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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Catherine Bennett

As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism

Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman: ‘I believe survivors. Men must not close our eyes and minds to what happens to women in this world.’ Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Perhaps uniquely in the history of #MeToo, the women now alleging sexual misconduct on the part of the fantasy writer Neil Gaiman would appear to have their alleged perpetrator’s full support. Back when this movement seemed full of potential, in 2018, Gaiman urged the public to believe women like Christine Blasey Ford, whose allegations of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh were then being trashed.

“On a day like today it’s worth saying,” Gaiman wrote. “I believe survivors. Men must not close our eyes and minds to what happens to women in this world.”

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