Re: Witches, Madonnas, and Goddesses

[GREY1@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Laura Grey)]

In article <34832@ut-emx.UUCP> Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes 
about Kate and Madonna:

> You could say that one wears a mantle of erotica, while the other
> flashes a shroud of blatant sex trimmed with pornography.

Mmm, yes!  Your entire posting provides a terrific comparison, Susan.  

Athletic, bouncy but graceless Madonna is certainly interesting to watch 
in her trashy Barbarella/Frederick's of Hollywood/Salvation Army/I Dream 
of Jeannie sort of way, but our free spirit, Kate, is the sort of woman 
you want to listen to with your ears and mind and heart.  What's more, as 
ethereal or abstract as Kate can be, she's also a surprisingly real and 
gentle person, by all accounts, whereas Madonna's style jars and punches and 
knocks the wind out of people.  They're both powerful women, but I prefer 
the power that Kate summons from within over the power that Madonna grabs 
from others.  

-Laura Grey