If you read social media and follow popular culture, you’re bound to see a photo of one of the female music stars of today like Lady Gaga, Kesha, Madonna, or Lana Del Rey and you’ll see something odd.
Someone in the comments will type MOTHER!
Unlike when you stub your toe on an usually pointy leg of an antique footstool in the darkness of a foreign hotel, these people are not stopping themselves from unleashing a four-syllable curse word, they are giving one of the deepest compliments of modern times.
This female hero is not necessarily the soft and fuzzy woman whose shoulder you can cry on or who has warm cookies waiting for you after a long day at work. Most of the singers who are honored with the nickname are extremely strong A-type personalities, with a dark confidence, a strength, an independent streak with no real need for a man – whether they have one or not.
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