Mash Up

Power as defined by self objectification and a measure of wealth

chief designer Jonathan Ive has cemented his reputation as the Armani of Apple

he has been responsible for a whirlwind of innovation 

Ms. Winfrey etched herself into the culture by revolutionizing the television talk show

For someone who has enjoyed outsize victories in almost every venture she has pursued

It's difficult to do something radically new, unless you are at the heart of a company."

She is an embodiment of success, especially for African Americans and women.

Lady Gaga idealizes this way of being in the world

Both a child of and a product of television

It’s easy to construe Gaga as suggesting that frank self-objectification is a form of real power.

There is nobody like Lady Gaga

She is a billionaire, but she is also a “woman of the people,

The genius of Gaga is to make it seem obvious

Jonathan Ive has covered this distance to establish himself as one of the world's most celebrated and sought after designers.

being paid huge sums to do what he loves best.

Ive is notoriously self-effacing, but his colleagues call him a genius.

 







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Nancy Bauder, “Lady Power Power,” The Opinionator of The New York Times (2010), accessed May 24, 2011, http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/oprah_winfrey/index.html