Madonna has long been associated with beauty and appeal as the “queen of pop.” She has had many surgeries, beauty treatments, and carefully edited photos in her never-ending search for classic style.
While her Instagram feed shows a perfect, young picture of her, paparazzi photos show a different side of her. As time goes on, wrinkles, droopy skin, and other flaws show up, showing how different her real-life appearance is from how she looks online.
At a party recently for her book, Madonna showed up in a revealing corset, fishnet tights, and a black jacket. The bright outfit caught people’s eyes and brought out the big difference between how she really looked and how she carefully built her social media image.
People who don’t like her try to stop getting older call her “a granny refusing to age!” People are talking about how her online persona doesn’t match up with her real life.
Can the stress of fame explain going to great lengths to stay young? Say what you think.
Note: The point of the piece is not to criticise Madonna’s choices, but to start a conversation about how society views beauty and getting older.