Analysis Of Gaga Feminism

In the new and upcoming society, social norms are the guidelines of behavior that are considered adequate in a group or society. In the book Gaga Feminism, The author, J. Jack Halberstam makes a case for Lady Gaga to be reflected on in these newer terms for the potential of her imposing subversion over the sexual and gender norms to bring out a feasible “end of normal” entirely. Halberstam explicates that the end of normal is about the changing of social norms and this is important to gender studies and feminism because they have changed to new ideas being considered such as Lady Gaga, SpongeBob, and drag feminism. Lady Gaga is one of the new waves of feminism approaching. The idea of this recent wave is gaga goes wild. Gaga goes wild symbolizes the craziness and wildness that is frequently happening in the change of the behavior in contemporary women. Halberstam argues for a riotous and crazy feminism breaks in the gender norms. Describing the concept of gaga feminism, Halberstam explicates, “Gaga feminism …show more content…
In the article by Louis Gould, Baby X, the parents have agreed to be a part of a very expensive experiment where they have to keep the identity of the child a secret. They were given guidelines on how to deal with difficult situations and how to play with X. While the adults at the school were reacting to this experiment with extreme hostility, the peers of X began to imitate how it dressed and played with others. In the article, the author says how the "parents held an emergency meeting to discuss "the X problem" (Baby X, 3). The parents in the article assumed that not publicly identifying oneself as a boy or girl means that child is a bad influence. This article relates to the Gaga Feminism book because it discusses the roles of gender norms and how men and women act when the society is aware of what sex they