“So why is she popular, at all?”
She used to be, before she went off the rails. At one time she had an acerbic wit; now, she’s just shrill.
What’s funny is the audience that once adored her writing is still out there. She’s the one who changed, and she has the dwindling influence and increasing shrillness to show for it.
Maybe she and Taylor Lorenz can hang out and commiserate about the good old days.