She’s not a bad writer - in fact, she’s quite good. And I actually don’t mind people harmlessly poking fun at me. But she crosses the line when she publishes crap rumors in the guise of “blind” items and completely misrepresents situations where she really doesn’t have all the facts. More than anything, there’s a raw vitriolic hatred to her writing that - yes - really bothers me. Scares me, even.
It looks like I’m pretty late to the game in the “Baugher” v. Julia staredown, so I don’t really have much of an opinion on the situation. Ultimately, it won’t matter if the Baugher writer is exposed … She’ll get her own set of personal haters coming over from the pro-Julia camp, but she’s maintained relative anonymity for a while apparently, so her publicly accessible persona will probably be guarded or at least as deliberate as the Baugher persona’s posts.
I don’t necessarily agree with Baugher’s intent, but apparently, she delivers a well thought out, quality product. At a certain point, a “celebrity” (the quotes are important in that instance) will have haters … even if it’s purely in response to that person having celebrity status of any level in the first place, so it’s best to “shake dem haters off” and live life, understanding that it’ll probably be under the microscope.
Semi-unrelated
In this interesting little tumblelog back-and-forth, I ran across a Baugher-inspired offshoot at http://stupidstars.tumblr.com. It might be just me, but I think this anonymous writer is doing a disservice to Baugher’s intent. These posts come off as middle school snarky remarks with the undertones of disdain and superiority. My primary recommendation to the author of that blog (which will likely advance the shots to at least a high school equivalent): Stop using the term “DUM DUM” to refer to Mary without any kind of reference to why you are using that name.
We all know what DUM DUMs are.
It’s almost like you’re calling her Dumb Dumb … That’s so creative. You might as well be referring to her as “Stupid Face” or “Jo-Jo, The Idiot Circus-Boy” (if you’d rather use a Tommy Boy reference). Hey look, pictures of a Dum Dum bag: what a creative and witty way to reinforce the unexplained/ineffective name-calling.
We get it. You don’t think Mary is smart. Come up with a substantiated or educated reference for a name … if nothing else, just aim for one that doesn’t make you sound like a sixth grader when you write it.
