As Billboard Magazine’s crowns Lady Gaga Woman of the year,
she took to her social media page to challenge women who feel they are old as
they clock 30. She said;
“My birthday is in
March, so these are the last moments of my 20s. I already mourned that in a
way, and now I’m really excited about showing girls, and even men, what it can
mean to be a woman in her 30s. Why is it that we’re disposing of people once
they pass that mark? It’s suddenly, ‘You’re an old woman.’ I’m not f---ing old.
I’m more sexual and powerful and intelligent and on my shit than I’ve ever
been. I’ve come a long way through a lot of heartache and pain, but none of it
made me damaged goods.
It made me a
fighter. I want to show women they don’t need to try to keep up with the
19-year-olds and the 21-year-olds in order to have a hit. Women in music, they
feel like they need to f---ing sell everything to be a star. It’s so sad. I
want to explode as I go into my 30s.
“Once you start being mindful and really going, ‘Do I
actually want that?,’ you start to feel empowered and you find your value. I
love being the annoying girl. I was a theater kid. I was in jazz band. I went
to the Renaissance Faire. I was that girl who got made fun of, that nerdy girl.
I believe in that girl. I believe in the integrity, intelligence and power of
people like her, and I want to ignite it.”
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