The controversial Kickstarter-funded musician is huge at TED, but should her talk have more directly and thoroughly addressed the controversy surrounding her world tour?

From behind a disguise of red and white strings, Ghanaian undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas told TED's audience on Thursday, "I cannot show you my face, because if I do, the bad guys will come at me."

For 14 years, Anas has worked to, "name, shame, and jail," evildoers, finding hard evidence to put them behind bars.

Linguist John McWhorter defended the language of most teenage girls (and quick-typing adults) in his TED talk.

The problems don't end with grocery bags.