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Madonna Transformed Pop Culture — But the Women of Punk Created the Framework (opens the original)
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Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, and all the sparkly, shiny Pop Icons and It Girlies from henceforth were born of Britney. Britney was born of Madonna. And Madonna was born of punk. Madonna’s influence on white girl Y2K pop culture is implied, but punk’s influence on Madonna is not.The energy and experimental fashion of the freewheeling, DIY ethos and counterculture of late-’70s and early-’80s punk and no wave were channeled into Madonna’s 1983
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