tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post4978703138953963557..comments2024-03-26T00:02:09.811-04:00Comments on Timothy Gager News: New interview by xxx, which got shelved and why - MY OPINION: The support of women should be a given, not a controversy. ctgager37http://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-84747164469084827712014-08-18T14:44:14.173-04:002014-08-18T14:44:14.173-04:00From Sarah Certa, August 2014. Very sick stuff
&q...From Sarah Certa, August 2014. Very sick stuff<br /><br />" so Monday night I got an email through the contact form on my photography website from horsefeather@aol.com. It said:<br /><br />'think real hard about child services coming and taking your daughter away. i heard you left her with a so called abuser. think real hard."<br /><br />my photography website only had one visitor Monday and Google Analytics tells me that the visitor was visiting from SE Florida. I had someone trace the IP address and (surprise!) this email came from within a 15-minute area of my ex-fiancée's parents' address (where I've assumed he's been since I got him to leave my apartment).<br /><br />I mean, coincidence much? (and the lowercase i -- for which he is notorious, I can HEAR him saying this to me, I can SEE him, his eyes all black and mean). and should I be surprised? this is how abusers function -- they try to control you with fear and then they use your vulnerabilities against you (one of my OCD-related fears just happens to be that child services will take my daughter away because I'm an awful mother or something).<br /><br />so fucking cruel.<br /><br />after all I did to try to help him.<br /><br />I didn't even use his name in my essay because I knew it would hurt him. That's the only reason why. Like, I STILL FELT SYMPATHY FOR HIM. I STILL DO. I cannot say his name and I am angry with myself for that.<br /><br />My last email to him included info on abuse and therapy for men who abuse and want to change. He's been doing this for a decade. He doesn't want to change. He's still trying to scare me into silence.<br /><br />YOU ARE MESSING WITH THE WRONG WOMAN. YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME ANYMORE."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-70970718453058375602014-05-31T14:06:10.832-04:002014-05-31T14:06:10.832-04:00My blog is and always will be my platform of my op...My blog is and always will be my platform of my opinion. The interview is a good one and you did a great job. I'm disappointed it didn't see the outside light of day.<br /><br />As stated in Kat's blog "Having had the pleasure of reading the interview transcript myself, I can say for certain that Writer A used the space to discuss only his literary works, making no mention whatsoever of his ideas or feelings concerning the Good Men Project or of his general support of women, including those who have been victimized by men in the literary community. Nevertheless: at what point does the support of women become "too controversial" for literary magazines/journals to engage?" ctgager37https://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-79614465152992517852014-05-31T04:50:03.953-04:002014-05-31T04:50:03.953-04:00I was the editor who interviewed Tim Gager for my ...I was the editor who interviewed Tim Gager for my UNCOV/rd series at Flash Fiction Chronicles. His interview was 'pulled' because he signed a petition that 'accused' Gregory Sherl of abusing Kat Dixon. Tim Gager may be against kickstarters and whatever else he wrote here, but the fact remains that the petition was based on HEARSAY against Gregory Sherl and HEARSAY is inadmissible as evidence in any court of law. Ryan Bradley and others tried to push it through the Good Men Project. Then the GMP had the good sense to get rid of it. I doubt they want to be sued. So this is what happened. The interview I did (above) I told Tim Gager he could post to his site if he wished. I didn't expect him to use it as his platform for this controversy. The whole thing disgusts me on a deep level. I have been trashed, maligned and just tonight told to fuck off twice by Ms. Kat Dixon for finally standing up for myself in this matter. This type of behavior in social media has got to come to a halt.Susan Tepperhttp://www.susantepper.comnoreply@blogger.com