ANSWER Me! was a magazine edited by Jim and Debbie Goad. Extremely misanthropic in its editorial content, it focused on the social pathologies of interests of the Los Angeles based couple. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... James Thaddeus Jim Goad is an American author and publisher, noted for the controversy surrouding his (now defunct) magazine ANSWER Me!. He was raised in Philadelphia, PA. He met Debbie in New York City. ... Debbie Goad was the co-editor, with (her husband) Jim Goad, of the misanthropic magazine ANSWER Me!. She died of ovarian cancer. ... Misanthropy is a general dislike of the human race. ... Pathology (in ancient Greek pathos = feeling, pain, suffering and logos = discourse or treatise, i. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Issues

Issue No.1

Released October 31, 1991.
Featured Russ Meyer, Timothy Leary, Holly Woodlawn, Kid Frost, Public Enemy, Iceberg Slim, Bakersfield, California, Sunset Boulevard, masturbation in literature, and Twelve-Step programs. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Russell Albion Russ Meyer (March 21, 1922 (Oakland, California) – September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director. ... Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, campaigner for psychedelic drug research and use, 60s counterculture icon and computer software designer. ... Kid Frost (b. ... The Public Enemy logo. ... Iceberg Slim is the pen name of Robert Beck (August 4, 1918 – April 28, 1992), an African American writer. ... City nickname:Calfornias Country Music Capital County Kern County, California Area  - Total  - Water 296. ... Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. ... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ... Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Classicism in Literature The Universal Library, by Carnegie Mellon University Project Gutenberg Online Library Abacci - Project Gutenberg texts matched with Amazon... A twelve-step program (or programme) is a fellowship which aims at the recovery of its members from the consequences of an addiction, a compulsion, or another harmful influence on their lives, with the help of the Twelve Steps. ...

Issue No.2

Released July 17, 1992.
Featured Anton LaVey, David Duke, Al Goldstein, El Duce of The Mentors, the Geto Boys, Ray Dennis Steckler, 100 serial killers and mass murderers, Vietnamese gangs, and Mexican murder magazines. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anton Szandor LaVey Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey, 11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997), was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible, and creator of the religion known as Satanism. ... David Duke (AP photo) David Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the United States, and former Louisiana State Representative. ... Al Goldstein (born Alvin Goldstein, January 10, 1936) is an American publisher and pornographer. ... The Mentors is a heavy metal band, who formed in 1978 in Seattle, then moved to Los Angeles in 1979. ... The Geto Boys are a gangsta rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. ... Ray Dennis Steckler (born 1939), widely known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, is an American film director. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... A mass murder (massacre) involves the murder of large numbers of people either by a state or an individual. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ...

Issue No.3

Released July 19, 1993.
Featured Jack Kevorkian, Al Sharpton, NAMBLA, The Kids of Widney High, Boyd Rice, Suzanne Muldowney, 100 suicides (including Colleen Applegate, Diane Arbus, Linda Marie Ault, Craig Badiali & Joan Fox, Thomas Barker, Raymond Belknap & James Vance, The Bergenfield Four, William Lee Bergstrom, Anilia Bhundia, Felix Bourg, Thomas Lynn Bradford, M. Jay Briggs, Buddhist Monks in Vietnam, Dan Burros, Chris Chubbuck, William Corcoran, Inocencia Rosa Cortes, Dennis & Lindsay Crosby, Ian Curtis, Carl Czerny, Jeffrey Davis, Jeanine Deckers, The "Deer Hunter" suicides, Giuseppe Dolce, The "Dungeons and Dragons" suicides, R. Budd Dwyer, Sergei Esenin, Donald C. Forrester, the "Gloomy Sunday" suicides, James Green, Charles Haefner, William Gordan Hall, Ernest Hemingway, Ann Hemmingway, Andrew L. Hermann, Dr. Albert Herschman, Adolf Hitler, Abbie Hoffman, Danny Holley, Derek Humphry's wives, the Ingersoll suicides, Jack the Bum, Joe, the Boy with Elastic Skin, Roop Kanwar, Doug Kenny, Thomas Kenny, the Kevorkian suicides, Mike Keys, David Koresh & Friends, Veronique Le Guen, Diane Linkletter, Mattrew Lovat, Paul Lozano, Tina Mancini, Donald Manes, Masada, Rich & Jamie Masters, Leanita McClain, Albert Medrano, the Mount Mihara suicides, Karl Miller, Yukio Mishima, Marilyn Monroe, Donnie Moore, Lillie Norwalk, the Old Believers, Frank R. Olson, Gerald Olson, the "Ozzy Osbourne" suicides, John Parks, Peregrinus, Scott Phillips, Sylvia Plath, Freddie Prinze, George Reeves, Rufus Ripley, Edgar Rosenberg, Gregg Sanders, Sappho, William Sexton, Del Shannon, Stephan Simon, Mitch Snyder, Stockbrokers during the Great Depression, Charles Stuart, Harry Swart, Jacques Vaché, Vincent Van Gogh, Vatel, Popo Walker, Doodles Weaver, John Webster, George C. Wheeler, Dan White, Dennis Robert Widdison, Mary Woodson, Wrzesinaski, John B. Young, and Zeno), guns, Andrei Chikatilo, pedophilia in Steven Spielberg's work, Mexican deformity comics, paintings and drawings by murderers (Kenneth Bianchi, Mark David Chapman, Gary Heidnik, Henry Lee Lucas, Ottis Toole, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez), and a suicide hotline. July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jack Kevorkian (born May 26, 1928) is a controversial American medical doctor. ... Reverend Al Sharpton The Reverend Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. ... The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a U.S.-based group that calls for the elimination of age-based restrictions on sexual behavior. ... Boyd Rice Boyd Rice (born 1955) is an American experimental sound artist, archivist, and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON, and most notorious for his support for Social Darwinism, which have often led to accusations of Neo-Nazism. ... The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, 1787 Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... Shauna Grant Shauna Grant (Birthname: Colleen Marie Applegate) (born May 24, 1963 in Bellflower, California, USA) was an American erotic model and porn star. ... Diane Arbus (b. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Daniel Dan Burros (March 5, 1937 – October 31, 1965) was an American neo-nazi who committed suicide when The New York Times revealed his Jewish origin. ... Christine Chubbuck Christine Chubbuck ( August 24, 1944 _ July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15th, 1974. ... Dennis Michael Crosby (July 13, 1934- May 7, 1991) was an American actor, the son of singer and actor Bing Crosby, and the father of actress Denise Crosby. ... Ian Curtis performing Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956 – May 18, 1980) was an English singer and songwriter, born in Stretford, England. ... Carl Czerny (sometimes Karl; February 21, 1791 – July 15, 1857) was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. ... The Singing Nun was Jeanine Deckers (1933-1985), who joined the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. ... The Deer Hunter is a 1978 film which tells the story of how the Vietnam War affects the people of a small town in Pennsylvania, although it was actually filmed in Mingo Junction, Ohio. ... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... R. Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939–January 22, 1987) was a Republican American politician born in St. ... Insert non-formatted text hereSergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin born September 21, 1895 in Konstantinovo, Ryazan, Russia – died December27, 1925 in St. ... Gloomy Sunday (Szomorú Vasárnap) is a song written by the Hungarian self-taught pianist and composer RezsÅ‘ Seress in 1933. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Chancellor of Germany from 1933, and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and chancellor) of Germany from 1934, to his death. ... Abbie Hoffman, New York City, 1970. ... Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was an American political leader and orator, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. ... Photo submitted by Martin Hornby - (Gallaher Cigarette Cards) Thomas Kenny was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Jack Kevorkian (born May 26, 1928) is a controversial American medical doctor. ... David Koresh David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell (August 17, 1959 - April 19, 1993) was a self-proclaimed head of the Branch Davidians from 1988 until a raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (now BATFE) and subsequent siege by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ended with the... The Branch Davidians are a religious group originating from the Seventh-day Adventist church. ... Masada seen from the east Masada is derived from the Hebrew word metzuda (מצדה), meaning fortress. It is the site of ancient palaces and fortifications in Israel on top of an isolated rock cliff on the eastern edge of the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea. ... Mount Mihara is an active volcano on the Japanese isle of Izu-Oshimu. ... Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫 Mishima Yukio), was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威 Hiraoka Kimitake), (January 14, 1925 - November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and rightist political activist, notable for both his nihilistic post-war writing and the circumstances of his suicide. ... Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress of the 20th century. ... Donnie Moore (February 13, 1954 - July 18, 1989) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1975, 1977-79), St. ... A fragment of painting Boyarynya Morozova by Vasily Surikov depicting a defiant Old Believer arrested by Czarist authorities in 1671. ... Ozzy Osbourne John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948, in Aston, West Midlands, United Kingdom), better known as Ozzy Osbourne, was the lead singer of the rock band Black Sabbath and later a popular solo artist and reality television star. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Musician stubs ... A self-portrait circa 1951. ... Freddie Prinze Freddie Prinze (June 22, 1954–January 29, 1977) was a American stand-up comedian and actor. ... George Reeves as Superman (1951) George Bessolo Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer) (January 6, 1914–June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Superman on television in the 1950s. ... Edgar Rosenberg (1925 - August 14, 1987) was a TV producer who was also the husband of Joan Rivers and the father of Melissa Rivers. ... Ancient Greek bust of Sappho the Eresian. ... Del Shannon should not be confused with Dell Shannon, the pseudonym under which Elizabeth Livingston wrote police procedurals for 26 years. ... Mitch Snyder (1946-July 3 (or 4), 1990) worked with the homeless by offering them help, food and housing. ... A stock broker or stockbroker or stock brokerage is someone or a firm who performs transactions in financial instruments on a stock market as an agent of his/her/its clients who are unable or unwilling to trade for themselves. ... The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to 1939. ... Charles Stuart is a name that could refer to: The English monarch Charles II of England. ... Self-portrait (1886) Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... François Vatel (1631–April 1671) is famous for supposedly having invented whipped cream for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people in honor of Louis XIV. At this same banquet, in April 1671, the consumate perfectionist Vatel was so distrought about the lateness of the fish meal (and other mishaps... Winstead Sheffield Doodles Weaver (May 11, 1911–January 17, 1983) was an American comedy actor. ... John Webster (c. ... Dan White Dan White (September 2, 1946 - October 21, 1985) was the former city supervisor of San Francisco who assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone on November 27, 1978 at City Hall. ... Zeno of Citium Zeno of Citium (The Stoic) (333 BC-264 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus. ... This article is about firearms and similar devices. ... Andrei Chikatilo in custody Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Андре́й Рома́нович Чикати́ло) (October 16, 1936–February 14, 1994) was a Soviet serial killer. ... Pedophilia (American English), pædophilia/paedophilia (Commonwealth English), or pedosexuality is the condition of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent children. ... Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona), is an Jewish American film director and producer whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. ... Kenneth Alessio Bianchi born May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York is, along with cousin Angelo Buono, Jr. ... Mark David Chapman in 1980 Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American who murdered former Beatle John Lennon in 1980. ... Gary Heidnik (November 1943 - July 6, 1999) was an American criminal who kidnapped women and kept them prisoner in his basement. ... Henry Lee Lucas (right) and Ottis Toole Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 - March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted of murder and once listed as Americas most prolific serial killer. ... Charles Manson Charles Miller Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate-La Bianca case, named after Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca —victims in two separate mass murders carried out by Mansons followers. ... John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer. ... Police mug shot of Ramirez Richard Leyva Ramirez (born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas) is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on Californias death row. ... A crisis hotline is a phone number people can call to get immediate over-the-phone emergency counseling, usually by trained volunteers. ...

Issue No.4

Copyright 1994.
Known as "The Rape Issue", features Richard Ramirez, Donny the Punk, work by Molly Kiely, Boyd Rice, Randall Phillip, Shaun Partridge, Adam Parfrey (on Andrea Dworkin), Peter Sotos (with illustrations by Trevor Brown), pieces on amputation, the police, racist Country & Western Music, and Chocolate Impulse.
For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Copyrights. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Police mug shot of Ramirez Richard Leyva Ramirez (born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas) is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on Californias death row. ... Donny the Punk is a nickname for Stephen Donaldson, founder of Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc. ... Boyd Rice Boyd Rice (born 1955) is an American experimental sound artist, archivist, and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON, and most notorious for his support for Social Darwinism, which have often led to accusations of Neo-Nazism. ... Philadelphian Randall Phillip produced the unapologetically misanthropic zine Fuck through the mid-to-late 1990s, wherein he advocated rape and murder. ... Adam Parfrey (born 1957) is an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books. ... Andrea Dworkin Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist and writer. ... Peter Sotos (1960?-) is a Chicago, USA-born writer who has contributed an unprecedented examination of the peculiar motivations of sadistic sexual criminals. ... Example Illustration 1. ... Trevor Brown is an English artist whose work explores paraphilias, such as pedophilia, BDSM, lustmord, and other fetish themes, with unusual wit. ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... An African-American drinks out of a water fountain marked for colored in 1939 at a street car terminal in Oklahoma City. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...

The first three issues were released in a collection with autobiographical introductory pieces by Debbie and Jim. It was published as ANSWER Me!: The First Three (ISBN 1873176031) by AK Press. It will soon be reissued, along with 60 pages of new material, by Scapegoat Publishing.
AK Press is an independent, collectively owned and operated publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical and anarchist literature. ...

External links

• Jim Goad's writings from issue #4
• Short survey with images from The First Three
• Review of The First Three
• Amazon.com page for The First Three
• Article covering the obscenity trial in Bellingham, Washington.