Two more women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault and abuse against Neil Gaiman following the initial accusations about the author.

Following initial investigation in July, three more women come forward, including one who signed NDA following her experience with author

Edit: Not sure why the link abstract says two. The article clearly says three.

  • tyrant@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Damnit. This always sucks to hear but it sucks even more when it’s someone who’s work is (was) enjoyable.

    • TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I just read a super interesting book about this–Monsters by Claire Dederer. It won’t really give you answers, but a thought-provoking discussion on this subject I also struggle with.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      6 months ago

      I choose to continue to enjoy the work of people who turned out to be shitheads from before learning that they are shitheads. Michael Jackson, Phil Anselmo, now Neil Gaiman (actually, last year for him). All people who created great art that I enjoy and whose future work I will not consume (for the ones that are still alive). To be clear, MJ is only before the allegations. Thriller still kicks ass.

      • rekorse@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Is the MJ thing settled or are you just saying you avoid anything thats likely to be problematic too?

        • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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          6 months ago

          I mean, claims against MJ seem pretty bad and, I think, multiple enough that I can’t ignore them. There’s no proof, to my knowledge. But I’m not comfortable with it.

      • mineralfellow@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Yeah, you can appreciate that people are complicated, and bad people can create good things. If you try to only read books by people who are morally above reproach, you will wind up with a pretty short reading list.

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I can justify still enjoying Pantera by knowing that most of what made them awesome was Dimebag.

      • tyrant@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I don’t enjoy supporting the artist even if the art is good and don’t buy into this argument. If you support the art, the artist is still making money off of it. Unless they are dead I guess…

        • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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          6 months ago

          It’s possible to enjoy the art without giving material support or publicity.

          • rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
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            6 months ago

            But do you have to?

            For me, knowing that the artist is a terrible person ruins the art for me, or at least compromises it to the point where I don’t feel comfortable in my skin continuing to peruse it. And that even if I wouldn’t be buying anything new or otherwise be giving the artist money.

            Take as an example Jon Schaffer, head of metal bad Iced Earth, which I liked quite a bit in the past. Later it became clear that he is at least problematic, and once he was identified as having participated in the January 6 riots, that was the end of it. I still own older Iced Earth CDs, but I can’t listen to them any more.

            Or Joss Whedon, whose work I used to love, and I own a lot of DVDs of his stuff. But watching it now knowing what he’s done particularly to many women he worked with just seriously hinders my enjoyment of what I once really liked.

        • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I dunno about him, but I have. I really like Sandman. American Gods was okay, but nothing that blew me away.

          considers

          Come to think of it, I’d probably enjoy a work coauthored by Neal Gaiman and JK Rowling.