BLOG WARS!
Every blogger wants to have readers. That’s why we’re here. Me, I want to express myself, and I like to get a response. Otherwise, I’d just keep a journal.
It’s good to follow blogging etiquette. But it’s also good to break free and say whatever you want. Lucky for me, I’ve already said I’m a cunt, so I’m already out of that closet, so to speak.
I’m also on record as not liking certain bloggers and types of bloggers. Most people are more circumspect in their opinions. Now, however, I smell trouble and I love it!
Queen Michelle got lots of her readers stirred up when she implied a lack of respect for another blogger called luxirare. Naughty Queen Michelle! Now people are all huffy, but most don’t want to have to take a stand one way or the other. Even luxirare jumped in and pretended to be hurt!
I CAN’T STAND luxirare and here’s why: She is too pretentious, her grammar is poor, and she features aggressive photos of singularly nauseating food. It doesn’t help that she mentions her mom’s old Chanel stuff. If your mom owned lots of Chanel, she should have taught you some manners, like don’t boast about your privileged background. (I miss my mom and I miss her crappy cheap handbags too.)
Luxirare can live without me being a fan. She’s got a million sycophantic readers going “OMG you are so amaaaaaaaazing!” and the ultimate fashion-girl accolade, “You are seriously killing it.” As far as I’m concerned, luxirare is a moron with a high end camera. Next!
Wait a minute, while I’m at it, I’m not crazy about Sea of Shoes or her vaunted Mom. If you add up what they spend on shoes, you could bail out General Motors and finance a health care program. There are too many $800 shoes going on, and nothing on their minds except for “Look at me! Can you believe me?!” I don’t see any accomplishment, I just hear cash registers going Ding!
Now what? Do you secretly hate any blogs? Do you secretly hate me? Let’s hear from you. If you can’t take a stand on something as harmless as blogger aesthetics, what good are you?!
Tags: Chanel, cunts, fashion bloggers
August 4th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
How funny! I think blogging is fun in a way that writing for a paper or magazine isn’t. I steer away from the pretentious and did feel a tad sorry for Susie getting caught up in it all as she genuinely liked her jacket and is sincere in her admiration. Luxirare is marketing herself, her wares and her lifestyle. I sort of got the fact she is quite well off due to her up bringing because whatever your background is tends to come through when you are writing your blog. So after a couple of visits I became bored by her blog. The best thing about Queen Michelle’s post is she was trying to confidence to someone who had compared herself to Luxirare and hit the nail on the head never compare just be and do.
Now, your blog never bores me – my amusement and horror in equal measures means I’ve dumped the BBCi weather check first thing to read you! Come on the weather is important on this temperate isle. I do give petit garcon his breakfast first mind you. You are seriously killing it for me!
I do secretly hate a blog but if I tell you here I might upset one of my friends who doesn’t. I’ll facebook you the name!!
August 5th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I get so many emails from so many girls asking shit like “should I post photos of myself even though I’m not as thin as Fashion Toast?”. What???! Getting these emails so regularly and then getting this one just totally pushed me over the edge.
I see so much competition in bloggers and it bugs the shit out of me. I, believe it or not, actually didn’t mean to show disrespect for Luxirare – the chick who emailed me chose her for some reason. If it wasn’t her it would have been someone else being held up as the epitome of perfect blogging. I just didn’t feel that what someone else is doing should matter a fuck with what she wants to do.
It’s like looking over the fence at your neighbour who has a better car or nicer flower beds and feeling like your life is shit because you don’t have that. It’s pointless and boring and annoying. It seems like all the fun is being sucked out of blogging.
To be really honest, I wanted to tell the girl to not blog because if she’s this neurotic before she starts then she’ll be a million time worse when actually has one. Yeah, don’t blog. Blogging sucks.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Luxirare may be intimidatingly pretentious, but what really ticks me off is how many hits Norwegian less than eloquent blonde haired bloggers get when they post photos of dime-a-dozen tacky outfits, or not so much the clothes as their abnormally voluminous teased out hair and puffer fish facial expressions. Following this, they jot down some astoundingly badly spelled babble and finish off with “what do YOU think, my lovely cutesypuffs?”, or words to that effect. Being Norwegian myself, I am forced to face this nonsense. Especially, it infuriates me when they actually post a pic of some creative or perhaps tad edgy piece of clothing, and comment “personally, I don’t think I could EVER wear it, but what do YOU think, cuddlyflops?”. and for this they get several hundred thousand hits a day – it is truly baffling
August 5th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Make Do – Can’t he wait for breakfast??
Queen Michelle – I did say that you “implied disrespect,” and clearly anything less than expressing awe is not good enough. I totally agree that anyone who worries about starting a blog should not start one.
Mie – Her pretensions don’t intimidate me, although the food = nausea. I hear you about the Norwegian girls. I only know about one of them, and she’s always ready to kill herself over shoes.
August 5th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Personally, I’ve grown tired of the fashion blogs altogether. There’s only so much materialistic nonsense and pictures of barely legal bubbleheads with their bums out and their Chanel 2.55s on display a girl can take before she turns to blogs about grandparents and cupcakes and, I don’t know, scuba diving.
August 5th, 2009 at 3:10 am
I am so happy you exist!
August 5th, 2009 at 3:43 am
I think it was really stupid of Susie(a great blogger) to be offended by something as harmless as a comment in someone else’s blog, it’s a tit jacket FGS, no wonder some people were taken aback by the elegy.
Karla’s Closet is an endless source of fascination to me, in a car crash king of way.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:07 am
I find it all terribly amusing, except for Luxiare’s blog, which is boring.
Sea of Shoes– OMG love!! “Wearing Dries and bondage Givenchy today, off to lunch now, later!” Hahahahaha! You don’t think that’s funny? Come on, it’s hilarious. They’re about as fierce/killing-it/insane as a pair of Afghan Hounds!
I like this one http://styleawip.blogspot.com/ but I’m not sure for the right reasons. This woman loves clothes and writes well about fashion, but jesus christ, her outift posts are awful! How can someone so interested in the aesthetics of dressing continuously wear such unflattering, boring shit? I like her all the same though, I like her hapless attempts to keep up with the trends, and I like that she doesn’t try to style herself like an editorial spread.
This is one that I hate though: http://www.amlul.com/
She’s a rich kid with a predictably fashionable wardrobe and seems to be as thick as a plank. It is stupid and I am ashamed to hate a young and silly girl when all my hate should be reserved for people like Palin and those who genuinely harm the world, but this one bothers me a lot. In addition, she continuously rapes my language, which must be total laziness since I am sure that, living in London, she has lots of English-speaking friends to fix her grammar and spelling.
I find Queen Michelle’s posts (not just the latest one) to have a self-righteous and overly-defensive tone that also bothers me. And I’m sick of people trying to sell other people badly-made crap, so I actually don’t think that girl should have been encouraged.
Thank God Sister Wolf exists to call these fuckers out. You’re like Tereisias.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:10 am
“There’s only so much materialistic nonsense and pictures of barely legal bubbleheads with their bums out and their Chanel 2.55s on display a girl can take before she turns to blogs about grandparents and cupcakes and, I don’t know, scuba diving.”
WELL SAID!!
I do love Susie Bubble though. She gets impunity here.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:50 am
What these fashion bloggers need is a good education from J. Peterman. Great stories, descriptions, and no models. Classic.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:03 am
I basically hate blogs which name start or end with the word ‘fashion’, and bloggers who will or can post nothing else then what and how they dress daily and which bag or shoes they are going to buy next or a bunch of pictures which I prefer to see them directly from style.com.. And yeah, I hate thier endless Chanels and LVs. If I had that much cash to leave so many Chanel for my daughter, I would have left them twice amount of Vivienne Westwood. At least she teaches us to protect the rain forests.
I have amaaaaaaazingly poor grammar! But I’m trying very hard to learn and not embarrass to write them wrong(should I?) And reading sister wolf’s blog really helps! And she never fail to amuse me. Not like Elenita.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I have often thought of blogging (and I actually started one but abandoned it) because I live in NY and I have been obsessed with anything to do with fashion and personal style since day 1. I came out of the womb that way. My Mom used to say that I changed outfits 5 times a day when I was young. So, I have my daily reads, and reading about (mostly) fashion online has filled a niche for me. Now I don’t have to wait for the next issue of a magazine to see what’s what. Anyway, there has always been a huge disconnect between what people look like on the street as compared what is shown in the magazines and on the runway. It was also nice to see that there are others out there like me, who think about what they are going to wear 24/7. But, I was made to think that fashion was “shallow” growing up. And that it wasn’t even a career option. Personally, walking around NY gives me TONS of inspiration, and I thought it would be fun to put it out there. I certainly have a lot to say, and I have to admit, I am well connected NYC-wise. And I am fortunate to have a very successful husband, a wonderful guy who I love and who loves me and gives me everything. (I have a part time job and I had been a stay at home mom for my daughter). But when I was growing up, I was taught that it is not good manners to broadcast “look how great/beautiful/hip/modelesque/fortunate/lucky/amazing I look. (hand to face or hair). I have the REAL Margielas/Rick Owens’/Givenchys/Pradas, etc. Don’t I look like a Vogue photo shoot?” When people complement me, as a woman did in the subway recently regarding my multiple compartment Comme des Garcons bag that I was carrying. She asked me who made it and where did I get it. I told her, but I didn’t tell her that it was from the boutique and it was $$$$$ and it was only one of 2 in the world. I never want to make someone uncomfortable that they might not be as privileged. But it seems that in our new internet world, and in my daughter’s generation, putting it all out there is the rule. I don’t want people to know how much money I spend on my stuff. Or that I am keeping Barneys in business. I guess I would have to admit that I’m of a different generation (old???). But I do love Queen Michelle and Susie, because they are not just showing off, their blogging comes across as an intellectual exercise, an inherent part of their very interesting personalities.
Another thing about many of these bloggers, is that they live in suburbia. They seem all dressed up with nowhere to go. Why would you need to put on a pair of YSL tribute boots to take the dog out for a poop????
August 5th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Oh, and also, I was so excited to see that there was an email that you posted in my inbox this morning! I really look forward to your blurbs- you often say just what I am thinking. Keep it up. And tomorrow is my birthday. I can’t decide if I should go to work or treat myself to something. Any suggestions?
August 5th, 2009 at 5:23 am
And another thing I left out. Your blog is EPIC!!!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Annemarie you perhaps mistake self righteousness for plain, old fashioned honesty. I call it like a see it and if you don’t like don’t read it. End of. It’s easy to chuck around remarks when you are some random hiding behind a computer screen but it’s harder to actually put yourself out there and open yourself to critism. It takes bottle and anonymous commentors have none. Oh, wait was that “overly-defensive”? Damn!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Yes, it was!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Sometimes I hate myself — does that count?
August 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Do you why Susie Bubble is so well loved and protected by her fans? Because she’s NICE. And unpretentious.
Thanks for your honesty in this post, as usual.
August 5th, 2009 at 7:28 am
The blogs I don’t like, i don’t read.
Blogers are as defensive as we are judgmental. Just read again the comment and note the tone that is used to write about the some people that we’ll never personally meet. How pretentious is that?
Sister, you are allowed some pretentiousness, you pack it so well. Wanna be your intern.
Queen Michelle is my favorite bloger, I wonder if she needs and intern…?
August 5th, 2009 at 7:38 am
I read this peeking between my fingers…hands covering eyes.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I bow to your blog Sister Wolf–I’m still trying to muster up the courage to break out of the cunt closet myself!
August 5th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I find The Sartorialist pretentious and personally repellent, but I continue to look at the pretty pictures on his blog anyway. I’m also shamelessly addicted to Jak & Jil and Garance Doré. Fat- and body-positive blogs also irritate me, but that probably says more about me than them. My own blog started to annoy me so much I had to stop writing it.
Queen Michelle and Susie Bubble and WendyB somehow manage to do outfit posts without seeming boastful and obnoxious, and write well about fashion, with original content, rather than just posting endless purchases and photos from Style.com. And you, Sister Wolf, consistently kill it.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Well, I’m a bit off topic here since my comment is not re: the sartorial end of the blog spectrum… But I’ve got a crazy person (and I do mean mentally ill) in my own town (Pasadena) who has never met me, spoken to me or e-mailed me. She’s calling me a hate-filled, bully troll, neo-Bircher (HA!) on her blog. (Oh, I’m also an “evil blog diva” along with the editor of the Pasadena Star-News). When I posted about “Blogging with integrity” which is a real thing started by other bloggers (not me), she didn’t get it. Today she’s accusing me of inventing it as a front.
THEN there are the jerks who make anonymous comments on her blog and help inflame her paranoia. She’s Pasadena New Progressive at blogspot.com. A true, chronic train wreck.
August 5th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Thank you. Shoes and daughter of Shoes, I don’t get it.
August 5th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Sea of Shoes – my GOD! That blog hurts my heart. There is no reason to speak with such excessive pride over your possessions. It is pretentious in a most epic way and I weep for that young girl’s future.
August 5th, 2009 at 9:26 am
I heart you, Iheartfashion, and I have been missing your blog. Come back, bitch!
August 5th, 2009 at 9:35 am
I’m in Finland, and the fashion blogosphere here is pretty similar to or worse than how Mie described the Norwegian scene, not to mention the style reality in my dreary town, so almost ANY blog that takes fashion creatively and seriously – in a fun way – is heaven in my book(mark)s. Being in my thirties and constantly broke, I somehow naturally ignore most of the blogs based on consumerism and/or written by barely legal bubbleheads. (But I confess I find Sea of Shoes Jane very sweet!)
So basically I’m just full of love for bloggers as diverse as Queen Michelle, Punky B. or Luxirare. I’m actually quite proud of this”hate-free” attitude of mine, naivete is my fashion statement!
That said, I do enjoy reading well-written bursts of hatred such as yours, so thank you!
(Sorry for my poor English!)
August 5th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Ahhhh, I feel like a raging fire in my heart has been put out after reading this. I don’t hate on anyone personally but it’s good to see that someone picks up on the same things I see. I never really read Luxirare so I don’t know much about her (I think I’ve visited once).
Sometimes I feel like a disgusting narcissus for posting pictures of myself on a website, I’ll admit it. But I try and pepper it with good humour. Truthfully, I think people should call it quits when it stops being fun.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I love to love or hate all bloggers….isn’t that what they are there for?
When I first started using this here internets, it seemed to be mostly thirty something mommy bloggers, like dooce and her crowd, whining….and then whining some more. Shut up I wanted to say, when I had kids…oh, I am old and bitter…we didn’t even have electricity, we were just home alone with screaming kids. So we went OUTSIDE, and did stuff with them, and life was a lot better than being on the computer and thinking your kid is going to be happy while you type, stupid!
A few years later, and now it’s teenagers and twenty something skinny long legged creatures posing with pouty expressions on their faces. And I am tempted to slap the pout right off them and take away their allowance. At the same time coveting some of their outfits and their legs without spider veins in them.
And then their mothers too?? At first I thought sea of shoes mom might be cool, she was old but stylish..her wardrobe didn’t come from Chico’s. Turns out she’s ten years younger but looks as old as me with a gaziillion times more money, apparently. I’m glad to know there are other people out there who are saying” Where do they get all their fucking money??” and “What can you possibly do all day in those heels?” And maybe like me, are secretly wondering if she is going to turn up on one of those Oprah shows where people hang their heads in shame over massive credit card debt. Can they really be paying CASH for all that?? That alone is entertaining.
I have kind of a girl crush on you, sister lone wolf in a sea of bad bloggers, since you posted your video. Not only are you my age and not redoing your suburban home so that it will look like France in the 18th century (like it seems others our age are blogging on and on about), but you are, well, you are like me. And I’m coming out of the cunt closet enough to admit that I really only like people who are like me.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I confess that I followed a couple of said blogs until I started to feel bad about myself for not having the shit that they had or looked the way they looked.. Solution? DELETE! Fucking sad that I should be envious of some teenager.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I only read YOUR blog consistently. Via Stumble I found Immoral Minority just a few days before you blogged about Gryphen. I’m not really into fashion, so I don’t care about it (truth, I can’t afford much so why lust over something I can’t afford).
I love your thought process; I’m intrigued by your writing. And when I have a half a second I post some banal remark just so you know I’m reading you!
xxoooxxx
August 5th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I’m with Iheart about Wendy and Wendy about Iheart! And I’m afraid to say who I hate. The ’sphere has eyes, man
August 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Well, since you didn’t provide a link I’m not sure if I got the right Luxirare, although it’s a pretty unusual name. But I googled Luxirare, and looked at a blog by “someone” that may or may not be the person you’re referring to.
I have to say, I loved it. I thought the photography on her blog was done with consistent excellence and attention to the items being showcased. And I just have to hope and pray that you don’t find lollipies (I like that term better than lollipop pies) nauseating. It’s pie on a stick? Even if you hate pie, you’d have to be pretty much devoid of a human soul to miss how novel and humorous the idea of pie on a stick is.
Her grammar wasn’t excellent, but it wasn’t terrible, either. I like to spell check my blogs because I’m really an English nerd, but I still miss words sometimes and I’m certainly not going to pan an entire blog because the girl forgot to put the apostrophe in the conjunction of “it is” once or twice. I’ve seen worse: one girl I read consistently uses the word “and” in place of “an.”
Lastly, I found nothing pretentious about her writing style, her subject matter, or her blog in general. Her style was a little out there and 80s, and I would probably never wear a single thing she was showcasing…but I thought some of her ideas were amazing and interesting. And so what if she mentions that her mother owned Chanel? Did she berate someone else’s mother’s lack of Chanel, or do you simply expect all people who have something you don’t to feel guilty and keep quiet about it?
I didn’t read the shoes thing, because I’m not a huge shoe person. Still, I’d bet there are thoughts in the heads in question other than “OMG SHOES.” So maybe they don’t post those other thoughts on the internet, because they’d rather post shoes. Is that really such a problem? I used to have a blog based on plus-sized fashion, and all I talked about was picking outfits that fit and flatter, and colors that make your eyes and hair stand out. Does that mean I have nothing else in my head, simply because I don’t feel like sharing it with the likes of you and the rest of the world?
Basically, you’re entitled to your opinion. And by posting any part of their lives on the internet, both the shoe people and Luxirare have opened themselves up to your criticism and scrutiny. But they didn’t explicitly provoke it. I don’t begrudge your right to say these things, I just wonder what exactly it is that drove you to do so.
Since you actually came out and asked for my opinion, I have to say I think you probably take yourself too seriously, and expect other people to take themselves way too seriously as well. The fact that you wear a title like “cunt” as a badge of pride is pretty sad. A cunt is just a sexual tool with no personality attached to it, or a really awful person nobody can stand. Same dual meaning as bitch. Being a woman, that’s pretty cool, until fellow women start calling themselves “cunt” like it’s a good thing and dragging other women through their criticism because it makes them feel powerful. Then you start to wish you could disassociate yourself a little bit. So, thanks for making me wish I could be less of a woman today.
August 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Sister Wolf is a cunt. You, on the other hand, seem very nice. I love what you say about healthcare:
“Now, what if Joe X doesn’t want to pay for the needs of those who can’t do it for themselves? Well, a lot of people would say Joe X isn’t a very nice person, which may or may not be true. Either way, he’s being forcibly removed from some of his property in order to pay for something he doesn’t want to pay for, thus violating one of his rights to meet the needs of people he’s never met and has no real reason to care about.”
You are a truly enlightened person. God be with you and Joe.
August 5th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
On second thought, I’ve decided to become clean with my dislike for privilege spoiled bloggers. “Look at me, look what expensive stuff I can buy. These shoes are sick”. It’s sooooooo irritating. I just can’t relate I guess. I come from a family where my mother purchased all my clothes from Kmart and TJ Maxx growing up. I have always loved fashion and because of this, my love for fashion has grown enormously through out the years. I have always lusted after beautiful things. And now that I can sometimes afford to buy some cool shit, I don’t take it for GRANTED. I don’t dislike them because they have more than me or whatever (I can’t buy another shoe, they’re creeping out from under my bed), I hate them because they come across as spoiled and entitled with no real thoughts. I have worked for a fashion label and a magazine on very poor paychecks to feed my love of fashion (starting as an intern, at each place). I absolutely CANNOT relate with people who don’t have to work hard for the things they love. And I hate Kanye, Vogue, UO and everyone else for applauding the lets-salute-privilege-spoiled-girls movement. You know there are people who go to fashion school so they can have some crappy underpaid job at UO designing shoes. But no no, we’ll just hand it over to someone who has no experience except for with a credit card. I know you never really understand until you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes (pun completely intended), but I’d rather hear about normal things like working hard at a job to buy something nice or gasp volunteering at a soup kitchen or getting the deal of a lifetime at a killer sale, then how many pairs of $900 shoes one has in their closet. I know, it’s fashion it’s fun, it’s frivolous but some of this shit gets old really quick.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
PS- “Hate” is a strong word. “Dislike” is more where I was going.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
maja – Agreed.
arline – Wow, ditto!
Constance – I need to go back to Karla, I recall that same feeling!!
annemarie – Ooooh, thanks for amlul. She’s killing it with the douche boyfriends or whatever they are. And her reverence for Madonna!
OMGGMAB – Maybe when this phase exhausts itself, we’ll be back to that.
minzhi – So true about Vivienne Westwood. Good point.
andrea – Go to Saks and see if that D&G red lipstick is any good. That’s my best advice. Or try to buy a monkey coat. Happy Birthday!
Queen Michelle – No one ever wins an argument with annemarie. Not even me.
WendyB- It’s a start.
e – I think SusieB does have an ‘everyman’ quality about her….she is our little sister, our best friend, the girl next door, it’s just hard not to root for her. I do feel protective of her, even though she hardly needs it.
dust – Hey, I wanted to be YOUR intern.
Jill- You’re SUCH a girlie girl. I’m jealous of that.
Lauren – Come on then! Do you want me to send you a Cunt Award thingy for your blog??
Ihearfashion – You killed it all the time! I really wanted you to be my friend. Get back to yr blog, why don’t you?
WCGB – Oh god, I have had a similar thing with a crazy Russian Lady! Do you have a link to her? I’ll go and see….
Susan – HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I didn’t get it either. It’s just “Get a load of ME!”
Sugar Kane – Well, I’m full of hate, I can’t help it. Your English is fine. xo
August 5th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Aja – Yep, I hear you.
jtut – Get back to blogging so we can be together! Fantastic and inspired rant!
Bex – You shouldn’t be envious of anyone, when you are so cute. You are killing it with the cuteness. And you know I mean this.
The Raisin Girl – You lost me when you said I take myself too seriously. I’ve been scolded by several analysts for not being willing to take myself seriously. And really, you do seem like a cunt, actually!
annemarie – Are you responding to the Raisin Girl?? Is she against national health care??!?
Aja – I also can’t stand the entitledness. I think rich people should be taxed heavily, and living in LA, seeing the vast gulf between the haves and have-nots, I feel that way more than ever. The other thing is, I just hate ignorance.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I agree about taxation and that won’t change regardless of how much or how little money I have in my life. What drives me really nuts is when I make some small mistake on my taxes and get an angry, threatening letter from the IRS. Meanwhile the wealthiest people of our country have lawyers, accountants, hell . . . steal retirement from their employees and sometimes get away scott free with blatant cheating. And we hear about it in the news and sometimes they receive a slight slap on the wrist. Tax them all up the wazoo. To me, if I am lucky enough to make 5 million dollars in this life time and the government wants to take half of it, that’s fine. I couldn’t spend that money anyway (unless I were spending really foolishly and if so, shame on me). I will always live in a modest house, buy some nice things and travel, regardless of whatever tax brackett I fall in. That’s all I want out of life. And my Target ballet flats will continue to sit right next to my Marni platforms in my closet. I know exactly how many long hours I worked to pay for both.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Ms. Raisin Girl,
You seem like a very nice person, in almost an annoying people-pleasing kind of way. I don’t know you but this is my impression from what you’ve written here and my brief scan of your blog. Hey, what the hell, humanity is interesting in its variety.
I’d like to discuss a few things from your tome of a comment:
“Even if you hate pie, you’d have to be pretty much devoid of a human soul to miss how novel and humorous the idea of pie on a stick is.”
I just LOVE how your measurement of soulfulness/humanity is a perversion of a perfectly good dessert. To think that all these years I’ve been mistaken in thinking that it’s the good that you do and how you treat people. I’m such an idiot.
Did Mother & Daughter Shoes and Luxirare hire you as their PR person? I’m curious because you seem very protective and concerned about the opinions expressed about their blogs (mind you, not opinions about them as people – impossible as we don’t know them personally – but about their blogging personas) on SW’s blog.
SW takes herself too seriously?? Oh, thank you for the chuckle! Actually, you prove that YOU take yourself way too seriously when you write something like this: “thanks for making me wish I could be less of a woman today”.
Thanks for enlightening us, Ms. Raisin. Now, since SW doesn’t need me to defend her I’m going to post my “Blog Wars Hate & Love List” and then go plan my marriage to JK. SW is officiating and I am taking reservations for the position of Slutty Bridesmaid.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Gosh I could have served petit garcon his breakfast twice over with all this. I literally nearly pooped my pants so gripped was I by the debate, however I ran and all was ok.
I have had to admonish myself due to writing hastily and thereby missing out the word ‘give’ in my first comment tres lax. I’m not sure if I’m pleased or sad that I haven’t made a hate list – oh that’ll be because I don’t sport Chanel bags ‘what me muffa had’ nor pose endlessly in outfits because I’m too busy researching and writing my MA. God I’m dull – don’t read my blog!
August 5th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
I don’t have long lists of blogs I love or hate. Actually, yours is the only one I read several times a day, SW, and that’s my drug of choice. You make drinking my morning coffee a dangerous endeavor sometimes. I’m thrilled that Godammit exists. But I really can’t stand Roomi, The Shoe Family, Couture Carrie, and the majority of privileged happy-shiny “style” bloggers, especially ones that only post buying guides and photos from runway shows. Yes, it’s nice to covet but I don’t care what they “OMG die for and MUST have”, especially when they lack all imagination in creating their looks. Since I hate them I stop reading them and can’t give you a better list.
I do love Susie Bubble, Kingdom of Style, I Hate Your Fashion, Shakesville, mimi smartypants, Margaret & Helen, and many others. Blogs elicit strong responses, don’t they?
August 5th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Aja – yes and more yes. The tax system is absurd. Remember when the Right wingers were screaming “He wants to redistribute the wealth!” like it was a plague. Fuck yes, redistribute the wealth! It is obscene for a tiny per cent to be so rich, mainly off the sweat of the “working class”, ie everyone else.
HelOnWheels – I cannot believe I forgot to address the question of the pie and my humanity. Thank you for clearing this up. I’m with you on the pie, 100%. Do not fuck with pie, leave it alone! Re your wedding to JK, god I’m excited!! annemarie is probably up for the slutty bridesmaid, but it’s up to you as the bride, of course.
Make Do- Oh, you and your silly MA. Forget that crap and start putting your hand to face. Your priorities are pathetic!
HelOnWHeels – YES, we now see that people are very emotional about blogs! I like to see this. It’s all good. I have not seen Couture Carrie but now I am intrigued.
The blogs I check every single day include SusieB, KOS, Andrew Sullivan, Huffington Post, WendyB, Stella’s Roar, and now I’m drawing a blank. I love Juri and Braindance, to name two unsung heroes. I am always looking for someone smart or funny or interesting.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:15 am
The love of bloggers can go in different directions…. well you know how i feel about Luxirare and I respect that you don’t feel the same way…. whatever happened to just being free to love/hate in whatever way they deem sensical…. why is it that people need to be sycophantic to the extreme…. even my most favourite bloggers can falter and I’d like to think that my readers can step up and say “Susie, that post was rubbish!”….. it’s ok not to like something ALL the time or to not like a blog because every other person likes them…. all in all, this is confusing even to me….
August 6th, 2009 at 5:42 am
I love Susie Bubble and I hated that awful jacket. It never occurred to accuse her of anything like lavishing praise on someone just because they gave her a freebie… of course someone whose style I usually adore can wear something I hate from time to time!
August 6th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Jtut says…”redoing your suburban home so that it will look like France in the 18th century” This is why I’m a decorator that rarely blogs about interior design. I’m soooo fucking tired of Tuscany, Provence, Texas Hill Country Chic, Palm Beach Cool…blah, blah, blah! Fuck! Fuckers!! Be creative…stop being a bunch of design cows! Whew…I feel better.
August 6th, 2009 at 6:58 am
HelOnWheels – please accept this post as my application for position of slutty bridesmaid. SW can vouch for my easy appearance and moral vacancy.
August 6th, 2009 at 7:35 am
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August 6th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Wow, from what I’ve been reading this past few days this issue has been growing and growing every time more… I knew there was competition, but i really didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I have a blog which I write every day… I DON’T have readers, maybe a friend or two, but I don’t really care, cause I just do it to have fun and keep it as a memory journal. People should get a grip, have fun, or drink some medicine tea for the nerves.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I’m very curious as to what kind of crazy traffic you’re getting from google when you use “cunts” as a tag…must be entertaining to see your key search words!
August 6th, 2009 at 8:25 am
I’m going to commit the ultimate faux-pas, the epitome of blogging blasphemy. I HATE FASHION TOAST. Oh, and Karla’s Closet. Ah, oui, and Childhood Flames, too.
Yes, you are really pretty and skinny and you can afford nice clothes, well done Rumi. Perhaps it is because I’m english but DENIM KNICKERS DO NOT COUNT AS CLOTHES. Especially when paired with a lacy bra and a white vest with armholes so big it may as well be a jersey harness.
Blogging should be about originality, and Susie Bubble is the most obvious example to use here, as she actually has some integrity, some STYLE and also good old British modesty.
As I am now ranting, I’ll add that wearing black all the time may be an individual’s style, but if that IS your their and that is how they dress, what compelled them to start a blog in the first place? They’re about the least interesting subject matter possible. Narcissism is not cool, not cool at all.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:54 am
I have nothing personal against any of the pouty fashion bloggers, or the interior design ones. It’s all for entertainment, no? I just can’t take them, myself, or life, too seriously, that’s all. And I can’t help it if I make myself laugh…whether it’s my foibles or theirs. We are all hysterically humorous in a certain light, and a bit ridiculous.
Maybe sea of shoes and her mom heard you, SW. She did a post about their charity work, where kids at a hospital doodled on a piece of white Louis quatorze furniture. What was the most funny to me was she included “Jane and I have been looking forward to sharing this”. But what, it was top secret? Or just in case we somehow got the mad idea that they were merely vapid shopaholics? No, all the while that they’ve been shopping and posing, they are actually thinking about those less fortunate, SEE?? All those people that can’t go to Tokyo or Paris for their summer vacation because they are sick and have hospital bills instead of Givenchy heels.
And it answers my question as well… THAT is what people do all day in five inch heels, charity work. Of course, how did I not see that?
Perhaps they think they have to prove they are good people by now posting about their philanthropic deeds. But no one in their right mind really believes that Jane and her mom are what their blogs or anyone’s else’s blog SUGGESTS that they are, not really. It’s a slim slice of someone’s experience, not the sum total. I’m sure they are very fine folks, and we could play dress up if we got together sometime. We’re just havin’ a laugh. You HAVE to laugh…or cry.
Even funnier to me about this post though is that none of the kids wrote on that chair: “Fuck you, motherfuckers!” or ” This hospital food is crap!!”, which is what my kids at that age would have done with cancer, a blank canvas and permanent markers. And I probably would have screamed at them til I cried and then cried til I laughed. Thus ruining the chair, the charity, and my otherwise spotless reputation as the perfect mother and friend to all less fortunate than myself. Oh well!
August 6th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Jtut, I think it might have been only me who made mention of charity work and funny enough, after ranting, I felt like a jerk (rightfully so) and decided to look at Sea of Shoes. Sure enough, that was the first blog post that popped up. It was a charitable effort and I applaud her for it. So then that forced me to delve deep into my self conscious and think about what it really was that had ticked me off initially. I think it’s really just all the constant label flashing, all the time. In the nineties when many of the most popular hip hop artists were obsessed with their bling and Moet, I remember the incredible amount of shame and embarrassment I felt over all of this. I would go abroad and some kid in France (always the french) would start talking about P Diddy or some other flashy idiot as if I completely related because I too were black. Mortification. That whole bling bling movement made me feel like my ancestors were turning over twice in their graves.
I guess the same goes for constant and blatant label flashing all the time on a blog. It just becomes so predictable and expected. Are you really that excited about your 20th pair of very expensive shoes because I lost interests after the 5th. I’m not really an incredibly flashy person. I love nice things but overkill leaves my head spinning.
I remain my stance with people paying their dues (this is why I don’t buy any celebrity designed lines). I’m thinking of taking a course in shoe designing. I’m super excited about it, if I can manage to do it. I don’t even know what I would do with the information, but I think it was satisfy all my curiosities.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Great post, very refreshing! I agree that it is annoying that many fashion bloggers’ success seems directly correlated to their looks and wallets. Good to know I’m not the only one totally disillusioned by these specimens and their masses of adoring fans. I love the discussion this inspired.
At this point, I love Susie, KOS, Garance (for the commentary) and… most of the other major fashion bloggers annoy me. I hadn’t read your blog until I clicked the link from Style Bubble, but I absolutely intend to after this!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Ann – Application accepted! You’re on top of the list because I loved “moral vacancy” (and because you’re the only one that’s made a reservation thus far)! Wonderful turn of phrase, it’s so descriptive.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I hate you because you have a super-sweet YSL sequin top and i want it!!
But seriously hate is very strong word right ?
there’s room for everyone and i think it’s great to see other people sharing their style. I find it very inspiring.
WHy hate on people for having money ? It’s just as bad as hating people who don’t
August 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am
At least one thing is clear, it’s not enough to have lot’s money, to be a fabulous narcissistic pain in the ass with a bad fashion taste to make a good bloger.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Erika you should re read some of the comments here before dishing out advice on how people should behave. I don’t envy them, I don’t want all their shoes, (I don’t even really like YSL that much to begin with). But it’s all the bragging that becomes a little much. It’s tacky and crass. Sorry if you don’t share my opinion but I simply don’t share yours either.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:52 am
*to have a lot of money*
(10xhand-to-face, bad foreigner English person!!!)
August 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A “FASHION BLOGGER”
1. Must have a boyfriend that owns a camera or a photographer.
2. Must have a designer shoe, clothing, or bags, etc.
3. Must have an outfit that is ” out of this world” or in other words, your “style”. (looking as an alien!!!!)
The blogs that I don’t like are Karla’s closet, Sea of shoes, Life in travel, Nini’s style, Fashion toast, and Atlantis home.
Karla’s closet – why always have your hand in your face gurl?!?!?! to be frank, she doesn’t know how to style, why always wear skirts that makes you look 20 pounds bigger? and you better hide those legs girl because they ain’t hot!!!
Sea of shoes – you poor little shit, go back to school or keep studying instead of buying expensive shoes. You have absolutely bad taste with shoes ( how dare you call your blog sea of shoes, how about sea of shit?). Plus, your mother looks so much better ( vogue – daugther’s mother’s take!). tsk… tsk… tsk…
Atlantis home – go homeeeeeeeee, your poor daughter Carol is waiting for you to notice her! How come Jane’s getting all the attention? Stop shopping!! take good care of your daughter Carol, puhhhlease!!!
Life in travel – Ohhhh.. i get it, marrying an old ugly dude to support your materialistic acts huh!! how bout let him teach you a lot of english grammar and spelling! Quit acting like a model!
Nini’s Style – Hayayayyyy.. Nini panini, what am I going to do with you. You’re similar with your friend Hanh (life in travel), ehem… well no wonder why you’re friends. Stop that 101 bullshit because you’re the one who needs some “fashion” 101. You have an ugly face that disgusts me. Whatever high end brands you buy or wear you still look the same which is, SHIT!
Fashion toast – first time I saw this blog, I thought to myself.. Ronald Mcdonald’s missing wife!! What an ugly shoe!! I don’t give a fucking fuck if it’s Chloe!!! Baddddddd stylinggggggggg….
Why this bloggers call theirselves fashion bloggers??!?!?!
FASHION DISASTER!!!
August 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I find it really difficult not to feel resentful towards:
A) Some of the super-affluent bloggers who have enormous wardrobes full of designer clothes, partly because it’s distressing to think of the amount of money that went into them, and partly because I admit I am envious.
B) Blogs which are run by girls with spray tans and highlights but who persist in trying to show us how “unique” and “rock and roll” they are in their studded shorts and Alexander Wang diffusion vests.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I have just spent far too long reading all those comments..
I am glad that someone finally disccused their love/hate for certain blogs. I think its good, I mean blogs are discussion forums of sorts where people write about their likes and dislikes. And people only seem to talk about the bloggers they like, so this is far more interesting.
For me, like you said Sea of Shoes really annoys me, which is clearly written by the mother to promote the mothers ‘online shop’ which is full of belt that cost far more than they should.
Then there is ‘hail mary’. I am sure she is a lovely girl, but she constantly posts about Darfur inbetween the fashion/art posts.. Its great that she is raising awareness for it, but she could also raise awareness for other issues instead of continually posting pretty much the same post..
I dont really dislike any blogs. Sometimes there is an ‘off post’ where a blogger just posts something really annoying, but we all have annoying days…
August 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
This could have been a very productive discussion, but the disposition of the majority is really too hostile. I’m not sure singling out comments and their authors is necessary in expressing your own views? hm…?
That said, I’ve blogged about this many times myself: it’s irritating to see these beautiful items without substance. I don’t think Luxirare and Sea of Shoes are necessarily boastful. The point of their blogs is to showcase their shoes and wears; to criticize the display of said things is like criticizing your blog for being insensitive.
August 6th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
i don’t read any fashion blogs. this technically isn’t a fashion blog, correct? sometimes you write about fashion, but mostly the recurring theme is anger and hatred.
also you are hilarious. in an epic-ly manner that kills it. you rock that funny to death. i’m smitten. i’ve had to read these comments in intervals, because it seems every time i get on there are atleast 10 more. it’d be nice if you made money from all this extra traffic.
August 6th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I would be honored Sister Wolf!!!
August 6th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
SusieB – One thing is clear: people are VERY passionate in their likes and dislikes. Also, I think blogs often promote a sense of community; so if someone complains about your “community” you take it personally. Maybe bloggers think that when they comment to Sea of Money or to Karla or to Style Bubble, they are talking to a “friend”….they feel connected even though it’s a complete illusion. HOWEVER! If all a blogger ever gets back is a bunch of ass-kissing OOH you are so amazing! then they are not doing a good enough job.
S.M. Hoffman – Yep, same here.
Jill -YAY!
Ann – I do vouch for you, unconditionally
.Supa Kid – I don’t know what to tell you. Keep having fun.
Angie Montreal – Cunts are a favorite topic here, a favorite of mine, anyway.
Ebony – I hate them too. Childhood Flames is particularly tragic.
jtut – I was directed to go look at Sea of Money + Mom last night, and I was staggered by the display of faux humanitarianism. You could actually see a portion of YSL cage shoe in one of the pix. It can’t even be parodied! But I may still try….
Aja – Charitable effort?!!?!?!?! Why don’t they just stop buying shoes and give the money to the dying children unit?!?!?!?!?!? When you have to DOCUMENT yourself doing a good deed….I can’t go on.
Hannah – Thank you!
HelonWHeels – You will LOVE Ann. She’s the best. I’m all choked up over this!
erika – Hate is a strong word, but it doesn’t scare me. I don’t hate “on” people, but I do hate lots of them. And Hating the wealthy is not at all like hating the poor. Where do I even begin with you? Could you read some Karl Marx and then get back to me?
dust – Damn right.
WTF – Hahahaha! Poor Carol! She’s in Paris, so she missed the charity work!
Trashforce – HAHAHA! “Alexander diffusion vest” = extra funny!
Tamara – oh god, the Darfur posts. They don’t make up for anything.
jae – No, wrong. The compulsive display of high end shoes can be judged as shallow and narcissistic. Whereas, my “insensitivity” is an expression of existential suffering. hm..?
dewayne – Just kill jae for me, will you please?
August 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
You rule!!!!! This was the best discussion ever!
August 6th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I have a lot of opinions, yet none of them mean much. I really do appreciate this post, and I appreciate the comments.
Really, when I look at some blogs, I often find myself comparing and can feel inadequate for some reason. WHY??? I don’t know, that is my shit. It is not the bloggers fault. They are simply doing what they do.
I think sometimes, it is the comments that get on my nerves (I have stopped reading a lot of them). It is as if a lot of the readers have no brain, no vision, or personal sense of self, and fawn over those who seem to have “a lot” of something, be it money or whatever.
In this blog. most of the comments are intelligent or funny. Sister Wolf challenges readers, and like it or not, brings a deeper sense of reality to the picture,
SW, you say you are a cunt. We all are, no matter how “good” we try to be, everyone is multi layered. You have a deep heart, in addition to a biting tongue, and that is why I love reading you. You are brazen enough to say what you think, in a way that demands whom you are speaking to, to at least take a look. Does that make sense. You could care less if someone disagrees with you, because you know who you are. At least, that is the way it seems to me.
Thats all I have for today.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
“A cunt is just a sexual tool with no personality attached to it, or a really awful person nobody can stand. Same dual meaning as bitch.”
Thanks for defining ‘cunt,’ Raisincunt. Now go away and leave us cunts alone, you stupid cunt.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
here is my list.
Life in travel – keeps posing like a model, but looks like a common Vietnamese slut, even in expensive clothing. Always talking about her efforts to be educated but after years in US she still can’t spell!
Nini’s Style – What The Fashion nailed it “fashion 101″. who is asking Nini for a lecture on how to pair nude shoes and spiked panties?
Sea of Shoes – makes me sick! Their idiotic trip to Japan, taking pictures of Japanese people without asking permission. No wonder they got so many shots of asses! No Japanese dude wants to pose for you! (only the poor waiter, but hey, he’s on duty). And this new charity bullshit. They want kids to draw on the char, auction the chair, get someone to pay big bucks for it and give it to the hospital. So, Mother and Jane are not idiotic enough to buy this ugly thing for their living room and need some other rich bitch to spend. Can’t they use money they have in their ‘shoe piggy bank’ to donate directly? K
Karla’s closet – her blog is “oozing with inspiring pictures, clippings, and personal photographs to make your life a little more fashionable” – ew, Karla.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:16 am
In all honesty, I am perversely fascinated by Sea of shoes and the scarecrow lady who spawned her. kinda like a particularly gross reality tv show.
The faux charity post made me want to puke though. I like my reality TV/blogging to be decadent cunt cake. Did anyone else notice Jane’s stupid ass rainbow addition to that chair?
In Jane’s defense, she IS barely 17. I blame the mother. That woman’s home design is absolute hipster kitsch trash. She was a model. Are models supposed to have good taste and make good choices?
Rumi…………..good lord. I predict eminent death. She will either starve, freeze or trip over her pvc clog dominatrix bootied feet. She is harmlessly entertaining.
Luxirare exists in her own little lala land of fetish and michael jackson. I get a kick out of her too.
KoS and Susie are the clear winners. These two introduced me to this funny little “community.” I love it and I love them.
Sister Wolf is my fashion blog antidote.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:04 am
I wasn’t familiar with Sea of Shoes blog so i had a read.
Firstly i can’t believe she’s only 17, she dresses like just like her mum… but the thing that struck me most was the boring life she seems to lead, lunch with mum, shopping with mum, holiday with mum etc.
At 17 i hardly seen my mum (and didn’t want to be seen with her!) i was much to busy hanging out with friends. So is Jane just a lonely isolated teen seeking acceptance and misplaced love from strangers? In my opinion it’s no life for a girl her age, the 17 year olds that work for me haven’t enough time for a blog they’re much too busy working, partying and studying and generally having a bloody great time! in my opinion she’s more to be pitied than hated, that old cliche money can’t buy you happiness, well it can’t buy you a life either
August 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I don’t have a link to my crazy lady, but she’s Pasadena New Progressive. She’s hot on the trail of the Pasadena Public Information Officer, who is a sweetie pie most undeserving of bullshit invective. http://pasadenanewprogressive.blogspot.com
August 7th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I’d never heard of Luxiare. I know who Fashion Toast is but blogs that are just pics of the writer in their clothes are only on the rarest occasion interesting to me. I feel like I’ve heard of Sea of Shoes but never been to that blog either.
& I thought craft bloggers were competitive!
August 7th, 2009 at 9:26 am
a good laugh, thanks very much! it is so funny how people assume that your blog=the sum total of your existence. of course it is unimaginable to such narrow minded people that there is much more to these people than the content of their blogs.
if i was to draw the same kinds of conclusions about the lives of people who left such blatantly idiotic comments here….
yikes.
-author of one of the above blogs
August 7th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Oooooooh c’mon A Reader, who are you? I think it’s a bit cowardly to fight back anonymously, don’t you? I hate to tell you but a blog regardless of how slim or large it
is, IS a reflection of your life. May not be the sum, but of course people are going to judge.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Ahahaha! “Idiotic comments”! If I didn’t find that amusing…well, I don’t think that I would ever not find anonymous, blind insults amusing. A Reader – see, I think that the comments here have been anything but idiotic. The majority of them have been well thought-out discussions on WHY the readers hate certain blogs. Obviously YOU are going to lash out when your own blog has been judged, weighed and found lacking. Instead of being a coward and calling us names maybe you should consider the criticism and use it constructively.
Aja – Brava! Well said.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Hooray! What a fucking relief! A last a critique of the teen cognoscenti.
I would die if anyone found out that I read all this crap, but I do. Logging on to see what Jane Alridge et al was just bought is fascinating in a similar sense to watching freak show TV… morbid, a bit furtive, somewhat embarrassing, but transfixing. And the comments! Amazing! So many offerings of adoration. It must be like being a rock star. But the weirdest thing of all is the near-total absence of criticism, piss-taking and humbling of these really very affected and vain kids. So why not dig a little? Would probably do them a lot more good than endless syrupy sycophancy. And it would make it all so much more real.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Right. Can’t believe I forgot that people don’t receive sarcasm in print very well unless you put quotations around it, or tags. It just slips my mind, sometimes, that the obvious interpretation of the suggestion that one’s opinion of a certain configuration of pie is correlated with the quality of their soul would be literal, and entirely serious, and not at all meant as a humorous interlude in an otherwise critical comment.
And no, I’m not particularly protective of Luxirare. I’m just not particularly fond of people who attack others without provocation, and really without any reason at all beyond the attacker’s own tendency toward bitchiness. And I don’t mean “bitchiness” in a good way, in case you insane people are still confused about the way the word’s intended.
And as for annemarie, I adore how she took my quotation out of context, leaving out the part about voluntary charitable actions being more beneficial than those imposed by government, as they’re usually done with more efficiency and enthusiasm.
August 8th, 2009 at 1:59 am
arline – Your thoughtfulness is my reward for the tedium of responding to so many silly comments. And you are quite right: I’m more than just a cunt.
Mark – That is too reductive for her, evidently.
Chippy coco -SING IT, GIRL!
ali- Cogent analysis. Thank you.
a reader – Why not identify yourself? Are you ashamed of your blog??
HElOnWheels & Aja. Thanks for setting a Reader straight.
Raison GIrl – I stopped cowering at the accusation of the word “bitchy” years ago. It’s usually used to keep females in line. But “insane” is a little much.
August 8th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Hello guys.
I guess no one expected that this conversation will get to Romania as well, infect it did. I am a fashion blogger in Romania, and a pretty well seen one, but of course everything there it is written in romanian so you won’t be able to read anything.
I don’t have the time and patience to read all the comments on this page, but I have figured a little of what you are debating here.
I really don’t know which is the target of the readers of the “godammit” blog, but I have seen that everybody is a little frustrated about this Luxirare girl and the exquisite life she is apparently living.
You know, usually the fashion magazines that we are buying are selling a lot of commercials and very expensive products, and they are full of pictures with fine clothes and fine stuff. We can’t afford much of what they recommend us to wear through their pages, but we still buy those magazines. Why ? Because all this “Unaffordable” is just fascinating and it is enough to get to know that it exists. It is part of all the things that contribute to our visual culture.
Luxirare as well is one of the blogs that contributes to my visual culture. All that killer clothes and fine cuisine is just part of my esthetic culture.
Ofcourse if you consider that blog a nonsense…you can just ignore it. But why shoot it with such critic words ?
Do you guys really have all that time to be doing this ?
All the things she presents on her blog are made by her. So I can easily declare Luxirare a very fine designer and a very fine chef.
First you should try to do something better than she is. And if you succeed, please let me know and I’ll be honored to than read you criticism regarding Luxirare.
Till than…keep your voice down.
Best regards,
Pret-a-Protester.
August 8th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Oh my that’s the most entertaining blog post/comments thread I’ve read in ages! <3 u SW. I have to say that I hate all the worshipping rather than the actual blogs of certain “famous bloggers”. Eg : Childhood Flames wearing a simple tank top & black skinny jeans – “OH EM GEE! GENIUS!! I DIE!!!”.
What’s wrong with people? I don’t get all the whole competition between bloggers thing either.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Luxirare – I don’t find this blog pretentious or boastful in the slightest (is it just me?) She doesn’t mention over and over again that something is high-end. She presents things well and obviously has a talented eye for detail and craft. At first I thought, food and fashion on the same blog???, but it kinda works. Her style isn’t really something I can relate to but I still like to read her and I’d love to try making some of her food. Who’d have thought owning a bit of Chanel was cause for so much controversy. So many blogs rant and try to piss people off, yet she did it without trying or even wanting to. Thank fuck for Chanel!
Susie Bubble – ” …and the nice award goes to.” She’s quite like-able and funny. Great things happen to Susie and it never goes to her head, never an ounce of the usual “I’m a blogger, dammit!” She’s smart.
Sea of Shoes – I’m not one for being annoyed at people who have money. It never bothers me to see people with expensive things, as, without these people, high-end fashion would have no means to exist, but, the blog definitely seems vacuous and repetitive. I hate that Over-the-shoulder-glance-while-walking-into-the-distance pose…vomit! I also have an issue with ugly shoes, peep toe booties to be precise. Toes are ugly! I don’t care how well cared for and painted, ugly! To frame them in leather but be covered above the ankle is just wrong! Kinda like rubbing gold leaf on your arse-hole….it’s never going to make it pretty and glamourous. Hanging out with Mom all the time is also odd, but I guess if she keeps buying you things, that friendship is easy to sustain. I wonder how this girl will cope when she has to stand on her own two feet (so to speak.)
Kingdom of Style – Admittedly, at first I thought this was a transvestite website, the camp name and the two ‘Queens.’ I had respect for Michelle for doing such a great job of hiding her sausage in such clingy leggings. Obviously I was wrong and now that my respect has waned, I have mixed feelings, 25% I like (probably Marie’s posts, they air on the fun side and she doesn’t take herself too seriously) and 75% of it should be renamed Kingdom of Cow. I find Michelle unbearably pretentious, aggressively supercilious, deluded, condescending and parochial. There is a clear override of petulance over style. I find her teenage ramblings vapid, even very embarrassing at times (probably the reason I keep looking.) Its the inconsistencies and contradictions I’m addicted to. Its glaringly obvious motives I can’t quite believe. That FUN, FUN, FUN meltdown had me in tears. I loved that post and all of its ramifications, not to mention posing on a bin like Queen of the slag heap (all she needed was a can of lager and a fag) and wrapping grommet tape around her legs (a style tip I’m certain she took, circa 1986, from Wiggy on Hitman and Her) It’s like watching a ‘never got famous’ Angelica Houston living in the Eastern Bloc, bitterly taking it out on her poor blogging partner and anyone else who seems like young competition. There have been times when I’ve felt genuinely sorry for Queen Marie. I think I love this blog in the worst kind of way.
Sister Wolf – I find this blog, your blog, entertaining. It’s refreshing to see some honesty in blog-land, even if its a bit cruel at times
I hate all the ‘keep me in the loop’ arse sucking that goes on with bloggers. That said, this thread is odd, you invite comment/opinion but don’t willingly accept it. I also have a wonderful notion, one that I know there is probably not a shred of truth in, that you are ‘Elizabeth.’ You cleverly engineered this whole fiasco, picking the perfect moment, just so you could take it a little bit further on your own blog. Please say it’s so 
August 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Well, after visiting Luxirare’s site for the first time just now, I think we should all try to say something nice about it. Such as: it could probably be a really great blog… if she removed all the text from it.
August 8th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I don’t really loathe any specific blogs, but I am pretty annoyed by watching old or niche trends sweep through mostly second tier fashion blogs and have the blog writers acts as if they’ve discovered something new. I’m not trying to be all “I LIKED THE VELVET UNDERGROUND WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD” about it, because I realize tons of people know about creepers, doc martens and studding clothes. It’s just kind of grating when people are like “Check this new DIY out I realized you can stud denim shorts!”
August 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am
kellie – Sorry, I left you out! You make a great point. There is no variety in the reactions on those blogs. It’s just a big affirmation of “You’re so wonderful, amazing, your hair, your shoes oh god etc.” I think it IS very much like a celebrity and the adoring fans.
pret-a-protester – I have plenty of time. I think it’s very Romanian of you to command “Keep your voice down.” Thank you for weighing in on this topic, though.
Lulu – What IS wrong with people?!? As for competition, maybe there’s competition in any field of endeavor, but there is actually plenty of bonding as well.
InOtherWords – I could not agree more with you on the open toes thing. It’s wrong on every level. It’s so presentational, like a showcase for your big toe. About comments and opinion: I do accept them! I never delete anyone. If I don’t agree, I just say so. If someone is rude to me, I get to be rude back. It seems fair to me….not to you?? XO, Elizabeth.
homodachi -YES, BINGO! I wish I’d said that. Could not agree more.
Eleni – Know what I hate? It’s the 8 year old bloggers who post old clips of the Velvet Underground. Why can’t they enjoy their own culture instead of co-opting mine?!
August 8th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Now that was entertaining. I must show the spawn. The Scarecrow and the Spawn, that sounds like a great 70’s cop show.
the Scarecrow
August 8th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Raisin Girl did not write her last comment!!! There is just no way that she went from saying about Luxirare that “some of her ideas were amazing and interesting” to writing “one’s opinion of a certain configuration of pie is correlated with the quality of their soul would be literal, and entirely serious, and not at all meant as a humorous interlude in an otherwise critical comment”! She copied that or had some one else write it!!
Right, and calling all of us insane is really going to get your pretentious point across. For the record, the light bulb was an “amazing” idea so was the internet and so many other “amazing” inventions. Copying or re-interpreting outfits or culinary creations that were done first or better by another is interesting, beautiful, delicious, lovely, etc, etc, etc. It’s not AMAZING or AWESOME!!! It doesn’t even get near intriguing.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Queen Michelle for Kingdom of Style:
“Admittedly, at first I thought this was a transvestite website, the camp name and the two ‘Queens.’ I had respect for Michelle for doing such a great job of hiding her sausage in such clingy leggings. Obviously I was wrong and now that my respect has waned, I have mixed feelings, 25% I like (probably Marie’s posts, they air on the fun side and she doesn’t take herself too seriously) and 75% of it should be renamed Kingdom of Cow. I find Michelle unbearably pretentious, aggressively supercilious, deluded, condescending and parochial. There is a clear override of petulance over style. I find her teenage ramblings vapid, even very embarrassing at times (probably the reason I keep looking.) Its the inconsistencies and contradictions I’m addicted to. Its glaringly obvious motives I can’t quite believe. That FUN, FUN, FUN meltdown had me in tears. I loved that post and all of its ramifications, not to mention posing on a bin like Queen of the slag heap (all she needed was a can of lager and a fag) and wrapping grommet tape around her legs (a style tip I’m certain she took, circa 1986, from Wiggy on Hitman and Her) It’s like watching a ‘never got famous’ Angelica Houston living in the Eastern Bloc, bitterly taking it out on her poor blogging partner and anyone else who seems like young competition. There have been times when I’ve felt genuinely sorry for Queen Marie. I think I love this blog in the worst kind of way.”
Thank you “InOtherWords”
August 8th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
InOtherWords– I applaud and salute you for the precision of your description of Kingdom of Cow. Careful though, she doesn’t take criticism very well (see above, comment numbers 8 and 15).
God save Queen Marie.
August 8th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Judy Aldridge, that was kind of awesome.
This topic is still growing and growing. People are getting super hot and bothered. Judy and Jane are probably cool people. Raisin Girl is not. I guess it’s kind of like this people: remember reading about WWII and how the Queen totally toned down her wardrobe to drab auxiliary style clothing because the rest of the world was taking a beat down? Well no, this isn’t exactly the same, but it is tough economic times for 70% of the world. I mean SJP and Patricia Fields are in heated argument about whether or not the wardrobe of the next SATC movie should be toned down for the sake of being nearly realistic. I agree with SJP, last time it was so over-the-top I couldn’t focus on the film’s weak, predictable plot.
I think if you have a huge audience as a blogger, it’s sort of a bit of a responsibility to make your readers not feel completely isolated. For all the “you killed it”, “your blog is epic” comments, there’s someone who feels like total shit for reading it sometimes. And probably some of the ones congratulating you on your possessions fall into that category. I once read on one of the above blogs, some comment that was a response to the blogger (who comes across as fairly affluent) talking about her faith. This particular commenter, young and impressionable wrote that she didn’t think god loved her because she wasn’t pretty and didn’t have nice things. It KILLED me to read it. It was not a joke. It made me really re-think blogging and what hand my idolizing of shoes and pretty things, played in this kid’s low self esteem. I don’t even have strong religious beliefs but I wanted to wrap this kid in my arms and tell her that her god does love her. I know, it’s not the blogger’s fault that sometimes people feel completely inadequate because they have less . . . but I guess I am making a concentrated effort to tone it down with the expensive labels and purchases (not that I have a particularly large audience). Besides that chair, which was a steal, I haven’t bought anything pricey in months . . . everything you see on the blog is either old, dirt cheap or made by me. The point of all of this (for me) is to connect with other people, not make them feel like they’ll never be on my level.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Wow. You said it. YOU SAID IT ALL!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
When I go to bed at night, I take two things with me, my narcissism, and a pair of YSL tributes. I snuggle them all night mother fuckers!!!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Phew….I’m exhausted. I was all hot under the collar up when I started reading the comments but it took me so long to understand what the fuck was going on that I’ve had the wind knocked out of my sails.
I’ll take SW over ’style bloggers’, any old day.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Something tells me that last one wasn’t Judy Aldridge. But if it was I continue to laugh.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Judy Aldridge – I knew instinctively that “a reader” was you. Weird, eh? I think that if you position your self and your daughter to be internet celebrities, known for your high-end shoes and designer wardrobes, that is exactly how you will be perceived and judged. Most people seem to adore you and your daughter. Other people are appalled, bored, or amused. That’s how it goes.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
“Could you go read some Karl Marx and then get back to me?”
A new favorite response. If I was into killer tattoos it would go on my ass.
August 8th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
these comments are not only out of control but out of order somehow! Okay, so:
HelOnWHeels – I agree, Raisin Girl cheated.
Scott Landez – Queen Michelle is welcome to respond to you in these comments or as a guest author. Try not to feel sorry for Queen Marie, though: She is a star in her own right.
annemarie – I have already issued a warning about you.
Aja – I support you in your compassion for the weak and impressionable. But we can’t protect them from the shallow consumer culture that has brought the world to this shaky point in history. It’s EVERYWHERE! Good looking people who have nice things are the Ideal. It’s up to parents and educators and leaders to instill better values.
I want to connect with other people too, and I have formed some solid bonds via cyberspace. I’m not here to be ‘nice,’ but I try to offer the same stuff I’m looking for: amusement and/or ideas.
secretista – what a great name you have!
judy aldridge – Have you been drinking or are you just showing your sassy side?
Imelda Matt – I am totally worn out, I hear you. Props back at you, xoxo
fashionherald – Hahahhaha! Did I say that? It sound familiar but I’m closing in on brain dead.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Dear Sister Wolf,
I am so glad I came across your blog in my youth, as it’s harder to teach an old dog new tricks. You are an inspiration to me. I find it hard to find a way to express myself when I get irritated at someone’s antics. It’s like I know they are wrong, yet so much is wrong with the situation that my mind just can’t focus on anything except being angry. You seem to have found a way of pointing out irritating antics, without making yourself a target for the majority to attack. I’m not 100% sure if you were born this way or you learned it over time. I see you as a wise philosopher who has conquered many social barriers. Sorry if that last statement sounded pretentious.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:08 am
sorry if that last comment about the last comment irritated you. In fact sorry if this whole post irritated you.
August 9th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Alana – I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but if not, that is really high praise. I went through your comment with a fine tooth comb and couldn’t find a bit of pretentiousness. xo
August 9th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Wow, I missed the angry boat on this one, too busy doing this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z1I7MZBuVEs/SkPPwLpc8_I/AAAAAAAAACk/V45_VKbT-_I/s400/Conan+Librarian+1.jpg
Thank you sister, for the unsung hero accolade, my ego is muchos stroked by such a romantic vision of myself.
Scott Landez: I have to put my two pence worths in, and say that I think you are wrong about Queen Michelle. I have had many a conversation with her, and she is nothing like what you say. In fact, she has been so patient with me, waiting for me to get my shizzle on the dizzle, and fulfill a promise I made, that your perception strikes me as the totally wrong end of the spectrum. Maybe she is just too honest and not give a fuck for you?
I dislike blogs with the same guidelines that I dislike some books and music. And when that happens, I just stay away from them, I like being judgemental in a silent stoic way, it makes me feel more important and intellectually lofty about the plebs I share the planet with. And helps me to forget the fact, that I too am a pleb, in a different way. A more important way, obviously.
There is a sea of shit in the blog arena, a closet full of cunts so to speak. A amulet of liquid ass nuggets, childish flame throwing farts for morons.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:28 am
InOtherWord/Scott you are both entirely entitled to think what you wish about me personally – you don’t actually know me. I suspect if you met me neither of you would have the courage to say a word to me – online anonymity allows you to vent your bile when in real life you probably wouldn’t.
If you are happy being bitchy, rude and making personal attacks on people then good for you, you must be terribly proud of yourselves. But whilst you are busy calling me names or pitying my friend (although I must say that feeling superior enough to pity someone you don’t know does, rather ironically, seem very pretentious), the fact you read our blog only builds up our readership further. Infact, not only do you help our blog grow, it’s people like you that often give me ideas for posts so, really, by being rude you are only encouraging me! Hmmm, that bit you on the ass didn’t it?
Sapphire, thank you. Yes, I am very, very honest and not everyone appreciates it, which is fine. I won’t come over all falsely humble just because it’d please people.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Sister Wolf–I was not “a reader”, I’m not creepy like that. My comments were published in fun. This is the Internet–what you publish is relevant for three seconds. Who the fuck cares? That was just my sassy side…
August 9th, 2009 at 7:12 am
so much jealousy. This blog should be called “Godammit I’m a geriatric obsessed with young bloggers who can afford nice things”
OR…
godammit I’m jealous
or…
GODAMMIT im a witch with bad red lipstick
or….
or…
“GERIATRIC COMMUNIST FASHION LOVERS OF THE WORLD UNITE”
OR…
queen michelle and Sister wolf = sour, poor, jobless losers of the fashion blogging world.
No wonder why Michelle (i refuse to call her a queen because she isn’t duh)
did that post on Luxirare. She doesn’t even have money for magazines!
Do you have a job Sister? or do you just live off your husband?
August 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Good news!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll repeat :
It is not enough to have a lot of money and to be a fabulous narcissistic pain in the ass with a bad fashion taste to make a good blogger.
Don’t even bother to answer Scott ( on Serbian it’s a slang for a bitch but unisex!!! brilliant!!!)
August 9th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Wow, Scott, who took the jam out of your doughnut?
August 9th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Scott Landez!! DO NOT CALL SISTER WOLF NAMES!! She’s a fucking smart, kind-hearted person who uses her blog as a platform to vent her moral outrage at all the twats in the world. And what the fuck are you saying about her lipstick? Sir, are you blind? She looks awesome!
Above all, please, please do not put her in the same sentence as Qunt Michelle. Michelle is an idiot, Sister Wolf is not.
To Michelle–
Your counter-accusations are profoundly fucking stupid:
“It’s easy to chuck around remarks when you are some random hiding behind a computer screen but it’s harder to actually put yourself out there and open yourself to critism. It takes bottle and anonymous commentors have none.”
A person is not “anonymous” because they don’t have their own blog. It does not take “bottle” to “put yourself out there” (how noble!). It just takes being an attention-seeking twat. You are absolutely NOT “open” to criticism– think about that. Finally, “random” is an adjective, not a noun.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Scott, I’m not a real Queen? Nothing gets by you!
August 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
: ) That was funny ! Very Romanian : )))))) No, it’s just very “protester” : )
This impulsivity is one of my “trademarks”. Anyway…just wanted to note down my opinion…maybe in a rough manner but still I kind of got on fire about the topic and this Luxirare thing… I really admire that girl.
August 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Braindance – I have a romantic vision of you as well, xo
Michelle – Please practice saying, “You can kiss my royal ass, you moron.” It is more succinct.
judy aldridge – Now you’re being silly! Of course you are ‘a reader’, I can see your IP.
Scott – OOOH! Now this I love. Why so much vitriol?! Do you hate unemployed women? Do you pay spousal support to someone? Do you hate your mom? You do have a keen eye for lipstick, though. It was a little too dry and cakey in the video.
annemarie – Is Scott a homo do you think?
pret-a-protester -Okay, good, you + luxirare. Got it.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:04 am
I don’t understand why Luxirare gets so much hate from Sister Wolf and her pack. After reading all the hate rants against Luxirare, I visited her blog to see why but it wasn’t what I expected. Some of the clothes look like they will make S&M fetishists come in their pants if she wears them outside. But one thing is clear. She’s got talent. I don’t like some of the clothes she makes but she does what she does well. (Sister wolf does what she does well too. Hating on too many things/people with such ardent fervour and commitment. But I genuinely like the other informative posts on this blog.) The grammar didn’t bother me one bit but maybe that’s because english is not my first language. It just happens to be the universal language. I didn’t know until today that a little bad grammar could incite such anger and hate. Sister Wolf must not have too many friends in the real world if she bares her fangs in real life as often as she does here. Just assuming because I don’t really know if her internet fellow cunts are her real friends in the real world. Oh wait.. maybe this is just a facade.. maybe she’s as meek as a lamb in reality!
I applaud Scott Landez for his courage to face the vicious fangs of Sister Wolf and her pack 
Moving on to other blogs, Karla’s “blog oozing with inspiring pictures, clippings, and personal photographs to make our life a little more fashionable” is a little putting-off. The intro is very condescending and patronizing, like all who visit her blog are less fashionable and needs to be force-fed some fashion. Mother and daughter shoes’ blogs are boring. Apart from the shoes. It might just as well be a picture blog of mother, daughter and more mother, daughter. Childhood Flames’ outfits are mostly boring. That girl needs some color in her life. Susie Bubble is my favourite in terms of informative content because she features a lot of obscure talented people plus she is honest but not in a brutal, angry “I am gonna rip you to shreds” way. I love all her shoes and accessories, don’t like a lot of her outfits but to each her own. Right?
Question: If Sarah Palin is a cunt and Sister Wolf and her pack are cunts too, then is Sarah Palin the same as Sister Wolf and her pack? Or are there sub-species amongst this breed? Like good cunt, bad cunt? I am right in assuming that Sarah Palin is the bad cunt, hm?
August 10th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Just passing by – Best of luck to you and Scott. xoxo
August 10th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Thank you. Best of luck to you too. I hope you find a job soon. ♥
August 10th, 2009 at 5:32 am
WOLF girl, (you’re not my sister, thank god)
How come its okay for you to live off your husband’s measley paycheck but SeaofShoes is not allowed to drop 10g’s on shoes every week? She’s 17, I think she’s allowed to be living off her mom. Wolf Girl- You’re 55, maybe you should get a job make some real money so that you can afford Restylane instead of bitching about how you can’t afford it. Don’t worry, Madonna won’t hijack the world’s supply. You do need it though, real bad.
No one believes someone who isn’t successful. Wolf Girl, you’re a NOBODY. That time Oprah complained about how bad red meat is, everyone stopped buying meat and the CowMen sued her. Unfortunately, when you constantly make attacks on other bloggers, they aren’t going to stop visiting these sites because you say they’re inferior. You have no real power, but maybe thats why you started this blog in the first place.
It looks as though Wolf Girl just garnered more fans for Luxirare, and SeaOfshoes. How IRONIC! (thanks for the definition wolf)
August 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Wow- great that people are actually talking, you know, constructively about the blogs.
I have a morbid fascination with the Sea of Shoes blog, which I’m glad that people brought up. I have had a pretty bad reaction to reading the site (yet I still keep reading it…it’s my internet equivalent of the Real Housewives of Orange County). A lot of the people who post remotely negative (ie constructive) comments get called out as ‘jealous’ and ‘nasty.’ I actually took time to think about these questions:
1) Am I REALLY jealous? Like, do I really want to have a $10k budget to buy ugly shoes all of the time?
2) Do I want people at Urban Outfitters to recruit me simply because of my upbringing and mommy’s credit card?
I guess it sounds sour grapes, but no, I personally think that spending that much on clothes or shoes is ridiculous. I would never spend over $200 for a pair of shoes if I had a million dollars. And I don’t necessarily want to design either *shrugs*, so I’m pretty sure I’m not jealous. Also, I don’t think that the fashion is always amazing. I roll my eyes when Jane posts “wore this to a restaurant!” and it’s that ridiculous black lace shirt with a BRA under it. It looks like hooker-wear from Moscow in 1996. Since when is it remotely appropriate to have your undergarments showing at a restaurant?
LOVE that other people totally pick up on the absence of Carol on the Mommy-and-Jane world. I crack up when reading those comments. To whoever posted about Carol not being able to be there (WHAT A SHOCKER) for their fabulous charity-gig, I couldn’t stop laughing. Always about Jane and mommy, poor Carol. I know that the internet is the internet, and you don’t know everything about anyone’s life, but it still strikes me as funny all the same.
I also get this aggravating sense of pretension. Like if Jane went to college, she’d major in ‘being artsy.’ It’s like she TOO perfectly fits this stereotypical mold. Eats at nice vegetarian restaurants, likes creepy looking art and fashion, reads complex and artsy books (I will always recall the shot of a teacup and a pair of shoes carefully balanced on a book at the window…yeah, because people normally put their shoes on a windowsill). However, I guess it’s more of a product of her environment. I’ll be totally following to see her college adventures to see if anything changes, and I hope she gets out of Texas!
I think that it is ridiculous to be wearing heels so often…don’t get me started on that. (Do they perform any sort of manual labor or walk more than 2 mph that probably requires flats?) Anyway though, I will admit that I am drawn, and I get as much joy as reading the comments (OMG JANE YOU’RE THE BEST!!!) and the text than others get fashion inspiriation. So I won’t lie. I find it amusing. I find the other sites amusing too, in the carefully crafted bubbles that they create. Jealous? Not really.
Anyway, thanks for a sounding board! I’ve always wanted to hear people really discuss these blogs and it felt good to get that all out!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yikes so much hatefulness! I wasn’t referring to you Aja when I said what I said. I just happened to say the same thing. Also I was definitely referring to Sister Wolf with her YSL shirt , have you seen it ? It is awesome. I totally hate her for having it. I love YSL.
My opinion of hating the rich being the same as hating the poor does not come from textbook philosophies it is personal opinion. I believe that we should all embrace who we are and what we have and insead of looking outward we should look inward for happiness.
I like reading everyone’s blogs because as someone who sews and creates i find it inspiring to see what other styles are out there and to have a peek into what people like. We are so lucky to be able to do this. I like to think that we should celebrate it and be inclusive of everyone.
I like Luxirare’s stuff, her clothes are sweet and it’s great that she makes things that look like really good quality.
I like Sea Of Shoes too because they have great taste in clothes and I think Jane is adorable. I think that she will have a great future in fashion adn good for her for knowing what she wants to do. I wish I had been so decisive so young.
I also really like Kingdom of Style. She has awesome taste and her warmth comes across on her blog, plus we are the same age and she is hot!
And I like this blog too because it is funny… I appreciate honesty.
It’s just the internet.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Scott – Oh god. You have revealed my true character and I am devastated. What a fool I’ve been! I am less than nothing. Not only too old but too poor. Thank you for knocking me off my high horse. Let me try to make it all up to you, Scott.
Liz – You’re welcome!
erika – Exactly! It’s just the internet.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Scott, I totally believe Sister Wolf. Just look at how many comments she’s garnered from this one entry (including a bunch of stupid ones from you). Yay!
August 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I’d like to thank Erika for very calmly and thoughtfully explaining why she likes certain blogs. I don’t agree with some of her choices but she knows what she likes and presents her case well. This was the main purpose of SWs post….well….ok, and to have fun “poking the bear,” so to speak.
However, I’d like to suggest that Scott and Just Passing By get back on their anti-psychotic/depression medication ASAP. Seriously, ladies, you’re crying out for professional help. Yes, “Scott”, I’m including you in the “ladies” because there is no way that a man would write a post that is so full of the same jealousy of which you accuse SW. Please take those meds; you’re kind of scary but even worse, extremely pitiable without them. Furthermore, “Scott”, unless English is your 2nd language, your youth and stupidity are showing through all of your posts. Don’t make me call Child Protective Services, “Scott”, and get you removed from what seems to be a situation that’s detrimental to your mental health.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I love how pretentious people call other people pretentious. It’s my favorite thing ever. It’s like the cool thing now. Like you can’t be a punk or a hipster if you say you’re a punk or a hipster.
This was the best blog post. I was led here by susie bubble, and I will be coming back for more.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:36 am
I definately agree with you on the Sea of Shoes thing! It feels like they are bragging most of the time!
However… on the pretentious issue.. aren’t all bloggers just that tiny bit pretentious?? Trying to show others how cool they are/trying to gain fans etc etc
August 11th, 2009 at 2:36 am
My my! Why such anger, PersonFromHell? I am only voicing my opinions just like you and everybody else here. That means everyone here including yourself should be on “anti-psychotic/depression medication asap.” You are definitely a very unique person.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:34 am
ooh. the comments you get are great.
and i hate jane.
oh im also insanely jealous of her.
the problem i hate with jane is that she can’t afford any of her shit. i couldnt care less if miley cyrus had everything jane has because cyrus works incredibly hard and makes a shitload of money for being a spastic.
jane on the otherhand gets everything from mommy dearest who…..was a designer…once? what does her mother even do to finance their spending habits?
i also really dislike camille from childhood flames ( i had to google her cos i forgot her bland blogs name). the only reason i dislike her is because she has boring style and needs some vitD. otherwise i like her cos she’s thrifty.
i really believe you can buy style. however the most stylish people are the ones who are innovative with clothes. not the ones who bought the whole alexander wang and balmain runway.
p.s i hate miley cyrus.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Sea of Shoes and Atlantis Home irk me to no end. The Japan trip, where they seemed to never leave the safe vicinity of their hotel bugged me rotten. There is so much more to explore, and I should know I have lived there. The worst part, which someone has previously commented on here, were the shots of random people and children in the street. Would they do that back home? No.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:03 am
On the issue of pretension: Yeah, I’ll give it to you that most blog writers can be pretentious at some points. When I was writing my blog, I was so self-deprecating (that’s unfortunately my personality), and I was still labeled pretentious!
This is why I can say that: http://www.misscouturable.com/ . I think that she has all of the well meaning in the world, but she still comes off pretentious in her writing, and I think that it’s probably due to the privelege thing. Her high school cost as much as my college tuition (why would someone post the exact cost?), and she does talk about money very casually once in a while. However, she’s getting to college and at least her blogs show that her inner wheels are turning (with the exception of that insanely pretentious Columbia passage by Tobias Wolff). So I think that’s pretentious with a sense of hope and self-awareness.
I guess what irks me about SoS that I feel like it’s ALL for show. No ’soul’ behind it (Goodness, I sound like a Top Chef judge). Can’t explain it. Like, look at my teacup! It’s on my book that no 17 year old would read and next to my shoes that no 17 year old could buy! My taste is miles away! (I mean, she has little to NO blog rapport with her readers, besides the scant Q&A session I think she’s posted. Those blogs get me the most) But I guess that’s the fashion world, huh??
August 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Aja – I don’t know what we can do with Scott
HelOnWHeels – Scott is a man who hates women because he has to pay spousal support to his ex- wife. He has a thing for young girls, too.
Katydog – Please do.
Opal – Pretentious, to me, is taking on a superior air or affecting a certain pose. Wanting attention is a whole different thing.
Just Passing By- You should change your name to Keeps Coming Back!
Snow – All normal people hate Miley Cyrus!
Hayley – Irksome, indeed.
Lix – The Young Shoe is presently reading Thomas Pynchon, she’ll have you know! I will go look at the misscoutureable.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Some people were born richer than others!
August 12th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Oops pressed enter too quickly there
But yeah, it’s fun to hate rich pretentious people eh?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Sister Wolf-
I don’t hate Luxirare for owning and buying nice clothes. What I detest is her complete hypocrisy. When she first started her blog, she posted over $1000 worth of Alexander Wang clothing that she bought. Within a few days of that post she wrote a rant criticizing all the girls stealing her punk steez, as if she had any street credibility after paying that much money for a look ripped from the vintage racks. I don’t have anything against spending that cash, just so long as you aren’t posing like you’re an authentic gutterpunk. When multiple commentors called her out on the irony of her sentiments, she took down the posts and changed the tone of her blog.
Then, right before MJ died, she posted this comment on a post on rackkandruin featuring MJ and his jacket collection:
Blogger LuxiRare said…
this is so funny because i bet Decarnin was inspired by these band jackets Jackson used to wear in the 80s and now he’s wearing the fashionized version…
He looks really amazing in it even though he is totally creepy .
June 11, 2009 8:06 PM
Total contrast to the worshiping tribute posts that followed on her own blog in the wake of his death, as if she had always been his biggest fan. When someone makes such an extreme about face, even when you are dealing with someone posthumously, it feels like they’re lacking any true opinions and real substance
I actually enjoy the food posts, and respect her sewing skills.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Annabel – Tons of fun.
did anyone else notice – OH, GOD! SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 13th, 2009 at 12:37 am
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August 13th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
This just makes me sad. It’s like watching my parents fight – so many people I admire clawing each other’s eyes out.
Someone make it stop :’(
August 14th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Heya, just popping in to tell you tax-lovin’, rich-people-hatin’ guys and gals that no, socialism doesn’t work and will never work. Toodles!
August 14th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Who said anything about socialism? I just said “tax the wealthy more”. That’s not exactly a Lenin salute. Toodles!
August 17th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I. Love. Fashion. It’s fun and artistic and a little bit like being in costume for the theatre all the time. I don’t have the time to take from my daily life to run a blog, but I greatly enjoy reading the fashion blogs littered around the internet. I love seeing normal girls posting their outfits; it’s inspiring for my personal style and gives me faith that fashion doesn’t require exorbitant amounts of money or a 6′0″, 100 lb frame to work it.
So, as a loving fan of most of the bloggers here, I must say I’m extremely disappointed to stumble across this whole clusterfuck. You seem to want to convey an image of maturity and style, but you ladies seem more like jealous middle schoolers talking shit at the lunch table.
Honestly, grow up. This is tacky and extremely uncool. From this, I’m so glad I don’t know any of you in person. Quit embarrassing yourselves.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
P.S. While I don’t really care for their blogs (not my style, really, and I only mention my opinion of it to avoid claims of white-knighting), kudos to Judy Aldridge for maintaining poise under fire. Take note, rabid bloggers.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Former blogger here – I wrote Fashion Robot about 6 months ago, it was only mildly big with the teen set so I don’t expect anyone to know of it, but I just want to make sure that I’m not just another anonymous person here.
I completely agree with what Hilda said above. Regardless of how “pretentious” and “vapid” certain blogs may seem, it takes a decent amount of courage for an individual to put themselves out there on the internet in that way and subject themselves to the criticism that, as you all have demonstrated here, can be incredibly hateful. Yes, “it is the internet, people should have thicker skin, blah blah blah,” but why add on to the hate at all in a public forum like this? Bloggers are not impervous to anonymous trash talking.
In addition, just because somebody is lucky enough to be rich/beautiful/tall/thin doesn’t necessarily mean that other people should feel shitty about themselves because of it. Should they be mandated to donate all of their money to charity? Cover themselves with a burqua at all times? In the same way that cooking bloggers demonstrate their talents with food, writing bloggers demonstrate their talents with prose, and crafting bloggers demonstrate their talents with knitting/sewing/etc, fashion bloggers demonstrate their talents in putting together ensembles that others may find interesting or take inspiration from. You might not think a lace top and short shorts is anything to brag about – and you aren’t expected to – but for certain individuals, seeing people like that may give them courage or ideas to break out of a particular style box (for lack of a better cliche).
August 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
(Didn’t mean to add myself in the rich/beautiful/tall/thin description btw, if that’s what it sounded like. I’ve always been 5′3, athletic, and relatively average looking. But I know that well-dressed girls on the internet inspired me when I was younger.)
August 17th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Alicia – Sorry, I hate when parents fight, too.
Isabelle – You ruined it with the toodles.
Aja – Thanks.
Hilda – What. A. Lecture.
Hilda – You mean, you’re not a kiss-ass? Good!
Stephanie -Let me just remind you that the Sister Wolf motto is ‘Godammit I’m mad, and I’m getting madder.” See?
August 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Well, fuck you then. Damn, I don’t know why I bothered trying to explain myself.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Stephanie – I don’t know either! You appeared to be saying what’s been said here a million times: “Don’t be mean, don’t be a Hater, it’s not nice” etc.
I haven’t criticized anyone for being tall, thin, pretty or rich. But the internet is after all a place for free expression! An exchange of ideas! A place to provoke, debate, cross horns on occasion. I don’t take any of this shit very seriously. I hate some blogs just like I hate some TV shows or some vegetables. If people can’t be criticized or mocked, they should keep a private diary.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Hilda, I’m happy I don’t know you either
, asskisser.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Rabid – Hahahaha!
August 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Holy fuck this took me forever to read and my eyes are officially dilating.
I don’t agree with a lot that has been said on this, but hey, to each their own. I actually like Luxirare and Susie. =P
No one else has mentioned the blogs I can’t stand, such as 4th and Bleeker. (I guess she isn’t too popular yet). I mean seriously, a floaty practically naked white dress? Oh, so original.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:24 am
If that’s all you have to add, Rabid, uh… well said?
I’ll give credit where credit is due. And no amount of very clever name calling could possibly convince me to retract what I’ve said.
Continue with the good blogging. I’ll be a faithful reader.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Thanks Hilda, I hope you do continue to read. And I’m happy I could validate you with the response you were hoping for since you clearly came back for more. Kisses.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:28 pm
@did anyone else notice?
i went to high school w/luxirare…total nutcase, doesn’t surprise me one bit.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Really, HelOnWheels? It’s that hard to believe that I wrote that comment simply because I didn’t use all the “big words” the first time I commented here? In fact, the ability to write and speak on many different levels is a pretty important part of communication. Perhaps you’re limited in this ability. That’s fine, but please don’t assume everyone else is.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Blergh – I’ll go look at that one, thanks.
Hilda – Okay.
Rabid – There is actually a blogger girl who ends her comments: “a kiss!”
bulldog – Fantastic!
Raison Girl – Uh -oh, a lecture.
August 24th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I suppose it’s hard for fashion blogger’s to make it without the incredible designer’s behind their wardrobe’s. I’m a fashion blogger myself, not very big within the industry or anything but yes, it annoys me no end how many pairs of shoe’s jane has. They get new pairs every season! That’s what, a 800 dollar cut into whatever-dad-probably-does paycheck? I’d love it if sea-of-shoes just ended one day because funnily enough, Jane hasn’t got enough money for college.
But don’t get me wrong, I’m ashamed to say I like sea-of-shoe’s style and taste. I suppose yeah it’s probably easier to throw something together with that amazing ‘Shoe wall’. But I can’t STAND the mother, its like, wtf are you doing trying to claim fame from your daughters blog?She’s just another pushy paegant mother, just with Louboutin’s and Christopher Kane dresses. Her latest post was some shit about leaving her computer on a plane. WHO DOES THAT???????
Rumi pisses me off too, she gets sent all her clothing and has no grip on reality and doesn’t give a fuck that her blog has 130 online users a a time. It’s like HELLLO? REPLY TO A COMMENT ONCE IN A WHILE?
Give my blog a read, tell me what’s wrong with it as i REALLY don’t want to become a pretencious stuck up teenage fashion blogger.
sorry. fashion blogger’s are supposed to be real people, that others can relate too. There not supposed to have tonnes of money like celebrities, the population of the world are meant to aspire to you because you still manage to look fabulous, but on a real life budget!
August 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
someone tweeted this link on twitter and I had a very interesting time reading through everything.
I’ve never heard of Luxirare (sp? too lazy to scroll all the way up to check lol) but when I googled her and got to her blog, I realized I had somehow seen her blog before. I liked her interesting photos of the food in packages. It reminded me of science/chemistry. However, I didn’t like her blog/style enough to subscribe. Too…polished and cold maybe?
And I thought the pie on a stick was a cute idea though slightly impractical cuz … one bite of pie would just leave me wanting more.
I first heard of sea of shoes ALSO from someone’s tweet. That was when she was on the news… and I got pretty annoyed to realize that this high school girl was getting all this attention because of her huge collection of expensive shoes. Thought that was lame but that’s cable news for ya!
I try to only read the blogs of people who I can imagine being friends with in real life.
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August 31st, 2009 at 2:49 am
Really interesting discussion. But can I just point out that one girl who wrote some very frustrated-sounding things about Rumi not commenting on other people’s blogs actually has a photo of Rumi on *her* blog with the caption that “Rumi always looks glamorous”.
Umm….that one thing just set off my hypocrisy radar a little. Is it just comment jealousy half the time? Like “My blog is so way way better than that other spoiled brat’s – why does she get so many comments and a chance to live out her dream designing shoes – and I get to…umm…comment on this post?” I agree with Yvonne. I only read blogs of people who I can imagine being friends with in real life. And if I don’t, I forget about them. Like a bad smell.
August 31st, 2009 at 4:17 am
yeah, she does always look good and im not saying that she doesn’t. I respect her style, i just don’t like her attiitude :p
September 1st, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I’m actually not familiar with Luxiar ..or whatever …and I’m tempted to look now but really don’t want to give her the page view …lol …but honestly, I thought the same about Sea of Shoes this morning …more about Jane …wearing all of her mom’s clothes and all of her shoes ….claiming that they’re hers and begging for the credit behind her style …when in actuality, it’s clearly her mother’s work. it bugs.
I think the blogs that bug me the most are the ones that are just basically advertising …I mean, each post is a photo taken by someone else with a tiny blurb about why “they” think it’s cool with a link. It’s so rare when they have any original content. BOR-ING.
September 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Honestly, I’m more concerned about the type of audience certain bloggers cultivate, the type who feed off this blind obsessive worship and infiltrates other peoples blogs who are perhaps, not as rich, not as beautiful, but in actuality who the fuck cares?
September 5th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Loving the discussion!
I don’t read most of the blogs mentioned here for one simple reason: they bore me (I used to read all of them). I think when you have virtually unlimited access to clothes, shoes and accessories (either because you have a big budget or because they send things to you) it becomes too easy, there’s no challenge any more. Among the most creative outfits I’ve seen online recently, only one or two were by a “major” blogger.
What I really appreciate are bloggers who answer comments and/or build rapport with their readers in some other way. In that aspect many of them are really distant – I miss more conversation. Isn’t that why we started our blogs in the first place, to connect to more people?
That being said, I will always respect well-known bloggers for attracting such a large audience. It takes time and effort; nobody starts getting +100 comments out of nowhere.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
It’s kind of hilarious how everyone here makes comments about how awful and stupid and vapid these girls must be. It’s the internet. They’re not going to put up their entire lives with you. They could suck, or they could be fucking awesome. But don’t you have more important things to think about?
September 12th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
i love this entry.
this blog is amazing! bring it on people vent it all out! yeah!
I used to run a blog before for work, it was part of my marketing/PR plan for a urban lifestyle store here in the philippines. I’ve came across all the blogs listed above through my research and pegs to find direction for the store’s blog. i have stopped blogging because i left that job and it was so detached to me to carry on as a my personal blog
I plan to write my own blog (personal) soon about style, events here in the philippines, local stuff that i find aesthetically pleasing, personal adventures, etc.
i have poor english grammer and am having a bit of a trouble with manning my blogger account and this RSS thingy. and not satisfied with my layout, I have to seek help from a fellow blogger all the time.
i still frequent these blogs out of curiosity and some i actually visit almost everyday. Some posts i like some i don’t but whatevs!
the point is – with just a few months in the blogging industry i have learned and understood two things.
1.I sometimes get envious with people who can afford stuff that i want but at the end of the day i say, YOU CANNOT BUY TASTE hunny!
2.MONEY DOESN’T BUY TASTE. period
thats why i get pissed… you have $X amount of dollars and you bought that skirt/shoe/jacket or use it to make ur house look like a museum or better yet a carnival?
—which color doesn’t even look nice with your skin, doesn’t flatter your body type and/or your a 17 year old who dresses like she’s in her late 20s.
i’d say i would have done far better styling, buying, or whatever with the money you spent on that…
am i the only one who feels this way? i think not
September 12th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
again – am not envious with the lifestyle or the person. i just the greens they spend.
i want some!
cheers!
September 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Oooo, I’m kind of afraid to comment..><
I read all the comments, and I really agree with what Jae and InOtherWords said.
To be frank, I really don’t see what the huge deal was about Jane was about (vogue, hm mag etc etc), I think that anyone who has as much money as her with a decent sense of fashion could probably end doing the same. Or better. -__-
However, I also don’t really see her as flaunting, since she only buys expensive fashion (although WHY she must spend so much is also beyond me), and she IS doing a “fashion” blog, where you showcase your particular type of fashion.
For actual innovation/creativity, I always look at Susie and Brooke (the fashion void that is DC–her style is a bit of a miss for me sometimes, but I really think she deserves more recognization). My I sounded like a infomercial there..
I think that Judy and Jane have the freedom to spend their money however they like (someone brought up a really good point of high fashion can’t be sustained without ppl like them, I agree).
BUT Sister Wolf should also have the freedom to express how she feels about their spending. We’re in a free country after all.
I understand the whole concept of putting yourself out there when you say something on the internet (i.e. expect to be called really nasty things if you go on the potentially realyl nasty internet), but without sounding like a slap-deserving ass, I think we could go a little softer on the name-calling (I mean, relating back to the tax-health care thing, posting our opinions should not call for verbal flaying..right?)
September 14th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I won’t talk about Sea of Shoes or Fashion “Go to McDonald’s and order EVERYTHING before you fall on the floor and die because you are too skinny” Toast, because I don’t think I can say anything that hasn’t been said. Any comment about their blogs would be boring and repetitive… like their ankle booties and ugly as fuck peep toes…
I want to talk about stupid Tavi…. I hate Tavi. I wish someone kicks her in the face and reminds her that she has just turned 13 years old and there will be plenty of time for looking like a crazy senile grandma when she is old. I don’t feel sorry for her because she is “famous” and all that… and for some weird ass reason, the Rodarte girls find her amusing and want her to help them desing…. AWESOME. I think you should seriously seek for exile when you are a world famous designer and you need to ask for some stupid 13 year old that dresses like an old crazy drag queen’s advice… I don’t want to buy clothes co-designed by Tavi… she is stupid and wasting her childhood, because instead of looking like a normal kid she wants to dress like…. well…. like that….
What’s so styleish about her? DUDES… she dresses like a retarded kid with a crazy grandma complex, whose parents don’t want to tell her that she dresses like shit because they feel sorry for her….
Sister Wolf, I’ve just discovered your blog and have been laughing my ass off for the last hour. Hugs from Costa Rica.
September 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
this was an interesting read (kingdom of cow and a lot of annemarie’s comments had me really laughing.
it’s funny and sad that in discussions like this, the good writers have all the power and the ones that try to explain themselves lamely in flawed english just get dismissed (often with clever and mean one-liners by sister wolf!). in the end we’re all just indulging in what we enjoy and hopefully do well… like you, sister wolf, with your writing, and others like jane with her fashion and styling. i think it would be unfair to say that one is less applaudable than the other simply because it costs more money. not everyone is born with the ability to hone impressive writing skills or express intelligent ideas. i for one have always had an inferiority complex towards smart people because i can never explain half of what i want to say!! which is why different people have different ways of doing things. it might be weird and offensive to compare your blog with seaofshoes but looking at it from a more detached perspective, i think the blogs are similar in that you both do what you do well. your writing is obviously fantastic, and if you truly love fashion in the nauseating way that i do, you would notice (putting aside the fact that she has a shit load of clothes and shoes to work from) that jane sometimes puts together outfits in a very beautiful and refreshing way.
these comments made me think about a lot of things, but i think this was the thought that i was left with.
to answer your question, i think the sartorialist sounds like a pompous asshole. doesnt he???
September 20th, 2009 at 11:58 am
brain exploded
September 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
ps i heart your blog! i discovered it yesterday, yay
September 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
haha, this was entertaining to say the less! so.. not everyone loves everyone else? everyone has something to say about at least one other person/blog?
i say welcome to the real world!
October 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
It’s interesting to see that though bloggers at places like Sea of Shoes and Childhood Flames have lots of class when attacked by haters (who, yes, do comment) and either a) ignore or b) rationally reply, the people who hate them have no class at all.
You can control whether or not you read these people’s blogs. But you can’t control whether or not other people do, can you? Bet that irks you to no end.
October 1st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Doesn’t irk me one bit, Wow. Seems like it irks you, that we’re having so much fun expressing our opinions, otherwise you wouldn’t have left such a passive aggressive comment.
November 21st, 2009 at 2:19 am
I know I said before that I didn’t so much like these bloggers, we have to cut them some slack,
I mean, you don’t have to read it and they didn’t ask for this kind of hating.
I mean, when your perhaps older than Tavi , and you make her run to her parents bed at night crying because you have said horrible things about her via her comments this bla bla, its a little bit mean? She’s thirteen for goodness sake. She’s enjoying herself, maybe not with what you lot did when you were thirteen but your secretly just jealous that shes accomplished so much at thirteen. Its very impressive. She has her whole life and career always sorted because of her blog.
And Jane, yes she has beautiful shoes and way too many of them but I like her and her style. She replied to my email, twice, so it really shows shes not all me me me. We shouldn’t be telling her or her mum how to live. Her mum seems so nice, to have as a mum, compared to mine or say.
I take back all i said about them previously.
Just come on, these guys are people too. You can’t just hate them because their skinny or seem to be self involved. I mean, what their running are personal blogs, its not gonna be about how much they hate themselves is it?
March 4th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Today, I went to the beach front with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had to tell someone!
March 7th, 2011 at 3:07 am
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October 9th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Hi,
You have nothing better to do than write this? You want readers?
Get a Life.
You aren’t “calling” anyone out. You’re just being a bitch.