Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Madonna is on the cover of this month's Ladies' Home Journal.

Comments

[Chrissy]

She has also been quoted as saying that she regrets turning herself into a sex symbol in her earlier career. That's not exactly the right wording. But it still undermines her message over the years of 'Folks, it's your body, do what you want with it. Sex isn't a bad thing.' I'm pissed at her about that. Whether I like her or not she was still a strong voice for women's sexuality freedom.

[Lisa]

In the late 80s (I was in college) there was a newspaper article that speculated that one day Madonna would marry, have children, and regret every naughty thing she'd ever done. It said that she would discover religion and would try to transform herself into a sort of Virgin Mary figure. Then she did "Sex" and I pretty much thought Virgin-Marianism was unattainable (did you see that book? a Naomi Campbell sandwich, ick!) but the writer was (sort of) right and I was wrong. Although I don't think he thought she'd turn into a Kabbalah person, but that she would go ultra Catholic.

[tracy]

I think she prefers the kind of sex symbol she is NOW over the kind she was back then. Although I think the evolution was just as important. I love that she's this rockstar, has kids, married for love, takes care of herself and could bang out another hit album if she wanted to. Maybe that's a testiment to having turned 30... that I think she's more sexy now than ever before.

[leila]

I lost all respect for her when she wrote her first children's book. Her reasoning for writing one went something like, "There aren't any good new children's books out there". Which was, possibly, the stupidest thing said about children's books in 2003.

[lauren]

I think she said that the second her book got published as a self-reflexive remark. And she was right.