Tanya Sweeney: Author Neil Gaiman has always claimed to be a feminist, but it looks as if he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Tanya Sweeney: Author Neil Gaiman has always claimed to be a feminist, but it looks as if he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing

In 2018, the author Neil Gaiman tweeted the following on Twitter (as it was then) in response to the moment when Christine Blasey Ford testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee that US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager: “On a day like today, it’s worth saying, I believe survivors.

Warning: The text contains descriptions of sexual violence. Consider whether you will read it. “Call me Lord, and I will climax, be a good girl,” the famous British writer Neil Gaiman told his victims. He is the author of the comic The Sandman and other books such as Coraline and American Gods, which have sold more than 50 million copies and have been the model of popular series. The story also complicates [...]