Jordan interviews cartoonist, text-game designer, and “Twitter gadfly” Bitter Karella (@BitterKarella) to talk about her detailed 2022 Twitter Thread (https://twitter.com/bitterkarella/status/1498104642881798149?lang=en) on the once beloved webcomic SINFEST. Karella explains the history of transphobia, anti-sex work, and anti-feminist rhetoric from SINFEST creator, Tatsuya Ishidia, leading the two discuss what this teaches us about real-world bigotry.

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Works Cited:

Bitter Karella’s website (https://bitterkarella.itch.io/)

Karella’s Podcast: A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-special-presentation-or-alf-will-not-be-seen-tonight/id1480156464)

Karella’s original Twitter thread, detailing the 20 year history of SINFEST (https://twitter.com/bitterkarella/status/1498104642881798149?lang=en) 

SATANIC PANIC – a play-through of Karella’s game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dlAh2Pn08)

This Tweet from Karella includes several “ironic racism” bits mentioned (https://twitter.com/bitterkarella/status/1498109422110789634)

This Tweet features THE MATRIARCHY comic (https://twitter.com/bitterkarella/status/1498175209802657795)

Reddit post on the revolt of SINFEST’s fans (https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mikr86/webcomics_i_would_rather_die_a_thousand_deaths/)