On the Neil Gaiman Vulture Article
I want to begin with a content warning since the article and my comments will discuss sexual assault. Please read with caution if you can.
Link to the archived article here since it is paywalled: https://archive.is/W1arC
Neil Gaiman is a fucking freak. I was never into his stuff and I'm not saying that as a "I always knew he was weird type of way" but in a way that I don't have any emotional connection to his work and am coming in this very unbiased. We need to end the male feminist schtick because that's all it is. It has become a veneer for predatory men to use to manufacture consent from their victims and prime everyone else to believe them when things like this come to light. "No he couldn't do that he's a feminist, and he believes in LGBTQ+ rights," yes he could and he did.
Let's get into the Amanda Palmer. Again I am largely unfamiliar with her and her work. Is it wrong to strike up Maxwell comparisons? Since that's exactly what it seemed like. Her lack of empathy for the women she set in his path was sickening to read but the fact that she learned he had their son in the room for two events and she was not immediately outraged is sickening.
I'm currently working on a podcast episode about the Justin Baldoni stuff but I think I'll incorporate this into since it relates to the whole predatory male feminist thing. I don't know I feel utterly disgusted.