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After stripping to support Pussy Riot, and then in support of Barack Obama, Madonna continues to undress to express her solidarity to Malala Yousafzai, the 14 year old Pakistani who has been fighting for several years against the violence of the Taliban and the atrocities committed under the regime.

During the concert at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, the 54 singer told the audience that she wanted to have a 'serious talk'. "The 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot on a schoolbus for writing a blog about how important education was to her. The Taliban stopped her bus and shot her. Do you understand the sickness and absurdity of this?"

To add force to her words, Madonna decided to strip and dedicated the strip and the song Human Nature to Malala. Even her most ardent fans did not appreciate the gesture, leaving disapproval comments on Twitter "Not the right way to pay Homage to Brave Malala. Its a way to earn cheap self popularity.”

It makes us wonder if the nature and the repetition of Madonna’s gestures of solidarity, risk to damage both the causes of those who she wants to defend and both herself.

Linda Lazzaro

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