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katehate

I'm not famous. I'm not even a little bit famous. But I've been published some. And that alone has earned me some Katie-haters. Witness the latest review of my book on Amazon.

I'm always a little baffled by the power behind the vitriol some folks direct at my writing and me personally.

That's why I found this article from Salon.com today totally hilarious. It's about a writer and his blogging nemesis. Tres droll. Definitely read it.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a really funny article. Your critics surprise me too. Interestingly, they mostly seem to be bitter women.

I, on the other hand, am a guy who is fan. I found your blog through your blog on WBIR. I find your writing on culture a music to be sharp and funny.

I'm glad your man figured out what he would be missing if he blew it with you.

Friday, October 14, 2005 at 11:59:00 AM GMT
Anonymous said...

Doesn't surprise me. Here's my take on it.
1. Bitter women who don't have any fun after their man leaves them so they don't think you should either.
2. Neanderthal men who are threatened by any woman who's making it on her own without a man.
3. Poorer people who think you can't complain about your life EVERY because your kids go to private school and your daughter rides. It's very hard for economically challenged people to realize sometimes that *everyone* has problems. Nothing like horses to raise the ire of some of the less-privileged among us.
4. More bitter women who are threatened by your parenting advice because they have some vague uneasiness that they should be figuring it out themselves too and not listening to what some male pediatrician tells them. It's easier to lash out at you than think for themselves.
5. Nutcases who complain about anyone and anything. They probably go to other people's blogs and do the same.

Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 2:11:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

and you are wrong. on all these counts. arm chair psychology strikes again. nice try though. how about the need to comment on bullshit when it is seen.
and I might add as far as the "male authority as opposed to figuring it out oneself". PLEASE. Dr Sears (who gives the male pediatrician seal of approval to Katies book, check it out) gives a lot of lip service to "thinking for yourself" but then he follows it up by, yes, telling people what to do and what dire things will probably happen if they fail to heed his "advice". (my favorite Dr Sears manipulation tool is the parents that spun into extreme marital crisis after a few moments of baby crying it out) same general idea; different specifics. he is not telling people to think for themselves (and neither is Katie). attachment parenting "experts" are simply telling people to discard the old school experts and replace them with the new ones. dont let THEM tell you what to do but please let US tell you what to do. at least the old school ones were fairly honest that they were telling you what to do; sensitive new age parents deny it all the while they are telling you what to think, feel and do regarding your offspring. talk about the mind f**k!!! if people TRULY were being told to think for themselves there would be no need to sell books and write umpteen articles about it. a few sentences would do the trick.
and just like we found out after a generation of parents followed his advice that in real life parenting, Dr Spock was not a very nice man, no one you would want for your father: now we can see, via this blog, that Katie seems to be missing quite a few deposits in the clue bank and is definately not someone I would want to take parenting advice from. and no I am not jealous of her. I am VERY happily married, unlike Katie who apparently despite attracting married admirers seems to have a great deal of trouble maintaining a relationship with a decent man for whatever reason (again: someone with so much trouble connecting with people is not someone you want to take parenting advice from, no??? this does not require a brain surgeon to figure it out) I am not jealous of her horses or her wealth. I do not have money problems. I did however grow up around the rich horsy set and I found it quite nauseating. I find horses to be a tremendous waste of money and time. especially at the level of expensive shows. I am not a man who is "threatened" by Katie. I do find it interesting that the main men who seem to toot her horn are those who are safely ensconsed in other relationships. and the few "nice guys" out there she seems to blow them off. these are signs of a person who themselvse has some attachment issues. normal healthy people connect with other normal healthy people. they dont seek out people that they know are bad for them. now if you cant see how this would trickle down into her parenting OR that there might be some issues from her own parenting then you are missing something very obvious. Katies interpersonal difficulties, while something she should not be condemned accross the board for, do in fact, in my eyes make her
"parenting advice" something I would take with a gargantuan grain of salt. now if that is "hating" then I guess you have a different dictionary than I do. "hating" would be wanting some nasty bitter end to come of her. I might want to see that nasty bitter end come to attachment parenting books but I am not so cruel as to want the authors themselves to suffer....

Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 7:50:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

yeah. I read that article. aside from the fact that I didnt understand half of what the guy was saying because it was in intellectualese...I got the point that Kate seems to think (or rather wish) that people who dislike her online are bored malcontents with empty lives. she could only wish.
one point perhaps that escaped her as she tried to unsuccessfully pour this situation into this guys story: the guy made the point that most bloggers are...drum roll please...looking for attention that they appear to be unable to obtain in the real world. I am not a blogger. I do not spend large quantities of time pontificating about my life, my opinions etc. I drop in here now and then and respond when something particularly gets my goat. sorry. guess I blew your theory Kate.

Monday, October 17, 2005 at 5:15:00 AM GMT
Anonymous said...

Yes KateHate,I'm all about it!
You like all of us are very insignificant.WBIR sucks,you're website sucks,you are VERY entertaing to me though.I get off on people who love to talk about their selves--do you have super powers too? God Katie,if I could only be half as important as you think you are.......

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 5:56:00 PM GMT
Julie said...

I do indeed have superpowers. I try to keep that on the lowdown, though, so please don't tell anyone.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 6:24:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

uh oh Kate. heres your other anonymous "katehater"..this other katehater though looks like he's local. maybe he's gonna turn into a stalker on you since he appears to know where you work and that he doesnt like it. maybe if you'd pull your head out of your butt long enough to realize how unwise it is to put all this personal info on the web for all to find you'd protect yourself before one of your "katehaters" decides to do something really harmful. instead of cracking jokes about it.
and since your family reads your blog, arent they at all concerned that your are putting yourself and your children at such risk by blaring your lives out for all to see (locations and handy dandy maps included????)or do they just get so off on all your snark and "wit" that they arent even aware how foolishly you are acting?

Friday, October 21, 2005 at 6:13:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

Dang, Katie.
You really know how to draw 'em out of their holes, don't you? ;)

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 4:21:00 PM GMT

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