Is Lady Gaga a worthy queen?

Lady Gaga is at it again.

The singer known for her massive shoulder pads, meat dress and giant light-up “disco stick” is embarking on a new mission: a liberatory organization.

On Feb. 29, Mother Monster herself will launch the Born This Way Foundation. Gaga’s new charity will partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and other organizations in an attempt to combat bullying among youth.

It’s about time.

Gaga’s personal record on tolerance is essentially unquestionable.

Throughout her time as a pop idol she has sent supportive videos to student activists, called for anti-bullying legislation and even berated some of her own fans for cracking fat-jokes about Adele.

This message is the kind we can all support, and now a foundation backed by a name like Harvard will carry the kind of legitimacy that opens doors.

Gaga, like most celebrities, gets placed on a pedestal that requires her to maintain superhuman levels of perfection. We press an extra measure of responsibility on those who choose to stand up in front of us.

We demand that they behave like angels and exclude no one.

The problem is, even when they are trying to improve things, they get torn down either for going too far or not far enough.

There will be those who insist that the Born This Way Foundation is not inclusive enough of trans people. Some will say that it ignores important intersections of race and class. Some will be upset by another attempt by Lady Gaga to become a “gay savior.”

And some will argue that the existence of this foundation at all is just her latest commercial stunt.

But any empowering force in the world will inevitably make it a better place. No one, not even Gaga, is perfect, so we do not expect her foundation to be either. Even if it does make her into a savior or help her sell more albums, which it probably will, it will still be a force for good.

In the end, whether Lady Gaga is an artistic visionary or just some nut who figured out people would pay money to see her draped with steak is no longer relevant.

The message of Lady Gaga has become so much bigger and more important than a talented girl covered in latex on a stage. It no longer matters whether this whole idea is a bunch of commercial crock we all eat up, because it’s an empowering move.

And we will take good done out of greed above evil done out of generosity any day.