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

Just when I thought the neil gaiman amanda palmer mess couldn't get any more ridiculous pic.twitter.com/1FTl2CWkJH

— shugs (@aulsegoshas) May 9, 2020

klassy

did we ever sort this out?

That's gotta be fake.

He was hacked apparently. (Still funny tbh) pic.twitter.com/wylqrbwDx6

— katrina (@kbeth_x) May 9, 2020

Stigmatizing of bpd people sucks

that is very true and i despise that such a book exists; nonetheless i feel that of the two eponymous personality disorders, that might not be the one in play

this is definitely an art project on how people perceive men and women in breakups

good call and i will owe you five dollars when the performance is named

It's named "Can I have five dollars?"

i despise that such a book exists

why? people with BPD and/or narcissism are often really damaged/damaging in relationships and do not take break ups well -- like that's part of the disorder. Considering there are books with helpful advice for partners/former partners of depressed people, alcoholics, victims of childhood sexual abuse ... it isn't saying "people with these issues are evil" just that their mental health problems often make the already difficult task of ending relationships even more difficult.

going to be really funny if he left a kindle linked to his account behind in nz and it was her reading it

i am certain that she still has loyal nerdbro fans from her early Boston days that could hack his shit for her.

MIT grads, Harvard grads -- C.S. degrees and fondness for RPGs -- Gaiman is going down

Idk Amanda Palmer and Anonymous are two concepts that don’t jibe

lol

i'm glad they're splitting, it means I can feel better about liking Gaiman now.

same, but for ap

https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/117915650.html

what a timeless love story this was

lol at Neil and his request for privacy, if you want privacy then marrying and then breaking up with Amanda Palmer must be the worst possible way to go about it.

Gaimen leaving his child in the middle of a pandemic is really horrible

^^^ yeah, regardless of how this went down I keep coming back to that and feeling really sad for everyone involved

otm x2

it makes sense if you’re rich. Maybe he felt like his other properties were feeling lonely.

So anyway they haven't split up, end of drama*
(*probably not)

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2020/05/where-i-am-what-im-doing-how-im-doing.html

Glad the dickhead has gone to rural scotland where they definitely need international tourists rn during a pandemic lol

"I needed to be somewhere I could continue to isolate easily, which definitely isn't our house in Woodstock, currently at capacity with five families who have fled Manhattan and Brooklyn and Boston"

What a delightful treat for the people of Woodstock NY

Amanda and I wrote a letter together, for the curious and for the bits of the world that is wondering what's going on, and whether they should worry about it.

my mind flat out rejects the existence of the thousands of people who presumably give an atom of shit about these nonentities. I’m even disgusted at myself for being irritated about it.

to worry about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU1y9iYFLHw

xp - idk i find their drama and annoyingness entertaining in the way that a lot of people do those reality shows about the kardashians -- it's like the idea of the charcuterie plate being lunchables for bougie educated ppl

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-52697289

aw i was hoping that would be a story about a pitchfork-wielding mob storming his house and burning it

early days yet.

Amanda Palmer has a new podcast called The Art of Asking Everything and I read the press release real fast and thought it was called The Art of Asking *FOR* Everything and I think that actually works better.

The Art of Asking Everthing (to look at meeerrereeerrreee)

more like The Arse of Asking Everything har de har har

off the cuff, it occurs to me that AP fandom is a lot like the MAGA cult - it's about "owning the squares" rather than "owning the libs", but it's a cult of personality just like Asshole's. I guess the saving grace is that it's pitiable rather than empowering a political party with a toxic agenda.

she’s very square as far as being part of an establishment goes imo and the fact she’s rallied so many people to her side actually troubles her when it comes to some avenues of appeal!

there’s an amanda palmer army out there. god bless them, the fact they exist makes her weaker and I hope she rectifies that, one way or the other

Aging theater kids need something to love.

the fact they exist makes her weaker and I hope she rectifies that, one way or the other

― mh, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

haha major Irishman "It is what it is" vibes

I managed to misread that just from reading the start of post about misreading it

Regardless of how "establishment" she actually is, there is definitely an aggressive "Look at how weird I am, does that freak you out?" vibe, and the community she cultivates is about collective identification as art-nerd misfits.

https://vimeo.com/137910781
one thing you can learn from time lapse is how people centralize themselves to situations.
That said, this is a process/prep video of a topless, pregnant, "visible woman" bodypainted Palmer readying for her "performance" standing in front of the New York Public Library, ostensibly as part of a book drive.
Yes I'm serious.

appropriating hirst so that you have an excuse to stand naked in times square for "fifteen minutes" so that you can collect an average yard sale amount of used books on behalf of the biggest library in the united states is a level of attention thirst i can only barely comprehend, kudos

https://amandapalmer.net/truth-and-consequences/

Regardless of how "establishment" she actually is, there is definitely an aggressive "Look at how weird I am, does that freak you out?" vibe, and the community she cultivates is about collective identification as art-nerd misfits.

― jaymc, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 1:04 PM (two hours ago

exactly! that vibe is kind of funny to me when the community is so damn big. I have no doubt that there are AP fans in the middle of nowhere, where they get funny looks from the people in their small town and people are jerks to them and her music and aesthetic are really a respite. I don’t want to take that from them. but when you’re AP, and you’re surrounded by fans, you absolutely do not freak out the people you’re in contact with

Regardless of how "establishment" she actually is, there is definitely an aggressive "Look at how weird I am, does that freak you out?" vibe, and the community she cultivates is about collective identification as art-nerd misfits.

Exactly this. AP reminds me of the kids I'd see in college who would walk around wearing some homemade outfit or elaborate costume trying to provoke a reaction. Instead of just being confident in themselves and walking around doing their thing, there was a performative aspect to it where they'd be very forceful in trying to make eye contact and standing directly in your path, hoping to provoke some sort of reaction for the imagined "square" to be put off by the "freak".

https://vimeo.com/137910781
one thing you can learn from time lapse is how people centralize themselves to situations.
That said, this is a process/prep video of a topless, pregnant, "visible woman" bodypainted Palmer readying for her "performance" standing in front of the New York Public Library, ostensibly as part of a book drive.
Yes I'm serious.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:48 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

That was not nearly time-lapsed enough for my taste.

People like her can never just donate money to organizations that need it, they have to make it a whole deal

People like her can never just donate money to organizations that need it, they have to make it a whole deal