March 20th, 2010 / 12:35 am
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Gaga Stigmata

Uber cool Kate Durbin has created a new journal called Gaga Stigmata: Critical Writings and Art About Lady Gaga . Right now it features work from Meghan Vicks (a doctoral student of Comparative Literature at CU Boulder) and htmlgiant comrade Brian Oliu. Here’s the scoop:

Gaga Stigmata: Critical Writings and Art About Lady Gaga is a new technological breed of journal that intends to take seriously the brazenly unserious shock pop phenomenon and fame monster known as Lady Gaga.

Submit:

Critical Work (any format; any length) and Art (Creative Writings, Visual Art, Music, etc.), or any combination thereof, that intelligently interacts with the pop cultural manifestation that is Lady Gaga.

We are also interested in critical writings on the web that already exist, so please call these to our attention if you come across them.

Those who follow Gaga know that she moves as the speed of pop, which is far faster than the speed of critique; therefore, we have chosen the blogger format for now to allow us to keep pace with Gaga. We encourage pieces that are immediate (for example, critical responses to her newest performances, interviews, and music videos), though we are also eager for your more thought-over works as well. If your work is accepted, expect it to be published quickly–likely within a day or two of acceptance. You should also expect to interact with others in the comment boxes of the blog; permitting the peanut-crunching crowd of monsters to further the conversation’s evolution.

Our goal is to eventually create a book of the best works on this site, both in technological and physical form, possibly in collaboration with the Haus of Gaga.

Send all submissions to gagajournal@gmail.com

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32 Comments

  1. Jimmy Chen
  2. Jimmy Chen
  3. brittany wallace

      that sounds really good

  4. brittany wallace

      that sounds really good

  5. zusya

      seriously, i just came in here to post: yum.

  6. zusya

      seriously, i just came in here to post: yum.

  7. Kate

      i love this. love the lady lazarus reference: “the peanut-crunching crowd” of monsters. all the spectacle the striptease of gaga.

  8. Kate

      i love this. love the lady lazarus reference: “the peanut-crunching crowd” of monsters. all the spectacle the striptease of gaga.

  9. Lily Hoang

      This is absolutely amazing & spectacular.

  10. Lily Hoang

      This is absolutely amazing & spectacular.

  11. Kate Durbin

      Thanks so much for spreading the word, Christopher! That cookie is ridiculous and amazing.

      Brian’s Gaga piece is fantastic, everyone. Head on over and read it.

  12. Kate Durbin

      Thanks so much for spreading the word, Christopher! That cookie is ridiculous and amazing.

      Brian’s Gaga piece is fantastic, everyone. Head on over and read it.

  13. reynard

      you guys are going to be so famous

  14. reynard

      you guys are going to be so famous

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  16. Craig Snyder

      For the love of Underdog someone please post a contrary opinion.

  17. Craig Snyder

      For the love of Underdog someone please post a contrary opinion.

  18. L.

      Okay: This looks like the dumbest mash-up of all the worst traits of pseudo-intellectual undergraduate “cultural studies” with drama club humor.

  19. L.

      Okay: This looks like the dumbest mash-up of all the worst traits of pseudo-intellectual undergraduate “cultural studies” with drama club humor.

  20. reynard

      ยก

  21. jeff t johnson

      A poem I wrote while reading Gaga Stigmata was just posted there (thanks, Kate!).

  22. jeff t johnson

      A poem I wrote while reading Gaga Stigmata was just posted there (thanks, Kate!).

  23. zusya

      re: contrary opinion

      Here-Here! and all, but organizing a coherent and convincing counter-forceful refutation of such an amalgamation of Everything Contemporary American… is pretty hard to do.

      if i didn’t have a day job i’d submit a scholarly-esque piece titled something-along-the-lines-of: “This Entire Project Constitutes One Small Step For Men, One Giant Leap Backwards For Scholarship, Mankind”

      thesis: Critical studies that champion unintended irony, coterie commentary and passive/submissive observance of a Consumerist Culture reaching Cataclysmic Climax is not only destructively indolent, but an amazingly misguided use of resources.

  24. zusya

      re: contrary opinion

      Here-Here! and all, but organizing a coherent and convincing counter-forceful refutation of such an amalgamation of Everything Contemporary American… is pretty hard to do.

      if i didn’t have a day job i’d submit a scholarly-esque piece titled something-along-the-lines-of: “This Entire Project Constitutes One Small Step For Men, One Giant Leap Backwards For Scholarship, Mankind”

      thesis: Critical studies that champion unintended irony, coterie commentary and passive/submissive observance of a Consumerist Culture reaching Cataclysmic Climax is not only destructively indolent, but an amazingly misguided use of resources.

  25. Francko

      The Lady is a phenomenon with great musicality.
      People like her come along once in a verrry long time.
      Enjoy her work with gusto whilst thou canst !

  26. Francko

      The Lady is a phenomenon with great musicality.
      People like her come along once in a verrry long time.
      Enjoy her work with gusto whilst thou canst !

  27. david

      lady gaga is a hack. bitchessss.

  28. david

      lady gaga is a hack. bitchessss.

  29. windrider2

      Amen! I’m actually older than rock n roll. I’ve seen a great many talents come and go in a variety of genres and media, and Gaga is a once-in-a-lifetime artist Her music is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s what lies beneath her work that sinks ships of cultural complacency.

  30. windrider2

      Amen! I’m actually older than rock n roll. I’ve seen a great many talents come and go in a variety of genres and media, and Gaga is a once-in-a-lifetime artist Her music is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s what lies beneath her work that sinks ships of cultural complacency.

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