amanda palmer's open poem to jonathan chait (and other crimes)

i am starting a religion in which mayo is the only path to redemption

the mayo is made with easter eggs and oil of catechumens

mayo: god's jizz

that is our only creed

Thanks to Weird Al, Amanda Palmer has now appeared on a song that I have zero qualms about liking

which song?

"First World Problems", the Pixies pastiche

lol, this is great. He's about to get in trouble with the British contingent for maligning spastics in his Blurred Lines parody though.

the British contingent of what?

the Weird Al Army, I assume

"maligning spastics"

cool post dude

CBC woman-beater Jian Ghomeshi is still going to be Amanda's guest at her upcoming Toronto show: https://twitter.com/amandapalmer/status/526603935260610560

AFP just gets off on zigging when everyone else zags. It makes total sense that she'd go through with this shit.

he seems to be saying that relations between him and the ex-girlfriend were always consensual so (unless you have access to information that others may not have) I'm not sure where you're getting "woman-beater" from

I don't know why you'd unilaterally accept his account over

The three women interviewed by the Star allege that Ghomeshi physically attacked them on dates without consent. They allege he struck them with a closed fist or open hand; bit them; choked them until they almost passed out; covered their nose and mouth so that they had difficulty breathing; and that they were verbally abused during and after sex.

A fourth woman, who worked at CBC, said Ghomeshi told her at work: “I want to hate f--- you.”

plus the blind item essay about him repeatedly refusing to stop touching her on a not-really-first-date, and the coworker who wouldn't give details about his dating life except that he was "into breath play"

well, it's been awhile since AP got to write lengthy blog posts defending herself against the horrible people who criticize her

Why are you even talking about some CBC interviewer? You should be talking about Amanda Palmer! Follow her lead!

It's promising to be a breathtaking show.

Annnnnd face plant

https://www.facebook.com/amandapalmer/posts/10152576179293375

Great, measured comments.

Yeah for once.... Actually read the comments!

Indeed. The response (looks to be second of two?) about spending the day with her husband and "wish me cuddles" about halfway up really jars with the content of the comments generally.

wish me cuddles, what a fucking sociopath

at least she isn't charging for the cuddles

she might be

wait she is doing a show with bob lefsetz?

this is such self-indulgent nonsense, I just fucking can't with her

AP is trying to latch herself onto a completely unrelated news story in a desperate attempt to stay relevant.. what else is new?

After this is over, expect Palmer to speak out about #gamergate

tbf she had booked this event involving Ghomeshi well before the whole controversy broke, so it's not like she went out of her way to get involved, regardless of how well or poorly she is handling the situation now.

maybe she can be gamergate's "aunt" alongside that dipshit whom they call " mom" (barfing everywhere)

Then maybe she should concentrate on what to do regarding this matter instead of posting this "oh gosh, what to do, don't hate, i'm also doing a musical, CUDDLES!!!" diatribe

Ooooooops, diatribe is maybe the wrong word, what I meant is a too long, self-indulgent wall of text

Is it possible that AP has kept him on the 'show' 1) because he has some explaining to do and 2) if she sacked him off, she'd still have to pay him?

(bear in mind I know not what the 'show' is)

(repeated from other thread, this is probably where it belongs more)

Is it possible that AP has kept him on the 'show' 1) because he has some explaining to do and 2) if she sacked him off, she'd still have to pay him?

(bear in mind I know not what the 'show' is)

(repeated from other thread, this is probably where it belongs more)

― Mark G, Friday, October 31, 2014 8:55 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so....i don't want to have a woman beater and possible rapist on stage....buuuut....you know i guess we're already paying him anyway so i guess we might as well go through with it?

which is really stupid, but unfortunately i don't think palmer is stupid, she's amoral

I doubt if it's (1). If that were her reasoning then she'd probably have proudly said so.

I don't think she's stupid either, which your scenario paints.

Would she rather he was 'on stage' and so forth? as opposed to paying a wb&pr money to go away?

xpost obv.

Would she have proudly said so, as opposed to keeping it under wraps until the night?

(I konw I'm assuming it's some sort of chat show, I guess it could be some sort of musical performance as I say I know not)

She probably doesn't want to alienate him for career reasons, since Adult Swim is handing out tv shows to rapists these days

i think it's fully possible she wants him to "explain" and not lose money, but no one's really arguing otherwise - the problem is that nobody wants an "explanation" from ghomeshi

OK, but it does seem it's time to lambast AP again. I guess it would be different if it was Piers Morgan doing the questioning..

and she's revealed in her facebook comments that she didn't go out of her way to be involved - fate went out of its way to involve her

i'm about to publish a book about how communication and openness trumps anger, hate and fear. these things can't be coincidental.

x post - mark you seem to be running around with the goalposts and i can't tell why

in my experience most guests on bring-your-friends stage shows like APs aren't getting paid beyond air/cabfare & hotel

because I don't know where the pitch is.

the pitch is that amanda palmer's given a narcissistic response to her guest being revealed an abuser that's both predictable and stunning, and this is the thread where people go "omg i can't believe what a narcissist amanda palmer is"

OK, thanks for the explanation(s) folks.

Cheers.

#NotAllAmandaPalmers

Amandatudinal Beliefs

i don't believe she has decided to keep him on the show, unless I missed something.