You’re Not Problematic, Even If Your Fave Is

On the ethics of loving good work by flawed people.

Roseanne Barr at the 2011 Utah Pride festival. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

TW: This piece discusses sexual assault and domestic violence.

I have no judgment for people who love Roseanne because of her earlier work. Her show provided a refreshing, complex, and empathic portrayal of working class and fat people, at a time when few media outlets were…