Lady Gaga/Jo Calderone and Drag / The Commentary of Two Kyles

# September 1, 2010 / 9:27PM 5 notes

Lady Gaga/Jo Calderone and Drag

I’m pretty sure that by now most everybody knows who Lady Gaga is. I’d also bet that most people have polar opinions about her. Either love her and can’t get enough, or just want her Little Monsters to zip it.

Recently, somebody named Jo Calderone who most people (including myself) believe to be Lady Gaga in drag has posed for Japanese Vogue. In many ways I feel that Lady Gaga has a very queer gender expression. When she performs en femme she has the feeling of a drag queen. As if she’s expressing femininity from a male place.

Now with this Jo Calderone person, there’s the feeling and appearance of expressing masculinity from a female place. In many ways I believe that the way Gaga expresses her gender could very well be bigender.

Consider the sexuality of Gaga. She’s often been quoted of thinking of women while having sex with men as the inspiration of Poker Face. Although gender and sexuality are not the same thing, is it possible that when she has sex with men she does it in a “masculine” manner? And when she has sex with women she does it in a “feminine” manner? Based on what I know, it seems as if Gaga prefers masculine or androgynous women. I wonder if her preference in men is towards the androgynous side of the gender expression spectrum.

Thoughts?

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