Yes, we have a long way to go before a gay anthem written by a gay man reaches the top 40. However, and maybe I haven't read enough of his interviews, I never was under the impression that Macklemore thinks he is the first hip-hop artist to champion gay rights. He's been pretty self-aware (as has been discussed at…

To bleach the whole asshole, these girls should have gone swimming in bleach.

You don't need a white asshole. You ARE a white asshole.

Michael Ian Black's tweet is fucking genius.

Yes! Thank you. Exactly. I don't care at all about the sexuality of it (in that it's exactly what everyone's been doing since - at least - Madonna's original Like a Virgin stage humping. And by acting like we need smelling salts we're giving her/the sellers what they want). However, the performance was. Just. Bad. As…

that was taxing.

Just making sure everyone saw this today.

Now whenever friends claim their kid is the cutest ever, this is what I'll be comparing it to. SO CUTE.

I appreciate having a mind twin! IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING. My jaw dropped and didn't come back up until about 30 seconds in... then it dropped again. It is the first time I have been shocked by a performance, and considering I am only 23, I've seen plenty of starlets get sexual on stage. This was just bad. It was Lana…

Okay.... but can we talk about the problematic and racist nature of her performance? Her literal use of people as props? Her association of her newfound sexuality with the traditional codifiers of black female culture, thereby perpetuating the Jezebel stereotype that black women are lewd, lascivious and uncontrollably…

Honestly, the only thing I find inappropriate about what Miley has been doing is that she's appropriating black culture in order to prove that she's "sexual" and "edgy" now, which is extremely offensive for a host of reasons.

Honestly, the only part about this overall god-awful performance that I find actually offensive is the use of black women as sexualized props (they are literally dressed as toys). Yes, everything else was bad, but we don't need to be upset about the fact that Miley was half-naked — really, in a bathing suit — and…

I was not shocked by Miley's performance, especially not in the context of the direction she's been headed. This is part of the "I AM AN ADULT WATCH ME DO ADULT THINGS NOW" evolution most pop stars go through. Britney did it, Xtina did it, this is not new. "Adult" for too many women of pop means shouting "LOOK HOW…

I don't care about her using her sexuality in whatever way she wants. I've seen that before. We've all seen that before. It doesn't disturb me. I'm pretty sure her repeated use of black people as props is what grosses me out the most.

I was under the impression those were illegal in the city of Atlanta.

I think I'm starting to appreciate Taylor Swift in a non-ironic way. The video of her watching Miley Cyrus is glorious:

Truthfully, I choose not to get involved in the Lena Dunham debates on Jezebel because I feel like, as a group (as the Lena Lovers and Lena Haters tend to band into), the discussion becomes very unobjective. This is my way of making light of the conversations I see in the commentariat here. No apologies.

She was an only a 19 year old virgin because she's white!