11. Friends of Champion have different set of obligations. Should challenge him on his wretched behavior but also encourage him to get help
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12. Hate to always be a Marxist about this, but there is also an underlying political economy to the Edward Champion situation.
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13. Champion lives in a society which is terrible in how it deals with mental illness.
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14. Champion is blogger, podcaster and freelance writer -- none professions that provide enough cash for treatment.
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15. Why money is scarce: The economy of literary Brooklyn isn't a money economy at all: it's a reputation economy.
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16. Literary Brooklyn is a fishbowl world -- or perhaps the world's largest high school, one where no one ever graduates.
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17. What stature Champion has comes from ability to get attention in reputation economy -- people do read his blog & listen to his podcast
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18. In reputation economy of literary Brooklyn, social media is like the stock market. You got to play to make it big.
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19. For someone with Champion's apparent mental health issues, social media also seems to be toxic: exacerbates worst tendencies.
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20. Some reasonable objections from @jsuttonmorse: A. Suicide threats are typical abuser behavior.
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21. B. "and making a story about him & mental illness, or just misogyny takes away from the story of the woman he's abusing"
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22. Absolutely agree with A. -- suicide threats made in Champion's way seem manipulative and way of deflecting criticism.
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23. On point B: Champion's abuse is central.These notes not meant to extenuate his abuse but to see it in wider context
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