Can this comment take the place of my original comment? Because this is basically all I'm trying to get at.

So, from reading these comments, people are mostly taking issue with a throwaway phrase I used: "Beyonce-free Zone."

I would just like to see female singers/musicians/bands who aren't Beyonce (and, to be fair, also not anything played on Top 40 radio) given their due respect on this site. How is this an unreasonable thing to ask of a supposedly feminist-leaning publication? I'm not expecting everything to cater to my interests — but…

And all I'm fucking advocating for is for this site, which presents itself as a space for women to be promoted and praised, to maybe give credence to female artists who don't have the visibility that comes with being signed to a multi-million dollar record deal with a major label. For every 10 articles about Beyonce…

"It really irks you to have the hard work of a black woman acknowledged and lauded for the achievement that it is, huh?"

Cellphones aren't unhealthy food items.

I'm not sure. I feel like who is/isn't OK to "support." Changes here all the time.

I still feel like we were on a multiple Beyonce-themed posts a day trend before anyone know this album even existed.

I'm just going to quote you here. Hopefully your super smart lawyer powers will help you figure out "who [I was] arguing against"!

Burt, I would hope you of all people wouldn't resort to the lazy-ass "If you don't like it, don't read it" argument. I must have missed that part in the Official Jezebel Rulebook that states people with opinions that are contrary to opinions presented in an article are not allowed to read, nor allowed to make a…

I hate the "if you don't like it, don't read it" argument. It's fucking lazy. I'm sorry — this is the Internet, and I'm allowed to click on whatever the fuck I feel like and I'm also allowed to share my opinions on whatever content I read. Please show me an article on a Gawker site that only has comments filled with…

Thanks for this! I was actually thinking of Janelle Monae a lot as I wrote my comment. She's occasionally mentioned on Jezebel, but I feel like it's more of an afterthought or as a snippet in the gossip roundup. Monae, despite being on a major label, could really use some glowing publicity — especially in a feminist…

Whoa, nelly. Way to fucking make a completely baseless assumption here and immediately go with the "You hate black women" argument. I'm not even going to engage with such idiocy.

So, in your mind, because an artist or a band isn't on a major label or backed by billions of dollars it's because they have "minimal talent"? That's rich, man.

Nailed it.

Can we please start a "Beyonce-Free Zone" of the site? Or can someone with some programming savvy make a Beyonce Blocker for Chrome?

No fear mongering study will convince me to stop eating raw cheese. These haters can pry my delicious blocks of super grassy, crystallized raw gruyere out of my cold, dead (and well-fed) hands.

Their "beliefs" are responsible for keeping thousands of innocent men, women and children enslaved and tied up in million year-long contracts that prohibit them from exercising even the most basic of human rights.

I live in LA. They're everywhere here. Unless you're entering into one of their "testing centers," they tend to not bother you. Yes, there are the occasional people trying to sell you Dianetics on the street — but I think the whole M.O. of COS is to let the morons come to them, and not to evangelize/convert randoms on…

I thought I was up on my Scientology game, but I'm so bummed to see Erika Christensen! I love Parenthood :(