What is the deal with Ke$ha?  From what I can tell, girlfriend is a semi-talented pop tart.  Every song she releases has some sort of relentless hook that sticks in your craw and won’t let go.  If you have a poppy seed in between your teeth, you grab dental floss.  You hear a Ke$ha song, however and even mental floss won’t eradicate it.

But every time I look at her I think the same thing:  “God, what a skank.”  Ke$ha always looks like she needs a bath and bowl of soup.  I envision stink lines coming off her á la Pigpen in Peanuts.

What’s more … I’m not the only person who thinks that.  TMZ and Perez Hilton are constantly ripping on her lack of, well, basic hygiene.  In fact just today TMZ caught Ke$ha hitchhiking on the mean streets of Beverly Hills.

What famous person DOES that?

You have to give the girl credit.  Like Madonna and Gaga and every other femme fatale who trail blazed before her, she’s got a look.  She describes it as “garbage chic”.  I describe it as homeless person — or “disheveled yet gorgeous”.  From the messy, unruly mop of hair on her head to her smudged Kabuki theater make-up, Ke$ha is in desperate need of a stylist.  Or a hot shower.

According to Wikipedia, her look developed from her being poor and trying to brand herself as best she could on a budget. Well, considering Ke$ha has sold over 2 million records, would it kill you to wash last night’s make-up off your face, girl? I don’t know why I should expect anything more.  This is a woman who once said a mojito was the cure for a hangover.  Or excessive glitter.  (Well, at least there’s something we agree on.)

There are countless articles written about how Ke$ha is marketed to trashy 13-16 year olds.  Must be a niche.  The 23-year old is doing well for herself despite the fact that she’s likely spreading hepatitis and/or tuberculosis.