Sarah JH Fletcher
@sjhfletcher.bsky.social
I'm interested in things. Editorial consultant; Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. She/her.
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You will never solve the formula of "person used their success & acclaim to do things they should not for a long time." I tried to solve for that & I couldn't crack it. It's not understandable at a certain point. It is, however, preventable in terms of how we construct & maintain our communities.
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
You will never solve the formula of "person used their success & acclaim to do things they should not for a long time." I tried to solve for that & I couldn't crack it. It's not understandable at a certain point. It is, however, preventable in terms of how we construct & maintain our communities.
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the alt text field is where you imagine what guybrush threepwood might say if he examined your image
September 5, 2024 at 8:56 PM
the alt text field is where you imagine what guybrush threepwood might say if he examined your image
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YES and I think there is very great value in understanding the ways in which a genre space has been shaped by the artistic output of predators and bigots.
yeah this x100. I also think there’s a well-meaning desire to purge them from the record that is just as misguided. For example: You don’t have to canonize sandman anymore, but a huge swathe of comics history doesn’t make sense if you pretend it never held the position it did.
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
YES and I think there is very great value in understanding the ways in which a genre space has been shaped by the artistic output of predators and bigots.
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Evergreen sentiment that feels really exacerbated in this era of social media performance where people long for absolution and dread contradiction and tension. It would be nice if we could just throw people's work out when we learn they are trash but that evades a convo about how we got here.
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Evergreen sentiment that feels really exacerbated in this era of social media performance where people long for absolution and dread contradiction and tension. It would be nice if we could just throw people's work out when we learn they are trash but that evades a convo about how we got here.
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I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
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I've been thinking about this impulse, when a beloved artist is revealed to be a crummy person, to go back and explain away the beloved art. 🧵
September 3, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I've been thinking about this impulse, when a beloved artist is revealed to be a crummy person, to go back and explain away the beloved art. 🧵
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But yeah, people who made art I loved & who turned out to be NOT what I thought they were--it's hard. What we can all do is make sure that those who are being hurt have the safety to come forward on their own terms. We can wrench our attention away from the abuser or enabler & help those who need it
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
But yeah, people who made art I loved & who turned out to be NOT what I thought they were--it's hard. What we can all do is make sure that those who are being hurt have the safety to come forward on their own terms. We can wrench our attention away from the abuser or enabler & help those who need it
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
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This one went like:
Chotiner:
Spinotti: *furiously stabbing own hand with fork*
Chotiner: Well,
Spinotti: *accelerating rate at which he stabs own hand* I know, right?
Chotiner:
Spinotti: *furiously stabbing own hand with fork*
Chotiner: Well,
Spinotti: *accelerating rate at which he stabs own hand* I know, right?
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This one went like:
Chotiner:
Spinotti: *furiously stabbing own hand with fork*
Chotiner: Well,
Spinotti: *accelerating rate at which he stabs own hand* I know, right?
Chotiner:
Spinotti: *furiously stabbing own hand with fork*
Chotiner: Well,
Spinotti: *accelerating rate at which he stabs own hand* I know, right?
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most chotiner interviews go like:
Chotiner: What was your aim in doing this?
Interviewee: Oh, you know, I think it's really important to make the world a better place and all.
Chotiner: I see. Unrelatedly, what's the deal with this elaborate shrine to Henry Kissinger in your home?
Chotiner: What was your aim in doing this?
Interviewee: Oh, you know, I think it's really important to make the world a better place and all.
Chotiner: I see. Unrelatedly, what's the deal with this elaborate shrine to Henry Kissinger in your home?
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
most chotiner interviews go like:
Chotiner: What was your aim in doing this?
Interviewee: Oh, you know, I think it's really important to make the world a better place and all.
Chotiner: I see. Unrelatedly, what's the deal with this elaborate shrine to Henry Kissinger in your home?
Chotiner: What was your aim in doing this?
Interviewee: Oh, you know, I think it's really important to make the world a better place and all.
Chotiner: I see. Unrelatedly, what's the deal with this elaborate shrine to Henry Kissinger in your home?
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They built my torment nexus 😫
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
They built my torment nexus 😫
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This, from that @moryan.bsky.social piece, all day, every day.
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This, from that @moryan.bsky.social piece, all day, every day.
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I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
I haven't read that massive Substack thing that Gaiman linked to in his whinge, and nor am I going to. If you need tens of thousands of words of rant and innuendo to embed your "shocking evidence" in, you don't have shocking evidence, you have a conspiracy manifesto.
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
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I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
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furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
www.moryan.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
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At the same time the Epstein Files are reinforcing how protected sexual abusers really are, Neil Gaiman is using the nightmarish sexual violence allegations against him to market his next book. His DARVO defense is the first selling point. Rape culture is everywhere and unavoidable.
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
At the same time the Epstein Files are reinforcing how protected sexual abusers really are, Neil Gaiman is using the nightmarish sexual violence allegations against him to market his next book. His DARVO defense is the first selling point. Rape culture is everywhere and unavoidable.
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I do think a person who hurts another person can make sincere amends and change, but in concert with power, duplicity, and retaliatory social violence, there is no hope for someone like this.
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I do think a person who hurts another person can make sincere amends and change, but in concert with power, duplicity, and retaliatory social violence, there is no hope for someone like this.
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Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
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If you’re in line to tell Neil Gaiman to fuck off stay in line
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
If you’re in line to tell Neil Gaiman to fuck off stay in line
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Hahahaha, I was this person in the screening I saw too. It was a fortifying experience that I hope happens for a single person in every session
I got to see Sentimental Value in a theater and I audibly gasped and then cackled at the DVDs the grandpa gives an 11 year old for his birthday and I feel like nobody else there got it which means I'm better than them.
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Hahahaha, I was this person in the screening I saw too. It was a fortifying experience that I hope happens for a single person in every session
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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Just reading this tiny bit of the latest Chotinering has near killed me from secondhand embarrassment, this guy must have built up his resistance to shame like it’s iocaine powder
February 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Just reading this tiny bit of the latest Chotinering has near killed me from secondhand embarrassment, this guy must have built up his resistance to shame like it’s iocaine powder
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why do people still answer this man's phone calls? i'm not mad about it, i'm glad they do, but if isaac chotiner called me up i'd fall off the grid entirely
February 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
why do people still answer this man's phone calls? i'm not mad about it, i'm glad they do, but if isaac chotiner called me up i'd fall off the grid entirely
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly