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Today on Q, we spoke to Kate Durbin, co-creator of Gaga Stigmata, an online journal dedicated to the academic study of pop sensation Lady Gaga. Durbin dismissed claims of Gaga's unoriginality, contending she's a groundbreaking performance artist.

What's your take on Gaga? Is she just a case of Madonna redux? Or a pioneering performance artist?