Madonna's hands

[Enrico 15,788]

Very interesting article about Madonna's hands!

 

http://honey.nine.com.au/2016/11/16/13/59/madonna-and-her-hands

 

Madonna is 58 years old.

She's had eight No. 1 albums, won seven Grammys, raised four children, and paved the way for generations of powerful, outspoken female artists to come.

And yet, all the internet wants to talk about is that very first line.

Because Madonna refuses to "age gracefully" – aka cover up in a muumuu, fade quietly into the background, and abdicate her throne to the younger, wider-eyed popstars chomping at the bit – the world is outraged.

How dare she talk graphically about sex.

How dare she gyrate on stage.

How dare she date men 20 years her junior.

But above all, how dare she subject us to that 58-year-old body.

Take a look at the comments section on any Madonna article, and you'll be greeted with a charming onslaught of vitriol from men and women (yes, a whole lot of women) who are so disgusted by her age and appearance they feel the need to leave public record of their nausea on the internet.

"Madonna your [sic] old and past it, no one wants to see you naked," commented one New South Wales woman on a recent Nine Facebook post. "You were fantastic at one time but trying to hang onto that is just making you look pathetic. Go back to the nursing home where you belong."

Here's the latest photo to send Madonna's critics into a tizzy:

Image: Getty

That's Madonna watching a UFC fight at New York's Madison Square Garden on November 12.

Within hours, sites like the New York Daily News, Daily Mail, and The Telegraph all felt the need to publish pieces noting the "shocking" contrast between Madonna's "fresh face" and "aging hands".

The Daily Mail actually used the phrase "wrinkled mitts" in their headline.

Madonna has never discussed having cosmetic work done, but the implication is that she can try her hardest to preserve her youthful looks up top but those damn hands tell us all we need to know: She's past her expiry date.

Such pointed sexist ageism isn't limited to females in Hollywood. Women who refuse to shuffle into the traditional roles and wardrobe deemed acceptable for the over-50 set are largely demonised by society. (And those who do conform are often made to feel invisible.)

Here's Madonna and one of her "shocking" hands just two weeks earlier at a London party on October 27:

Image: Getty

Her hand looks fine, but that's beside the point.

Hands are weird. They get veiny when you're dehydrated. They bloat when it's humid out. And yes, they even dare to age.

"Ready to fight Sexism Ageism Racism Homophobia and all other forms of Bigotry and Discrimination," Madonna captioned a November 15 Instagram (unrelated to hand-gate). "Let's Go America. Land of the Free and Home of the Brave!"

Keep fighting, Madge. And keep waving those perfectly human hands in our faces until we learn to love them.

 

 

[wtg1987 10,151]

Do they photograph male celebrities hands in their 50s ? Of course they dont ? Its just sexism journalism again ? 

[Enrico 15,788]

Yeah actually at the end of the article as a provocation they show clooney's..

[LikeAMelody 728]

After this election I have lost that naive last glimmer of hope that I wouldn't let go that women are truly respected for who they are in this country.

[InfinityWithin 276]

Hm... I don't find the hands issue that shocking. I mean, M is a pop star, pop is beauty, pop is sex, pop is youth (and much more)... M knows that, she's playing with all these elements, she's trying hard to stay young (you can SEE she is trying) - but her hands are showing her real age.

 

M is known (and is proud) to be a perfectionist and her hands aren't "perfect".

 

It's not really nice to talk about them, but it's not really a surprise. Or is it?

[baymad4her 1,989]

People will say anything to make the Queen feel bad about herself because they are jealous of her success, if she gave a damn about what people said about her, she would of gave up a long time ago.

[Andymad 10,320]

#seemewiththemhands

[LikeAMelody 728]

It is a surprise because the very last thing I look for in an artist is the way their hands look. I guess with this obnoxious era and loudness and freedom that people that don't care to discuss anything of any real substance have that is what they care about. Things that don't really matter.

[Fighter 28,797]

Pathetic, I wouldnt even pay attention to this shit. We need to stop giving power to these people by paying attention to the shit they spout.

[NowRadiate 3,331]

pop is beauty, pop is sex, pop is youth (and much more)... 

 

much more, exactly.

perhaps it's time to add more and perhaps new (or old *shock*) aspects to "pop"?

pop could be what we make it.

females and gays are more subject to the dogma of having to look sexually attractive/young or even perfect (for the respective age) throughout their lives, otherwise they're worth less.

and that's a shame. it's crazy.

having said that, the past 30 years men had to become more superficially beautiful in their way too but the level of pressure applied to the respective gender is not the same, as it seems. the sexes are not being viewed as being on par.

[blondboi559 221]

I actually think the photo is altered in some way, all the other shots from that night her hands are fine, *the Daily Mail* even printed the other shots and failed to notice, *the Sun* had a 2-page article devoteed to other females with similar *hand* issues, it's disgusting that this is consider news at all

[Enrico 15,788]

I actually think the photo is altered in some way, all the other shots from that night her hands are fine, *the Daily Mail* even printed the other shots and failed to notice, *the Sun* had a 2-page article devoteed to other females with similar *hand* issues, it's disgusting that this is consider news at all

Unfortunately I think the photos where the hands are fine sometimes are the altered ones...

Of course one shot may differ from the other because of the position of the moment, it happens to the face too and it happens to all of us. On the same day you may look beautiful or ugly.

We all know that m tends to hide her hands with gloves... I really don't care if they look old!

Her hands have always looked "old", think of Like a prayer album cover!