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Lady Gaga poses for a portrait in her hotel suite prior to her event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday, Feb. 29.
What better place than Harvard for Lady Gaga to take the world to school?!
The pop superstar, her mother Cynthia and the mother of all talk show hosts, Oprah Winfrey, were at the Ivy League university's Sanders Theatre to officially launch Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.
Which, contrary to the singer's reputation as a fervent antibullying advocate, is not an antibullying charity. And no, Oprah, the three pillars of the organization are not "bravery, acceptance and love."
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"Those are...well, those are three important aspects of the foundation," Gaga tactfully corrected the OWN founder, "but the three pillars are 'SSO.' Remember these things today, it would make me very very happy: Safety. Skills. Opportunity."
Well, then.
"I want to help, I want to be brave, I want there to be more tolerance in the universe," the "Edge of Glory" singer said of what prompted her to start the Born This Way Foundation, which she describes as a "youth-empowerment" foundation. "I want there to be more acceptance. What I realize more than anything was that I never wanted this dialogue to end."
"This is about transformative change in culture over a period of time," she said.
Lady Gaga also announced that fans should be on the lookout for the Born Brave Bus, which will travel along with her tour bus and serve as the focal point of a massive, cross-country tailgating party for young people who just want to talk about life -- as well as kids who want to help and inspire others.
"It will welcome anyone from any walk of life, whether you have a ticket to the show or you don't, to come and hang out and talk about love, acceptance, kindness and so forth," she said.
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She admitted that she doesn't have all the answers, and she playfully shot down panel member Dr. Deepak Chopra when he teased her about seeing herself as a global leader.
"I know you want me to see myself as a global leader, because I know you," she teased the author. "I would like for everyone to see themselves as global leaders. I suppose that would be what I mean when I say you are all born superstars.
"When I say it takes very little to change the world," she continued, "I really mean that. If each one of us just transformed one small bit of ourselves to be a bit kinder, more loving, more tolerant...I believe it will be quite easy to change the world. The only problem is, there's so damn many of us."
"If there was a law, you know I'd be chained naked to a fence somewhere trying to pass it," Gaga cracked, acknowledging how implementing widespread change is a daunting prospect.
"Change could be 50 years from now," she admitted. "And if I'm dead, I don't give a s--t, I just hope it happens."
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Talk about whoring a school for money, but good for her( no talent, excellent use of cash). A Harvard degree from the Gaga faculty. LOL
Kind of cynical, are you not Our Planet?
BTW: what have you done today to make the planet a better place for us all?
Lady Pothead? She should start a foundation for kids who smoke pot & drink - depressants cause teen suicides!
Here's a girl who pretty much created herself and became a multimillionairess doing it.
She's eloquent in her own way and obviously way smart. She could be shoveling it up her nose but she's not/
She's endowing a school at Harvard/ I'm proud of her and of her desire to help remake the world in a kinder, gentler, smarter and more equitable image.
For all of us who cannot aspire to such deeds, thank you...
If she devotes her time to promote kindness and gentleness and respect, then she may be at least change some and that some of the individuals may spread the same message which may influence others and that others may prevent violent behavior or bullying behavior against anyone for they have learned the message.
If we all do at least one good thing, such as respect each other, then the society that we live in is safer and more peaceful.
Saving one starfish at a time as long as we have time and we can employ the theory of saving one starfish at a time.
keep on smokin the peace pipe - your mind will go quickly into paranoia & then depression (pot & alcohol are depressants).
When you lack talent, you'll do just about anything to remain in the public eye.
Have any of you negative people ever seen her perform? How can you say the lady lacks talent when she writes all her own music, plays numerous instruments, dances, and can sing amazingly well. She is trying to do something positive for the world, and all of you people have nothing to say other than "she is talentless." If that is your opinion, fine. Don't buy her music. But don't criticize her for trying to grow tolerance and respect for one another.