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(Neil Clarke's blog post mentions that the February numbers are only for the first 20 days of the month, when they paused submissions.)

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He defended his use of slurs in obnoxious ways ("wahh I'm being educational"), his books were sexist, ableist, antisemitic, and fatphobic, and he chose to publically put a teenager on blast for saying they felt he was weird about teenage girls.

(The post in question: "i bet john green thinks people don’t like him because he’s a “dork” or a nerd or whatever

when in reality it’s because he’s a creep who panders to teenage girls so that he can amass some weird cult-like following. and it’s always girls who feel misunderstood, you know, and he goes out of his way to make them feel important and desirable. which is fucking? weird?

also he has a social media presence that is equivalent to that dad of a kid in your friend group who always volunteers to “supervise” the pool parties and scoots his lawn chair close to all the girls.")

He defended himself for fighting back against accusations of pedophilia, which is understandable, but publically blasting a teenager who feels uncomfortable with an adult man and accusing them of libel is not okay. This was not the post to do that on.

A lot of his shit has been lost to time due to him deleting fishingboatproceeds, but his books are enough of a problem on their own.

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smutfemme-deactivated20220218 Jun 4, 2015 i bet john green thinks people don't like him because he's a "dork” or a nerd or whatever when in reality it's because he's a creep who panders to teenage girls so that he can amass some weird cult-like following. and it's always girls who feel misunderstood, you know, and he goes out of his way to make them feel important and desirable. which is fucking? weird? also he has a social media presence that is equivalent to that dad of a kid in your friend group who always volunteers to “supervise” the pool parties and scoots his lawn chair close to all the girls.

whitegirlsaintshit Follow Jun 6, 2015 also his writing is some booboo.

astro1995 Jun 12, 2015 lets get this enough notes so he has to address it and try to defend himself Imao

mattcatashpole Jun 12, 2015 fishingboatproceeds

fishingboatproceeds Follow Jun 11, 2015 You want me to defend myself against the implication that I sexually abuse children? Okay. I do not sexually abuse children. Throwing that kind of accusation around is sick and libelous and most importantly damages the discourse around the actual sexual abuse of children. When you use accusations of pedophilia as a way of insulting people whose work you don't like, you trivialize abuse. I'm tired of seeing the language of social justice-important language doing important work-misused as a way to dehumanize others and treat them hatefully. So we all seek (and seek to share) the jolt that accompanies outrage and anger. As studies have shown, the complicated dopamine rush that comes with righteous indignation is very powerful, and I'm indulging it simply by responding to the outrageous accusation that my work is somehow evidence of sexual abuse. But the outrage cycle is exhausting, and while there are wonderful examples of outrage fueling long-term, productive responses to injustice-We Need Diverse Books and the UPLIFT both come to mind-too often the Internet moves from jolt to jolt, from hatred to hatred, ever more convinced of our own righteousness and the world's evil. And getting caught up in that is very painful. I realize that will seem privileged to many of you (and it is), or like an excuse (maybe it's that too), or lacking in empathy (maybe so), and I'm sure there is plenty here to deconstruct and reveal my various shortcomings (which are legion). But this stops being a productive place for me to be in conversations if I'm not allowed to be wrong, if my apologies are not acknowledged alongside my misdeeds, and if I'm not treated like a person. I think at this point it's impossible to continue to use tumblr in the way I've used it since 2011. My life is different (in ways that are both good and bad); this community is different (in ways that are both good and bad); the world is different (in ways that are both good and bad). So if this blog begins to look more one-way, with more original content and less reblogging/commenting/answering asks/ etc., that's why. I want to emphasize that I am ridiculously lucky to work on stuff I love, from Crash Course to The Art Assignment to writing books. And I trust that many nerdfighter communities-whether vlogbrothers or Dear Hank and John or the Wimbly Womblys or the kiva group-will continue to be open and collaborative and constructive. Also, I'm not angry or anything like that. I just need some distance for my well-being. Thanks for reading. DFTBA. ]

None of this was handled in what I would call a "proper" manner, and people shouldn't have been tagging him, but people with platforms like John Green's cannot use a teen expressing discomfort and pointing out common red flags as a springboard to defend themselves. I can't imagine the hate OP got for this.

Look at the opposition, compared to ALL that support, and look at what they are supporting.

It’s really fucking telling when the only ones opposed to using slavery in reference to prisoners, is the sheriffs association

Followed by the funniest self own I’ve seen in a while