One of the major traumas I'm still processing from 2020 is how many of my "friends"--or at least friendly peers--in this industry turned their backs on me when I was falsely accused of misogyny last June. /1
They didn't reach out privately to offer support or want to hear what I had to say about it. They didn't care. Suddenly, my work had become too "controversial" to appear on their podcasts and radio shows. It was easier for them to abandon me than learn what was really going on./2
It's left me cynical about the entire paranormal field, and I don't know how to change that. When I talk about being self-sustaining and not relying on anybody else for support, or always remaining skeptical, this is why. /3
Because their bottom line is more important than the truth to most people you're going to meet in this industry, and it's easier to call someone a friend than it is to actually be one. To the handful of real friends I've made along the way: thank you. You know who you are. /4