Pink's "Stupid Girls" song has really sparked a cultural debate in all forms of media. Including Salon.

The "brainless hussies" are back … well, at least in the sense that they never really went away. From teen clique series Gossip Girls to Paris Hilton's definition of a role model, with some scary skinny Nicole Richie thrown in for good measure, everyone is worried that there aren't enough representations of intelligent women out there.

Listening to Hilton try to have a conversation, the wind whistling between her eardrums, makes it hard to ignore claims of cultural critics who have noticed an alarming new vogue for feminine vapidity.

An alarming new vogue for feminine vapidity. Hmm. Well, there are a lot of dumbshits out there — guys and girls &mdash. But heloooo it's popular culture. It's supposed to be mind numbing. If reading Dostoevsky were cool, the football captain and head cheerleader wouldn't be freakin' prom queen and king every year.

Still, amidst all the celebrity gossip (which everyone loves!), shopping, throwing parties, teen drinking, Girls Gone Wild, Harvard kids lying … it's no wonder it was difficult for Pink and the author of this article to only name a few intelligent celebrities:

Pink told Oprah that she and her friends could name only three celebrity women her age and under who were known for being bright; they were Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon and Angelina Jolie, though both Witherspoon and Jolie are over 30. There are a few other young favorites who could have qualified for the list: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alicia Keys and Pink herself ….

Harsh! They totally left off Julia Stiles who went to Columbia, Tina Fey (who isn't that old yet), and Chloe Sevigny — who may or may not be intelligent (we have no idea) but at least she's actually famous for being talented.

And, as Melissa Lafsky points out over at HuffPo, maybe we should all be focusing not on the stupidity level, but the emphasis on class differences celebrities create.

In conclusion, even though most celebs are retarded, they seem to serve the purpose of getting intelligent people talking. And on that note, we'll wrap-up the "deep thoughts on celebs" portion of our blogging for the week. Thank you.

Return of the brainless hussies [Rebecca Traister, Salon]