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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:00 AM

Madonna: Crazy for sinew

Reading Madonna's body.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, May 31, 2006 03:34 PM

    Maybe it's simple

    Is it possible that she's just nervous about being able to see fifty just around the next bend? Her career does seem to have depended on maintaining at least the illusion of youth; that's just how the pop scene usually works.

    And there are all of those younger women her husband could start yearning after.

    —Rachel Avery Read Rachel Avery's other letters

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