Editing Jim Goad (section)

==Personal life==
===Early life===
Goad grew up in [[Philadelphia]], describing himself as a loner, [[misanthrope]] and weirdo. He attended a [[Catholic]] school run by [[nuns]]. He experienced violent treatment from his parents and bullies at his school, eventually learning to fight back. Goad moved to New York City to study acting and was accepted to study at [[New York University]] under [[Stella Adler]].<ref name="NYPress1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-6057-jim-goad-is-a-bad-man.html |title=Jim Goad is a Bad Man |author=John Strausbaugh |author-link=John Strausbaugh |date=2 July 2002 |work=[[New York Press]] |access-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205031547/http://www.nypress.com/article-6057-jim-goad-is-a-bad-man.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref>

===1980s–90s===

Goad graduated in 1985 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Journalism from [[Temple University]] while living in New Jersey.<ref name="LLC1999"/> In the early 1980s, Goad met [[Debbie Goad|Debbie Rosalie]], who was eight years older, in New York. They relocated to [[Los Angeles]] and were married in 1987.<ref name="NYPress1"/> Goad worked at the ''[[Los Angeles Reader]]'', covering local news, but wished to cover more fringe subjects, so the couple began publishing their own magazine, ''Answer Me!''<ref name="LLC1999"/>

Around 1994, the couple moved to [[Portland, Oregon]] and Goad devoted his time to writing.<ref name="Bizarre1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizarremag.com/entertainment/books/100/jim_goad.html|title=Why are you so fucking stupid?|publisher=[[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304111004/http://www.bizarremag.com/entertainment/books/100/jim_goad.html|archive-date=4 March 2007|work=Books|access-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> In May 1997, Goad began dating then-stripper Anne "Skye" Ryan about the time that Debbie was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer that later killed her.<ref name="LLC1999"/><ref name="PXLife">{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=12327 |title=Citizen Goad |author=Joseph Gallivan |date=30 Oct 2009 |work=The Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |access-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132618/http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=12327 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="WWRage">{{cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/archive/2017/10/17/goad-rage-from-our-june-17-1998-edition/|title=Goad Rage |author=Maureen O'Hagan |date=17 June 1998|work=Willamette Week|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>  Goad described Ryan as "Sweet Dracula girl" and as being "...fifteen years younger than me and a thousand times more fucked-up."<ref name="NYPress1"/> In November 1997, Debbie was granted a restraining order against Goad, after stating that he had hit, kicked, and spit on her and threatened to kill her.<ref name="LLC1999"/><ref name="WWRage"/> They divorced in December, 1997.<ref name="WWRage"/>

In May 1998, Goad and Ryan had a fight in Goad's car outside of Portland.<ref name="LLC1999"/> Goad left Ryan by the side of the road, and fled to [[Washington (state)|Washington state]].<ref name="PXLife"/> When police met Ryan in a hospital emergency room, she had a blackened eye that was swollen shut, "bite marks on her hand and she was bleeding in several places."<ref name="WWRage"/> Goad was charged with assault and [[kidnapping]], facing a potential 25 years in prison. After his arrest, Goad's ex-wife Debbie filed a motion to withdraw her restraining order, stating that Goad "has seeked counseling for three months and we are now friends after our legal divorce…. If I have a relapse from my ovarian cancer, [Jim] will take care of me and help me out."<ref name="WWRage"/>

Goad pleaded guilty to reduced charges and served {{frac|2|1|2}} years, split between jail and prison. He was released in the fall of 2000.<ref name="NYPress1"/> When asked if he had any [[remorse]] or guilt about beating Ryan, Goad said, "Absolutely not. I enjoyed it."<ref name="NYPress1"/>

While Goad was in prison, author [[Jim Hogshire]] started a "Free Jim Goad" website, claiming that Goad told him he was innocent. After his release, Goad disputed the concept of the website, calling Hogshire a "nutty Muslim junkie." He stated that while he had said Ryan was lying, he never claimed innocence, but was not able to speak freely while incarcerated.<ref name="PXLife"/>

===2000s===

Upon his release from prison in 2000, Goad returned to Portland and was on [[parole]] for a time. He wrote for ''Exotic'', a free guide to the [[sex industry]] of the [[Northwestern United States]] and worked as a country music [[DJ]].<ref name="PXLife"/><ref name="NYPress1"/> In 2008 Goad became a father.<ref name="BigCityRDNK"/> He currently{{when|date=April 2020}} maintains his website, JimGoad.net, and writes for ''[[Taki's Magazine]]''.

According to Goad, he was diagnosed with a "plum-sized" brain tumor in 2008. The situation was outlined in his book ''The Bomb Inside My Brain.'' During a nine-hour operation, the tumor was removed. He was subsequently prescribed radiation and anticonvulsive medication.