it's always a little disturbing to me when media purporting to be about "exposing rape culture" features violent rape imagery, knowing full well that many people that are watching are less than horrified by the imagery, if you understand what i'm saying. there's a very fine line between messaging and pornography; this is a topic that people engage with in complex ways, from repressed fantasies to voyeurism. sometimes, this line is crossed by accident, or at least not by conscious choice. i think lady gaga has a marketing team that is able to understand what i'm saying better than i'm able to articulate it, and they wouldn't make such an error as an oversight.

if i'm interpreting this as twisted porn, it's because it's designed that way.