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Dibbern also said that Madonna was a possible "long shot...
Faludi dispatches Roseanne and Madonna in one subclause of a sentence, which deprives readers of what would surely have been a lively discussion of two of the decade's most influential symbols. Writers such as Barbara Ehrenreich have praised Roseanne for helping root feminism in the family and give it a raw eloquence. "Roseanne gave working-class feminism a face," says Ehrenreich. "The typical image of a feminist in the media has been the Murphy Brown type -- the very successful, very slender, very perfectly organized professional woman. And we didn't have a media image of another kind of feminist...
...Madonna too became a symbol in the '80s of a maturing feminism, at least in the eyes of flame-throwing author Camille Paglia, who considers herself a feminist. "Madonna has enabled the young women of the world to recover their sexuality and yet to remain assertive, independent beings," Paglia says. "She was able to fuse this overt and almost pornographic sexuality as a woman with this dominant, managerial aptitude. It has been an extraordinary influence on women...
...blame it on TV. Whenever there's a scene that involves waking up, going to bed, or sex, women wear beautiful lingerie. This is always true, whether a woman is a power-suited corporate cutie of "L.A. Law," a scheming soap opera vixen, Chrissy on "Three's Company," or Madonna. Sure, the rest of their wardrobes are priced out of reach and completely inappropriate for daily life, but you can have their underwear...
...there is some hope. When Madonna's Truth or Dare movie came out, following her "Justify My Love" scandal, many Americans breathed a sigh of relief. She had done it all. There was just nothing left that could be more shocking or obscene. Perhaps this is our consolation for Bush's shameful appearance on television advertisements...