Too many overly contrived cutesy sentences. Any one of the sentences would have been fine, but it gets to be too much when EVERY one has rhyming and punning (and none of it is very witty either).

Great article. "overkill," you're a frickin' jerk.

Doesn't suck half as much as it ought to. Quite an endorsement. Think I'll run out and buy it.

I think you should have a talk with Rebecca Traister and tell her where the hell you hid Karl Rove.

Congrats for expression "she's never been a virgin". Pretty clever :)

First of all, I must debate the use of Xtina - shouldn't it be Xina if we are replacing Christ with X? And our little fire hydrant of glank (glam/skank) *does* have real pipes, even if if nothing else is real.

Cintra you are so right about Jessica's voice, extra-thin for maximum irritation. Those Simpson gals - where is the video that MUST exist of them doing a 3-way with their first A&R guy?

That is quite the insult to Madonna to even put her in the same league with a 'performer' Jessica or Paris. I agree her sexuality-on-her-spandex opened the door for the Paris crowd, but I think even the most staunch Madge-hater has to acknowledge some real singing/performance talent there.

I was fascinated to do a google image search and find out that ms. Cintra has been blonde at least once before and is quite the looker. Which makes the whole battle of the blondes rant that much more fun.

THANK YOU for the article! The adoration of these soulless, hollow-eyed creatures has got to stop. I just can't reconcile the images of war, starving children, politicians who are destroying real lives with corrupt policy, etc., ad nauseum, with the likes of these so called 'stars'. The world has moved to a place where we all have to take right action in order to survive. The actions needed don't include worshipping at the altar of these pathetic creatures and wondering about every detail of their sad and sorry lives. Don't people see the reality? I wish I had a sense of humour about it like the author. It would make it easier to endure.

But, unlike the virtuous Simpson, Paris is a heady combination of pure guilt and catchy sick pleasures. Her music is a perfect Hentai anime porn soundtrack for a bunch of schoolgirls in knee socks getting raped by a cartoon octopus. The album ought to go over like gangbusters equally well in the dance holes of Ibiza, Poland or the Philippines.

There is a God. And her name is Cintra Wilson.

Ever google "Cintra Wilson"?

Have any idea how well-respected this writer is?

overkill, g willoughby, JLS, and Erna all need to do so, because their smartass remarks are like snot-nosed elementary-schoolers making fun of a graduate student because they are unfamiliar with the concepts involved.

Fuck off, dipshits.

Rock on, Cintra.

Fuckstick....your reading comprehension skills are, well, fucked. I was praising Cintra Wilson for her article and said it was about time someone wrote about those mental midgets the world fawns over. I'm on Wilson's side and will definately buy her books. So grab a brain and read what I and the others wrote. Not all are against Ms Wilson. Nothing worse than a jump on the wrong bandwagon kind of a guy. Especially if he's a dipshit to start.

Christina Aguilera will be to the 21st century what Frank Sinatra was to the 20th.

"Back to Basics" isn't the masterpiece she's capable of, but listen to "Save Me From Myself" for a hint of what's to come.

So Salon readers hate Rebecca Traister but loved this article? I generally enjoy Salon's pop cultural commentary (and in particular that of Ms Traister), but this has got to be the most boring, vapid thing I've ever read on this site. Like one of those C-rate op ed piece that occasionally turn up in the newspapers because the needed something light to fill the pages that day.

Props though for managing to combine sexy blondes and Republican plots in the one story. If there was ever a guaranteed way to get people to read your article...

If chaps aren't assless, we call them "pants."

It’s easy to hate everything and express it in shallow, snarky observations. Examining what pop culture reflects about us as well as how it influences us requires more than that. This article just didn’t tell me much nor was it light or clever enough to entertain (it came close in places).

Another comment here suggests Wilson is extremely well-respected. Maybe so but this article doesn’t provide evidence of why that might be. Perhaps other parts of Wilson’s body of work are great but the only other thing I’ve ever read was the piece here in Salon where she interviews Jennifer Aniston’s former roommate. There could have been more to the article but the questions were like something out of an Us or People interview.

Last, it’s difficult to take seriously someone who lumps Aguilera in with Simpson and Hilton. It’s fine if you want to talk about image only but Wilson gets into critiquing music and evaluating degree of talent. Aguilera isn’t a favorite performer of mine but her talent is exceptional and any legitimate critique requires more than a passing acknowledgment of it buried in a pile of, again, shallow and snarky observations.

(And when is Salon going to simply delete letters that cross the line between caustic interplay and obscenity-laden personal insults with no bearing on the topic?)

Putting them into the same realm as Christina Aguilera is misguided at best... does this reviewer not have ears? Christina has enough voice for ten girls her size coming out of that tiny little body. Jessica Simpsons studio-adjusted whisper can't possibly compare, but at least she can shake her ass well. Paris HILTON? You've got to be kidding me. The woman who is famous only because of having awful sex with someone that got recorded and broadcast all over the Internet? Come on! She isn't even good at THAT!