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Born This Way: The Birth of Little Monsters From The Spirit Of Music

Born This Way: The Birth of Little Monsters From The Spirit Of Music

March 19, 2011 · by Robin James · in Lady Gaga; Born This Way; Posthuman; Feminism; Sexuality; Queer; Orlan; Nomi; Thriller

In my previous post about Gaga’s BTW, I argued that the song’s ultimate position on identity—whether sexuality is genetic/biologically determined, or socially constructed—was hard to determine. There was a tension between the general spirit of the “born this way” rhetoric…

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