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But the story holds back on strong judgments, and ends up sounding a little wishy-washy in terms of what it actually thinks about the artist. (For whatever reason, the Times didn't correct Perry's grammar, as I assume it does with most subjects, following general journalistic protocol.) It paints her instead as a rather ambitious young woman who may or may not be willing to subvert her beliefs in order to achieve fame -- but not willing to actually admit that she's subverting those beliefs. Aka, she wants to have it both ways: Good-girl Christian who calls Lady Gaga out for being "blasphemous" and raunchy goddess of sexy pop-culture.
Are you bothered by these contradictions, or do you care what Katy Perry does with her life? And, perhaps more importantly, what do you think about her music?
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