I know another writer (of literary fiction & mysteries) who feels the same way as the OP you're talking about, and equally strongly, to the point where her language about academics is frankly insulting. I just don't understand how knowing someone out there *might* be analyzing your text (there's a LOLdemic in there somewhere) is so problematic.

Seems analogous to the perennial "OMG warn for icky stuff"/"click away, nobody's forcing you to read it!" fandom split in a way, doesn't it?