Debra Susan "Debbie" Goad (February 13, 1954 – July 20, 2000) was an American journalist and assistant editor of the magazine ''

Answer Me! ''Answer Me!'' (typically rendered ''ANSWER Me!'') was a magazine edited by Jim Goad and Debbie Goad and published between 1991 and 1994. It focused on the social pathologies of interest to the Los Angeles–based couple. ''Answer Me!'' also f ...

'' Her husband,

Jim Goad James Thaddeus Goad (born 1961) is an American author and publisher. Goad co-authored and published the zine ''ANSWER Me!'' and ''The Redneck Manifesto''. Personal life Early life Goad grew up in Philadelphia, describing himself as a loner, mi ...

, was the magazine's primary writer and editor. She also contributed to the

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''Temp Slave!'' Goad grew up in a

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family in the

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neighborhood of

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, meeting Jim Goad while he was living in New Jersey. In 1995, Goad and her husband Jim were charged with one felony count of promoting pornography because of offensive content in ''Answer Me!'' magazine, they faced a maximum sentence of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. They were found not guilty. Jim and Debbie Goad divorced in 1997, around the same time she was diagnosed with

ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary. It may originate from the ovary itself or more commonly from communicating nearby structures such as fallopian tubes or the inner lining of the abdomen. The ovary is made up of three different c ...

. She died in July 2000, aged 46, from

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. Her mother had reportedly also died from the same disease and Goad reportedly wished to be cremated, but her brother, Dr. Mitchell Rosalie, a

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from

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, was reportedly unable to locate her will and she was interred next to their mother's grave.

Works

* ''Best of Temp Slave!'', edited by Jeff Kelly (1997), .

References

External links

Jim Goad's personal website - "Why I resisted entering a public feud with a cancer patient"

1954 births 2000 deaths People from Coney Island Jewish American journalists American women journalists American magazine publishers (people) Deaths from ovarian cancer People from Multnomah County, Oregon Deaths from cancer in Oregon 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American Jews {{US-journalist-1950s-stub