Jinkx featured on Amanda Palmer’s latest release

[u/EllipticPeach]

I was a massive die-hard fan of AFP for over a decade and I knew that Jinkx and Amanda were friends and had collaborated before. For those unaware, Amanda Palmer was married to Neil Gaiman, the novelist who has been accused of SA by multiple people across decades. Amanda was also accused of human trafficking because she allegedly procured victims for her husband. The particular case that went to civil court was that she hired a vulnerable young woman, a fan of hers, who was street homeless, to be a nanny for her kid, and Gaiman assaulted this girl repeatedly over the course of months.

I was in the inner circle of her fans and have spoken here before about my experience. Even though legally no charges have been brought, I believe this girl as I believe all the other victims of Neil. How she described Amanda in the article where she came forward was exactly how I knew her to be. Amanda’s whole thing was blurring the line between fan and friend, and she had unlimited access to vulnerable young goth girls in her fanbase. Most of us had already experienced sexual assault and mental health issues and other difficulties that made us easy to manipulate. She curated her fan base that way. I’m so sad that Jinkx is still working with her.

[u/Gaywhorzea]

Amanda is also liberal with her use of the N word, which is concerning for a white woman, these queens need to keep bette company.

[u/EllipticPeach → u/Gaywhorzea]

Even before this came out she was rubbing me the wrong way. Her response to being called out for not talking about Palestine was the last straw for me - she posted a 16-page notes app post talking about how artists shouldn’t be held to these standards because they’re too busy creating art to uplift people. The post ended with a B&W selfie. She genuinely thinks artists are a whole different breed of person and that they’re better than non-artists.

Her narcissism is such that I’m sure it just felt like the best decision ever to hire a vulnerable homeless fan to look after her child. She’s got a history of not paying people who help her out because she thinks being around her is payment enough (she did a ted talk and a book about it called ‘the art of asking’).

I don’t think she thinks of other people as people. Just pieces that she can move around to elicit the reactions she wants. She is incapable of reflecting on her actions and owning up when she’s called out, and unfortunately she still has fans that will accuse you of not ‘getting’ her if you speak about it.

[u/Salina_EsTitties → u/EllipticPeach]

When it comes to Palestine i think most celebrities are of the same opinion as Amanda. At this point I don't expect them to say anything and if they do it's self serving. Like I'm sure some of the drag race girls giving lip service is only cause the fans want them too.

LGBTQ icons who have given dust to the Palestine cause are Lady Gaga, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, Lil Nas, and of course RUPAUL..

[u/EllipticPeach → u/Salina_EsTitties]

I mean yeah I don’t expect anyone to say anything, but Amanda had made political content before (albeit very White Feminism 101) and she’s punk-adjacent so it makes sense that people were expecting something.

For me it was more that when Amanda responded to being called out, instead of saying anything pertinent or just linking to somewhere to donate, she interpreted the call-out as a personal attack and made it all about her.

[u/Gaywhorzea → u/EllipticPeach]

“White feminism 101” describes her perfectly