Mr. J, a Former Professor Series – Entry 67: Patrick James Johnston
A Public Record
Image of Pat Johnston.
Photograph taken by author in December 2024, in public setting. Used here solely for public ethics commentary and digital manipulation analysis.
Full Name
Patrick James Johnston
Nationality
Australian (with documented periods living in Southeast Asia)
Approximate Age
56 years old (based on self-reported information and verified through two passports: Australian and British)
Professional Background
Johnston is a former academic previously affiliated with Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has also publicly described himself as a writer and poet, blending personal essays with experimental verse.
Screenshot captured on Jun 4, 2025, showing the subject’s LinkedIn profile still listing ‘Adjunct Professor’ at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Image included for documentation and contextual accuracy. QUT has since removed references to this individual from public staff directories. No current employment is implied.
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Early Life & Background
Johnston was reportedly raised in a farming environment, with frequent mentions of pig and livestock farming. This detail has appeared sporadically in personal and public narratives, often framed as emblematic of “resilience” or “earthiness.”
Although he has spent time abroad — including in Southeast Asia — Johnston’s career trajectory indicates a pattern of frequent relocations and shifts in professional focus, suggesting a non-linear and fragmented progression.
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Academic & Literary Persona
Publicly, Johnston positioned himself as a hybrid figure — part academic, part poet. His Substack account, once active, hosted essays and poems described as explorations of intimacy and vulnerability.
This image is part of a publicly available Tinder profile, documented and submitted to QPS & TEQSA in April 2025. Used here solely for public ethics commentary and digital manipulation analysis.
As of July 2025, Patrick James Johnston’s Tinder bio remains live — despite ongoing documentation of manipulation, grooming dynamics, and institutional ethics filings. This is not a private moment. This is a public record.
Screenshot taken directly from The Argyle Literary Magazine website (public bio), unedited, for critical commentary and educational context.
Critics, however, have noted a recurring blend of manipulative language and erotic themes, with some works involving emotional narratives imposed without consent.
Following multiple allegations of harassment and coercion, Johnston deleted his entire Substack archive. He later described this as a voluntary act, unrelated to public or legal pressure.
Email sent on 3 July 2025 – Day 120 of documented harassment
After QPS had already closed the case with a formal warning to cease contact.
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Documented Behavioral Patterns
Narrative Control & Emotional Manipulation
Johnston has been described as using “coercive familiarity,” intentionally disregarding explicit boundaries to collapse professional and personal distance.
Discrepancy Between Public and Private Stances
While presenting himself as reflective and vulnerable in private correspondence, Johnston consistently avoided transparent public rebuttals or open engagement.
Symbolic Gestures as Leverage
Unsolicited gifts and references to inheritance were often framed as acts of affection but interpreted by recipients as attempts at narrative silencing.
Post-Separation Communications
Despite separation and formal complaints, Johnston continued sending contradictory messages combining apology, blame-shifting, and self-victimization.
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Forensic Behavioral Overview
A separate behavioral analysis suggests deeper psychological dynamics underpinning Johnston’s actions:
Emotional Framing & Narrative Control
He consistently reframed personal conflicts as “artistic exploration” or “spiritual healing,” using poetic language to diffuse accountability and elicit sympathy.
Symbolic Overreach & Identity Merging
Johnston often incorporated culturally specific markers and intimate references, blurring private and public boundaries to maintain psychological proximity and assert ownership of shared narratives.
Contradictory Communication & Tactical Inconsistency
Patterns of promising privacy while later contemplating or executing public disclosures suggest a tendency to confuse and destabilize, reinforcing his narrative dominance.
Manipulative Escalation Tactics
Privately, Johnston issued financial and emotional threats (e.g., demanding repayment of “gifts,” threatening family disclosures), while maintaining a calm intellectual persona in public.
Retreat Under Exposure
When confronted with public evidence, Johnston rapidly withdrew content and locked channels, indicating high sensitivity to reputational threat and awareness of possible legal consequences.
Psychological Indicators suggest a need for narrative dominance, fragile self-concept, and moral reframing of his actions as “literary expression” to avoid culpability.
Received: 20 March, 2025 - Day 15 of documented harassment
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Legal & Social Context
Johnston has been reported to multiple Australian authorities, including police and TEQSA, for alleged harassment, coercive behavior, and misuse of academic and personal influence.
Despite claims of indifference — “nobody cares” — Johnston’s complete deletion of his public writings indicates an acute awareness of reputational risk.
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Current Status
As of the most recent updates:
Johnston’s public writings have been fully erased.
He continues intermittent private communication, often framed as “final” messages, yet paradoxically recurring.
No public defense or factual rebuttal has been presented to date.
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Concluding Note
This profile consolidates publicly available information, documented private communications, and behavioral patterns observed over time.
It is intended as an evidence-based record to inform readers, researchers, and concerned communities, not as a definitive legal or psychiatric diagnosis. Readers are encouraged to consult primary sources for independent verification.
Note on Naming:
The subject of these verses is identified by name due to the severity of the public threats made during that period.
Naming is not intended to humiliate, but to preserve the integrity of the record and reflect the seriousness of the documented behavior.
While the individual has since responded publicly, the response has not addressed the core evidence. In such cases, visibility remains necessary. Selective rebuttal is not accountability.
Full evidence archive submitted to QPS, TEQSA, AHRC, and Ethics Australia: View here.
Read the full series
- Entry 1: The Man Who Taught Me Ethics by Failing All of Them
- Entry 2: The Disappearance of the Public Poet
- Entry 3: The Hanging Tree Case Study
- Entry 4: Hidden Like Accountability
- Entry 5: The Collapse of Assumptions
- Entry 6: The Ethics of a Tinder Bio
- Entry 7: How He Ate Told Me Everything
- Entry 8: What Makes a Scholar Dangerous
- Entry 9: Fragment of Life, Fragment of Accountability
- Entry 10: Anatomy of Disappointment
- Entry 11: Legal Defense Challenges: A Framing Statement
- Entry 12: Six Years After Ronell – What Academia Still Doesn’t Get
- Entry 13: QUT and The Man Who Raped Me
- Entry 14: Why Sarcasm Toward Institutions Can Backfire
- Entry 15: P*ssy or Toxic Masculinity?
- Entry 16: Who is Your Favorite Comedian?
- Entry 17: And What is Your Favorite Song?
- Entry 18: Grant Proposal — Narrative Ethics as Survivor-Led Forensics
- Entry 19: The Coward Behind the Clone
- Entry 20: [URGENT HIRE] CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
- Entry 21: [URGENT] Legal Counsel Needed for Complex Reputation Rehabilitation
- Entry 22: YOU’RE AN ABUSER. STOP CONTACTING ME
- Entry 23: Seeking Counsel for a Fallen Academic
- Entry 24: Internal Legal-PR Briefing
- Entry 25: For Journalists – Legal & Ethical Clearance Summary
- Entry 26: Symbolic Prostitution, Transactional Intimacy, or Just a “Loan”?
- Entry 28: Why He Simply Cannot Shut Up
- Entry 29: Forensic Commentary on “LARGE Language Muddle”
- Entry 30: Don’t Just Threaten My Future. Because I’m Going To Archive Your Present
- Entry 31: Open Letter to the Person Who Tried to Break Me with Defamation
- Entry 32: Defamation, Harassment, Doxxing Class 101
- Entry 33: Confidential Crisis Recovery Proposal
- Entry 34: Forensic Behavioral-Somatic Report
- Entry 35: Forensic Commentary on the Tattoos
- Entry 36: QUT and the Abuser They Once Had
- Entry 38: When Poetry Becomes Revenge Porn
- Entry 40: A Man Built for Applause, Not Accountability
- Entry 41: Neurobehavioral Addendum
- Entry 43: Why Does It Sound Like a War Metaphor?
- Entry 44: Forensic Commentary on Racialized and Fetishizing Language in “Hidden Like Rice”
- Entry 45: Public Misuse of Former Academic Affiliation
- Entry 46: The Two Things That Didn’t Leave a Bad Impression
- Entry 47: When Affection is Just an Alibi (A Bundy-Inspired Reflection)
- Entry 48: Humbert, Lolita, and the Fetish of Fragility
- Entry 49: The Fetish of Smallness as Symbolic Violence
- Entry 50: Motif Risk Analysis
- Entry 52: Can an Abuser Be a Good Father?
- Entry 53: Who Protects the Children?
- Entry 54: From Blackmail to Children
- Entry 55: A Letter I’ll Never Send
- Entry 56: Outc(L)assed - Critical Race Analysis
- Entry 57: Forensic Breakdown: “A Voidance” by Johnston
- Entry 58: Johnston, Who Raised You?
- Entry 59: Public Financial Terms & Narrative Conditions
- Entry 60: What Kind of Future Do You Think Awaits You?
- Entry 61: Why I Believe He Has No Real PR or Legal Team
- Entry 62: Why I Can Legally (and Ethically) Call You a Pathetic Pig
- Entry 63: Tell Me You’re a Pathetic Pig Without Telling Me You’re a Pathetic Pig
- Entry 65: Did Your Mother Teach You To Speak Like This?
- Entry 66: Nobody Cares Anyway
- Entry 67: Patrick James Johnston (you are here)
- Reflection: The Miscalculation
(More entries coming soon)
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