[3] 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.
[2][4][5] Goad described Ryan as "Sweet Dracula girl" and as being "...fifteen years younger than me and a thousand times more fucked-up.
"[1] 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.
[4] 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.
"[5] Goad pleaded guilty to reduced charges and served 2+1⁄2 years, split between jail and prison.
After his release, Goad disputed the concept of the website, calling Hogshire a "nutty Muslim junkie."
He wrote for Exotic, a free guide to the sex industry of the Northwestern United States and worked as a country music DJ.
In his political commentary he has described conservatives and liberals in the United States as "two asscheeks surrounding the same hairy bunghole," and that politicians know how to take advantage of lower- and middle-class people because of a human's innate tribalism.
With a circulation of 13,000 the magazine sought to upset politically correct thinkers by covering subjects about race and feminism.
The publication was banned and seized by customs officials in several countries, and the final Rape Issue was rejected by some bookstore owners.
"[4] Writer John Strausbaugh described Shit Magnet as "extremely painful" in detail and comparative in drama to the autobiography of Klaus Kinski.
[1] Humor is Dead calls Shit Magnet a "sordid and often shocking personal allegory of guilt and violence.
"[7] In 2008, a play titled "Torn Between Two Bitches," was produced in Los Angeles by Michael Sargent, based on Shit Magnet.
[7][12][13] The comic, written by Goad and illustrated by Jim Blanchard, is about two truckers named Butch and Petey.
[12][13] Willamette Week's gay columnist Byron Beck described Trucker Fags in Denial as "twisted, vile, unrepentant ... and absolutely hilarious.
[16] Goad is referred to as the "godfather of the new right"[17] and is associated with the alt-right movement, with Proud Boys figure Gavin McInnes citing him as one of his favorite writers.