I have never understood the grammar snobs (and I have an advanced degree in English/Creative Writing). Personally, I find grammar ass clowns need to seriously unpack that invisible knapsack and really examine their assumptions.

Carry on…

Caution: impending rant that doesn’t relate to the main point of my comment. Proceed with caution.

It seems sort of obvious to me that style and grammar have a large impact on how you are perceived as a writer – actively choosing to publish yourself using careless (or dare I say it, ignorant) methods seems a lot like deciding to wear a sweatsuit to a job interview. I understand that ESL and learning disabled people have a disadvantage in this; I have a learning disability myself. But because writing is important to me, I take English Writing classes; I read articles about different ways of presenting your thoughts. Learning the about the craft has a nice way of challenging your thinking process. This can only be helpful to someone who is fairly new to writing for the public or someone who doesn’t get a whole lot of feedback from people with alternate viewpoints. Anyhow, I apologize for that. It was the indignation of a person who is trying very hard to learn the multifaceted art of writing. It’s purely personal opinion, and I am not ashamed to admit that my own writing is flawed and most likely apprentice-level work. But practice makes perfect, so thank you ladies and gentlemen for giving me another opportunity to improve myself.

(Here is where I get back to the point.) I maintain my theory that this women knows exactly what she is doing and is in all likelihood rofl-ing her ass off right now.

Speaking of poor writing, the misuse of the word ‘literally’ is one of my pet peeves. Just sayin’ …

Being a good writer is not about putting your apostrophe’s in the right places and avioding teh speling erors. It’s about having something interesting to say and MAKING YOURSELF UNDERSTOOD. I think at this point, even mamaV accepts that she has done an exceptionally poor job at making her point. She has to keep coming back on thread after thread at WATRD and other peoples’ blogs, spouting the same garbage and is authentically perplexed when people either A.) think she’s a cluless, elitist fucktard or B.) scratch their heads in generous incomprehension. I say it is generous because these kind people assume that somewhere in there is a valid concept, and are twisting their viewpoints into knots trying to see it.

Save yourself the contortions, she’s just a shitty writer.

Did any of you see her post on her own blog, mamaVision, where she posted the original “Barbie” post to see if her loyal readers “got” her sense of humor? I won’t ruin the surprise, but I highly recommend having a look.

Hey mamaV, if you’re still listening, did you ever email that poor girl (I assume she’s a girl, her tone was youthful) who had been a loyal reader of yours for 3 years, who felt shocked and betrayed by your post? As I recall she said she felt like she doesn’t even know you. The other commenters did their best to soothe her, but she was obviously quite shaken, poor thing. If you value your fans, now would probably be a good time to reach out.

To her, not to me. I haven’t seen anything of yours that would make me a fan, devoted or otherwise.

Generally if I feel that way, that’s a good reason for me to KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT AND MY OPINIONS TO MYSELF until I’m comparatively sure — making sure I’ve queried some people who do get it — I understand what’s going on.

Me, too. I don’t want to excuse her behaviour or anything, but I’m getting this “Why is everyone angry with me I just wanted to HELP” vibe from her that is only made worse by the grammar issue. I feel like she jumped head-first into something she had no idea she didn’t understand. That is why most people stay readers for a long time until they start writing themselves …