« back to article

Discuss “Helping people isn't PR”

Roughly the size of Pennsylvania, Malawi is a third-world country abundant in four things: AIDS, malaria, drought, and tobacco plants. Called only by her ironic first name, Madonna is an entertainer known for four things: conic boobs, scandalous music videos, devotion to the Kabbalah, and a lip-lock with Britney Spears.

Malawi used to enforce, by law, modest dress. Jeans on women are still generally considered unacceptable. Madonna used to tour dressed as a whip-cracking dominatrix, surrounded by topless dancers. Once during a concert in Puerto Rico, she rubbed the island’s flag between her legs on stage.

So when the Material Girl pledged to help the orphaned children in the southeast African country, we were incredulous.

We were even...

Comments

Be heard

Name:
Required
Email:
Optional
Comment:

Comment guidelines

If you provide an email address, it will be displayed. This may make you more vulnerable to spammers.

HTML is not allowed. Paragraphs are automatically created by leaving a blank line. Links are created from URLs automatically.

Off-topic or inappropriate (e.g. obscene, libelous) comments are not permitted and will be removed.

Important: The Tartan provides these discussion boards to encourage discussion about the topics we report. The views and opinions expressed in these comments are those of their authors, and do not reflect the opinions of The Tartan.