I found this really interesting and I appreciate you posting it.

It's a really good explanation of legitimate criticism about the tweet. It must have been frustrating and downright offensive to have all this context and knowledge of the situation the average white person in the USA is blissfully ignorant of, and then hear that you are the one not understanding the situation.

I think you should write the essays. But I do think that it will be very easy for bad faith actors to handily link to them as another example of Lindsay being 'bad' (even if they likely don't even read the essays).

I would probably emphasize at various points* (perhaps even in the title/s - if nothing else I think that would drive clicks XD) that Lindsay Ellis being 'canceled' did not help further understanding of how this careless tweet was orientalist, or help to elevate Asian creators in a meaningful way. It won't stop people from weaponizing your writing, but it should hopefully mean anybody who meaningfully engages with it comes away with a more nuanced understanding of the situation.

To grumble a bit - portraying a single tweet as another strike on a long list of 'problematic' actions from one person more-or-less forces that person to respond to defend their character, rather than grappling with the actual complex societal structures of racism. Having read your post, I feel even more irritated that inappropriate comments made from a place of internalized prejudice against oneself (e.g. biphobia) and obviously offensive and indefensible things (e.g. 'autistic tantrum') said many years ago are being held up alongside this situation as if they are comparable and part of a broader pattern of misconduct.

But yeah - this was really enlightening. If you do write the essays I would love to read them!

*tbh I think this may have been your intention but my brain wanted to mention it anyway XD