02 Trashy Breakups: Bad Habit | Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman

This one is a breakup that wasn’t: in May 2020, musician Amanda Palmer took to Patreon to announce the apparent end of her marriage to fantasy author Neil Gaiman, but the split was short lived and they’re (probably) happily back together now. Stacie walks us through how Amanda became “The Most Hated Woman On The Internet” and the author of a must-read memoir for anyone trying to get a creative project off the ground. As with everything, it’s complicated.

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Stacie’s Receipts

Amanda Palmer (amandapalmer.net)

Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman.com)

Amanda Palmer confirms she and Neil Gaiman have separated under lockdown (metro.co.uk)

Neil Gaiman claims his Goodreads was hacked solely to launch a sick burn on Amanda Palmer (avclub.com)

David Gaiman (en-academic.com)

The Most Hated Woman on the Internet – In These Times (inthesetimes.com)

Scientology Suicides (whyweprotest.fandom.com)

David Gaiman (davidgaiman.co.uk)

Evelyn Evelyn: Ableism Ableism? | FWD/Forward (disabledfeminists.com)

AMANDA PALMER WANTS TO SHOCK YOU. Just Don’t Get Upset About It, ‘Kay? (tigerbeatdown.com)

David Gaiman – Scientology Service Completions (truthaboutscientology.com)

An open letter to Amanda Palmer | BARCC (barcc.org)

Ask Amanda Part 1 (YouTube link where Amanda tells the story about her faked suicide)

Amanda Palmer: The art of asking | TED Talk (ted.com)

Amanda Palmer’s Accidental Experiment with Real Communism | The New Yorker (newyorker.com)

Pep Talk from Neil Gaiman | NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org)