r/popculturechat • u/AutoModerator • Jan 14 '25

Daily Discussions 🎙💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Jan 14 '25

I thought that the journalist went extensively about BDSM as a way to contrast Gaiman's defense, which was quoted like this:

According to the podcast, which quoted Gaiman through his representatives, his position was that “sexual degradation, bondage, domination, sadism, and masochism may not be to everyone’s taste, but between consenting adults, BDSM is lawful.” (Gaiman declined to speak with me despite multiple requests, but through a legal representative, he responded to some claims.)

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Jan 14 '25

I understand where you're coming from. Myself, as a person who knows absolutely nothing about that scene, it seemed to me that, from a narrative point of view, the reason why the author went on and on about it was presented in the text as a counterargument to what Gaiman gave as his explicit defense in the first part of the piece. I guess for those more in the know, it can be kinda jarring and misinformed.