adventure for us to immerse ourselves in. Her Confessions on the Dancefloor was hugely popular, and like my good handsome friend Sixpence with his post , I'll am right between him in the queue and pre-ordered the album. I wasn't just looking at his ass.

And leave it to our Queen to go deeper, like all else she does. The use of the pink veil by Madonna on her cover does not seem to be merely aesthetic if you ask me. The triangular shape created by the fabric evokes the pink triangle, a symbol with deep historical significance, used in Nazi concentration camps during WWII to identify us gay folk. Decades later, particularly in the 1970's and 80's the symbol was reclaimed by the LGBTQ community as an emblem of strong and powerful resistance and remembrance, and the fight for rights, and then used by ACT UP. The "Silence=Death poster featuring the triangle, became one of the most important icons of activism during the AIDS crisis also. Madonna is no dummy...and has always been a huge true artist and an outspoken ally and fighter for the LGBTQ and a big trans ally in particular. In Madonna's visual aesthetic, the triangle appears more subtly, but I noticed it right quick. This parallel suggests to me that the Madonna may be engaging with this historical memory.  After all she has many , many, ties to our community.

She is Brillant! Whether or not she intended this as a deeper meaning or not, it is how I read into it. Her connecting her imagery to a symbol that represents both oppression and resistance, particularly in the context of the AIDS crisis and her fighting for LGBTQ visibility and being a huge part of the community for support. And at a time when this currently administration is acting out terribly towards the trans community in particular, not to mention acting like a bunch of miserable bastards who don't know what they are doing. Here she is again ...popping up when we could all use some fun, escaping music, with her sending a few messages.

Is this just a coincidence? Who knows...but I'm ready with my veils and unitards and whatever else in needed.