Editing Sinfest (section)

===Later changes in direction and themes===
In October 2011, the comic abruptly shifted in tone, focusing heavily on [[radical feminist]] themes.<ref name="Ishida-2018">{{cite web |last=Ishida |first=Tatsuya |date=July 1, 2018 |title=Notes from the Resistance: Take The Long Way Home |url=https://sinfest.net/news.php |website=Sinfest |quote=I'm launching a new forum for people who like the message of my comic. The new forum will be anti-pornography, anti-prostitution. It will favor the radical feminist perspective over a liberal or conservative one. So if you'd like to participate in a forum environment more in harmony with the comic, I invite you to join.}}</ref><ref name="Polo-2013">{{cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=August 14, 2013 |title=40 Webcomics You Need to Read |url=https://www.themarysue.com/40-webcomics-you-need-to-read/2/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707021326/https://www.themarysue.com/40-webcomics-you-need-to-read/2/ |archivedate=July 7, 2017 |work=[[The Mary Sue]] |quote=Over the past year or so, however, the strip has gone through a revolution of sorts, tackling numerous feminist concepts like slut-shaming, misogyny, problematic porn, and street harassment, sometimes requiring great personal adjustments from its main characters.}}</ref><ref name="Kleefeld-2020">{{Cite book |last=Kleefeld |first=Sean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ggTdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Webcomics+%22Sean+Kleefeld%22+%22ishida+switched+his+focus%22&pg=PA82 |title=Webcomics |publisher=Bloomsbury Comics Studies |isbn=1350028177 |publication-date=June 25, 2020 |pages=82–3 |quote=A more dramatic shift occurred in Sinfest when creator Tatsuya Ishida switched his focus after a decade from, as one reviewer described, “jiggly pimps-n-hoes humor” (Garrity, 2012) to a more overtly radical feminist message. The change in direction was fairly abrupt and unannounced, surprising many readers.}}</ref> Ishida introduced new characters to explore these new themes, and to confront the humor in older strips.<ref name="Garrity-2012" /> Over its first decade as a webcomic it evolved into a more serious work, with a large cast of regular characters commenting on such themes as [[organized religion]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Orndorff |first=Patrick |date=August 10, 2009 |title=10 Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/08/10-great-webcomics-you-should-not-share-with-your-kids-geekdad-wayback-machine/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |quote=This comic takes a very irreverent view of organized religion and should not be viewed by the overly devout or by the closed-minded. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222023014/https://www.wired.com/2009/08/10-great-webcomics-you-should-not-share-with-your-kids-geekdad-wayback-machine/ |archivedate=December 22, 2016}}</ref> [[American exceptionalism]],<ref name="Rosberg-2016" /> and [[economic insecurity]].<ref name="Hudson-2009" /> It abruptly shifted focus to [[radical feminism]] in 2011,<ref name="Kleefeld-2020" /><ref name="Ishida-2018" /> tackling issues such as [[slut-shaming]], [[misogyny]], and [[street harassment]].<ref name="Polo-2013" /> In this period, Monique cut her hair and began questioning [[gender role]]s and [[Patriarchy#Feminist theory|patriarchy as a system of oppression]], the latter depicted as a ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]''-like oppressive [[simulated reality]].<ref name="Sneddon 2013" /> Sneddon compared the comic's themes in this period to ''[[I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space]]'', another feminist webcomic, noting that ''Sinfest'' had a larger audience—inherited from before the change in direction; however, some of these old fans were outraged by the changes to Monique.<ref name="Sneddon 2013" />

Garrity said in 2012 that "raunchy strips about strippers are followed by cute cat-and-dog gags are followed by religious humor are followed by autobio strips are followed by shit-stirring political cartoons are followed by spoken-word poetry are followed by lessons in drawing Japanese kanji, one of ''Sinfest''’s signature running features", and that "''Sinfest'' is always, first and foremost, about what Ishida wants to cartoon at any given moment."<ref name="Garrity-2012">{{cite magazine |last1=Garrity |first1=Shaenon |authorlink=Shaenon K. Garrity |date=April 23, 2012 |title=The Sisterhood of the Pimp Ninja Sluts |magazine=[[The Comics Journal]] |url=https://www.tcj.com/the-sisterhood-of-the-pimp-ninja-sluts/ |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref> ''[[PC Magazine]]'' listed ''Sinfest'' among the best webcomics of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Griffith |first=Eric |date=February 14, 2015 |title=The Best Webcomics 2015 |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399081,00.asp |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009173445/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399081,00.asp |archivedate=October 9, 2017 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |quote=Tatsuya Ishida's perfect line work is a beauty to behold […] as is his bravery to cover the topics of religion, patriarchy, sex, and drugs, all in a humorous fashion.}}</ref> Ishida said in 2017, "Over the years [Sinfest] has gone through many changes, to the delight of some and dismay of others. I hope to continue polarizing audiences for many years to come."<ref name="Kleefeld-2020" /> Kleefeld wrote in 2020 that "The message of social justice through radical feminism is still the strip's raison d'etre, but it's a message of safety and inclusion rather than one of outreach and education."<ref name="Kleefeld-2020" /> 

In April 2022, Journalist [[Ryan Broderick]] noted the addition of "long-running internet conspiracies, like the [[New World Order conspiracy theory|Illuminati]] and the [[Bilderberg group#Conspiracy theories|Bilderberg group]]" (by the early-2010s), the [[MAGA movement]] (2016+), [[anti-trans]] storylines (2019+), and [[QAnon]] (2021+), and opined that "as of now, the comic is a Christian fascist slurry of random internet nonsense."<ref name="Broderick - 2022">{{cite web |last1=Broderick |first1=Ryan |date=April 29, 2022|authorlink=Ryan Broderick|title=The Long, Strange Journey Of Sinfest |url=https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-bad-man-pipeline-is-confusing |website=Garbage Day |access-date=1 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>  In September 2022, Ishida wrote that he was locked out of [[Twitter]] for "hateful conduct", in reference to his September 3 strip.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sinfest.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=686 |first=Ishida |last=Tatsuya |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Twitter Lockout |website=Sinfest forums |quote=Just got locked out of Twitter for this comic [2022-09-03]. They say it's 'hateful conduct.' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821134322/https://sinfest.xyz/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=686 |archive-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=January 2025}} In December 2022, Ishida wrote that he was banned from [[Patreon]] for promoting "sentiments of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation";<ref>{{cite web |last=Tatsuya |first=Ishida |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Singing for my Supper |url=http://sinfest.net/news.php |website=Sinfest blog |quote=I got kicked off of Patreon so please support me at one of these platforms […]. Thank you!}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=TatsuyaIshida9|number=1600533238325256192 |last=Ishida |first=Tatsuya |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Patreon removed my account for promoting 'sentiments of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.'|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref> he had started the "sinfest" account on January 8, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sinfest.net/news.php |first=Ishida |last=Tatsuya |date=January 8, 2018 |title=This Is My Winter Song To You |website=Sinfest blog |quote=Hi. I made a patreon. Happy New Year!}}</ref>

In 2024, Kleefeld wrote that when catching up on ''Sinfest'' strips, he "wasn't understanding them", and that the comic had gone into a "downward spiral".<ref name="Kleefeld-2024">{{Cite web |last=Kleefeld |first=Sean |date=April 8, 2024 |title=On Tatsuya Ishida |url=http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2024/04/on-tatsuya-ishida.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504074004/http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2024/04/on-tatsuya-ishida.html |archive-date=May 4, 2024 |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=Kleefeld on Comics}}</ref>