35 heroes of freedom

Madonna is among the 35 Heroes of Freedom chosen by www.reasononline.com
to celebrate the people who have made the world groovier and groovier since 1968

They explain:
“Madonna. As one of the first music video megastars, the Material Girl led MTV‘s glorious parade of freaks, gender-benders, and weirdos who helped broaden the palette of acceptable cultural identities and destroy whatever vestiges of repressive mainstream sensibilities still remained. Along the way, her continuous self-fashioning has brought so many avant-hip trends to the masses that we can even forgive her current fake English accent and children’s book phase”.