I think the parodies are pretty funny. I don't see why we can't both think that harlequin romances are silly and terribly written, and acknowledge that they have a image and that millions of people enjoy reading them. Kind of like how Gentleman Broncos was both satire and affectionate homage to the sci-fi/fantasy…

If you're relying on mommy bloggers and naturopaths to prevent/cure autism, then you shouldn't be polluting the gene pool with your idiocy in the first place. The authors might be unintentionally doing humanity a favour by writing this bullshit in the first place.

Then why are people making a fuss out of the lipstick name and asking for its removal, rather than simply refraining from buying it if it's true that, as you claim, everyone's happy to just live and let live?

Burgess doesn't think so. In fact, he believes the whole controversy is ridiculous and dreamed up by people who are watching the show to get offended and pick it apart. And while he certainly can't speak for everyone or talk away the offense that some people have taken at the tropes on the show, he does say something…

I used to feel that way and then I realised that while there are many good things about Jezebel, the biggest downside is that the commentariat is on some kind of pissing contest/crusade to see who can be the most offended, as if that somehow shows everyone what a great feminist they are and how committed they are to…

You know it's a sad day when the fact that you're not prone to knee-jerk ridiculous reactions and outrage over innocuous shit makes you the exception, not the rule.

What can I say? Super earnest, self-righteous outrage over innocuous shit pisses me the hell off. It's one of my weaknesses. I'm trying to work on it but it's hard, it's a fucking epidemic.

Exactly. So if she's being provocative for the sake of provocation, the last thing anyone should do is give her what she wants, which is to make her believe for a second that anything she comes up with is worth reacting to. She's like Madonna trying to get a rise out of people by saying stupid shit and fucking 20…

Really? You find that attractive? I think he looks like a teenage boy version of Kim Kardashian, down to the selfie pout.

You shut your whore mouth and leave Nick Cave out of this!

Call me crazy, but I base my lipstick choices on what looks good on my face, not what the name on the bottom of the tube is. Shocking, I know!

And you don't the problem is that people need to unclench and stop letting a lipstick name (seriously, this is about a LIPSTICK NAME, not exactly an important issue) push their buttons. The problem isn't the lipstick name, it's people being idiotic.

I know, right? It's almost as bad as the depths people go to to draw attention to their self-righteous faux outrage du jour. I can't stand Kat Von D but I can't stand people making a fuss about irrelevant shit like a lipstick name even more.

I get the idea/logic behind it, and sometimes it works. But sometimes the dresses she pics are too high waisted and the skirts are too puffy and it just looks kind of silly and little girl-ish. I think she's got a great figure and looks better in pencil skirts and a-line but not so puffy skirts. I think these…

Gold.

Gold.

I'm laughing so hard I'm going to die. Seriously? Drug deals are cultural appropriation now? I am saving your comment as proof that the whole cultural appropriation thing has been taken way, way out of proportion and has reached epic levels of ridiculousness. Thanks for the laugh!

I think we've reached peak ridiculousness in 'cultural appropriation' manufactured outrage. The jezzeloonies have outdone themselves.

That's my point! In my first comment I said that she sounds much better live and singing great songs, as opposed to the crappy songs on her album (and the bad arrangements and production).

Not necessarily a songwriter. I just wish she'd at least pick better songs and have more interesting arrangements, add a little complexity. Her material is pretty run of the mill.