Since Lady Gaga's meat-kini cover of Vogue Hommes Japan is making headlines, especially after Gaga's meat dress and assorted accessories debuted at the VMAs, I thought I would post her opposite cover for the magazine. On this cover, we see her in drag... or perhaps I should say as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone. Lady Gaga hasn't entirely come out and said, "I am Jo Calderone." But there's enough evidence out there to see that it has to be the one and only Lady Gaga.
On top of the photoshoot, Jo Calderone did an interview with Jo-Ann Furniss, which can be found on Nicola Formichetti's (Gaga's stylist) blog. In the small interview, we can see that Jo is a simple Italian boy who has a passion for cars... and Lady Gaga as well!
Anyways, I just wanted to post this because I thought it was interesting. It got a few sites on the web buzzing for a while, but it didn't really spark a wildfire like the meat dresses, which surprised me since the main rumor that has been dogging Lady Gaga since 2008 is the "Is Lady Gaga a man?" rumor. Hell, even Barbara Walters asked Gaga if she was one on her "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" special. I thought the drag cover would've made those skeptics freak out. But they didn't... So I'm left to wonder why Jo Calderone didn't make the headlines since, to me, it's a meatier (no pun intended) story than wearing meat.
*Great* question. I'm not sure I know the answer. Perhaps what's titillating about Gaga is her sexual/gender ambiguity? The blogosphere can speculate ad infimitum about her having a penis when she's dressed as a woman; but, when she unambiguously poses as a man the press has no secret to unearth, no mystery to reveal.
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