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I stumbled upon this around 8:45 pm and spent the last hour or so engrossed in it.
Finally, as we'd hoped, someone with a bit of cred and journalistic integrity - took up the story, and in a respectable and far more widely read publication, well more so than Tortoise Media at any rate.
There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades by Lila Shapiro, A Features Writer for New York Magazine
It is a fascinating read, and explains a lot of things. I'd summarize it - but it's late and I have to get to bed. Also, I'd advise reading it for yourself. It's a compelling and gripping read - but alas still falls a little within the he said/she said category - and neither Palmer nor Gaiman deign to be interviewed. Although they do speak through others - friends, therapists, and legal counsel.
( excerpt )
And...about BDSM..
( Read more... )
About sexual abuse and how it plays with the mind..
( excerpt )
Gaiman's childhood and upbringing in The Church of Scientology and how it influenced him, and most likely is the backdrop for Ocean at the End of the Lane
( excerpt )
Gaiman and Palmer
( happy years )
And not so much...
( excerpt )
Oh dear god. That's a horribly twisted and sad story. Reminds me once again of how poorly our society deals with mental illness. And how incredibly toxic fame, fortune and power truly are to the human condition. And how isolating.
I feel deeply sorry for everyone in the story. Even Gaiman. Although it does explain his art...and Palmer's for that matter. It also explains what I've been seeing in Palmer's Patreon posts.
Finally, as we'd hoped, someone with a bit of cred and journalistic integrity - took up the story, and in a respectable and far more widely read publication, well more so than Tortoise Media at any rate.
There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades by Lila Shapiro, A Features Writer for New York Magazine
It is a fascinating read, and explains a lot of things. I'd summarize it - but it's late and I have to get to bed. Also, I'd advise reading it for yourself. It's a compelling and gripping read - but alas still falls a little within the he said/she said category - and neither Palmer nor Gaiman deign to be interviewed. Although they do speak through others - friends, therapists, and legal counsel.
( excerpt )
And...about BDSM..
( Read more... )
About sexual abuse and how it plays with the mind..
( excerpt )
Gaiman's childhood and upbringing in The Church of Scientology and how it influenced him, and most likely is the backdrop for Ocean at the End of the Lane
( excerpt )
Gaiman and Palmer
( happy years )
And not so much...
( excerpt )
Oh dear god. That's a horribly twisted and sad story. Reminds me once again of how poorly our society deals with mental illness. And how incredibly toxic fame, fortune and power truly are to the human condition. And how isolating.
I feel deeply sorry for everyone in the story. Even Gaiman. Although it does explain his art...and Palmer's for that matter. It also explains what I've been seeing in Palmer's Patreon posts.