SG Jaime: Jim Goad

Sweet! Jim Goad is the greatest.

I have all the original Answer Me issues.

me too......... most of 'em at least, not all

I own the 3 issue compilation, but I have a mint condition edition of #4.

ooh, i loved Answer Me! Twas mightily amusing. Just wish i had some copies now...

Who the fuck are these indie-emo boys with their slumped shoulders, whiny voices, self-pity? I can't identify with anything there.

teehee...i should think there are hundreds of SG members who would disagree...

Me too. I love jim goad!

ooh! ooh! i have the rape issue!
i win!!

sweet interview.......................i hope i stll have those magazines, still.........

yes
i couldn't agree more with his thoughts on feminism. so true.

Hey! You can be a boring hatemonger AND love pugs. It's possible. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

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So, I don't understand.

This guys intelligent and loves to write about subjects in a macho/offensive kind of way, but also in a "i'm a little smartass who loves irony" sorta way?


Is he what punk rock is supposed to be?

Okay. I'm contributing to Rugburn Magazine. It's going to be awesome, and it's coming out next month.

/end self-promotion

[Edited on Feb 19, 2005 by anonymouse]

Hey I was just asking a goddamn question. I honestly don't understand what this guy is about. Like I said, from what i've seen he's a very macho testosterone guy, and he writes about intentionally un-pc things with a taste of basic irony thrown in like gays being homophobic or blacks being racist against other black people. If that's all he has to offer then I don't understand what the big deal is about him. All I'm wondering if there's something more to it, because it seems like he's a pretty complex guy.

And I'm sorry to say it but from what I've seen it looks like Goad is a feminist. He treats women equal.

Also, this whole site is very feminist oriented, so I don't understand where you're coming from at all with that statement.

I'm glad someone around here took the initiative to interview Goad. I would have to say that this is by-far the only one worthy of his notoriety.

Why such an emphasis on Trucker Fags in Denial, Jaime?

I have all of you beat. Goad sent me a handwritten letter from jail with a lock of his pulled-out hair.

I would also like to agree with 'one pure thought': Jim's a feminist. I found this out after he beat the hell out of his girlfriend/lover. I think it would have been anti-woman just to sit there and suck snot-coated blood back into his face, while she kept hitting him. By being passive, he would be a woman-hating male. He taught her a lesson, he educated her, cause he cared about her; "don't fuckin hit people unless you want your face split open". That's feminism!

I assume it's a slam on the puritanical, pro-censorship/anti-porn wing of feminism, more than anything else. I'm not the original poster, so I can't say for sure.

I haven't seen anything about or by this guy but I'm sure gonna check him out now. the reasons are three.

Jim Blanchard - yes. Peter Bagge. Martini Baton! Hate!(which I loved)

"Shit Magnet was about the idea of female innocence, something I've never found, really, I've never found an innocent female. Is it sexist to say that? No. They're human. It's kind of unrealistic to say that they're just these wilting creatures who are eternally victimized, or even more crazy to say that they're empowered and yet victimized at the same time. Look, you're empowered and you're capable of hurting people, and that's something where I disagree with modern feminism."

and

"I don't get turned on by regular pornography—there has to be something really damaged about it for it to appeal to me."

the capacity for wounding works for me. but yeah I'm gonna check this guy out. and down with puritanism in any form.

Jim Goad is fucking brilliant, no bullshit, straight to the heart of the matter writing. For One_Pure_Thought (and anyone else who can't quite figure it out), do yourself a favor and read Shit Magnet. That will answer all your questions about Mr. Goad and if it doesn't turn you into a fan then you're beyond all hope.

Jim Goad absolutely Rawks, as does my bud Lorin Partridge who remains the most interesting man I know.

if jim goad is such a redneck, then why is it every time i meet his fans, they're always yuppie hipsters?

yea, but judging by all the yuppie art students who wear trucker hats, drink PBR , and now think it's cool to piss off their liberal parents by saying "nigger," i don't think i need to read his books to know what this is all about.

but then again, i just may read them so i can have more material to tear him and all those lame ass middle class hipsters a new asshole with.

and if he's not a redneck, then how can he write the redneck manifesto? He should be writing the POSER manifesto.

[Edited on Mar 08, 2005 by joenobody]

[Edited on Mar 08, 2005 by joenobody]