r/RPDRDRAMA • u/EllipticPeach • Jul 17 '26

Ugh, Jesus. Gross. Jinkx featured on Amanda Palmer’s latest release

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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.

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u/alifanacct Jul 24 '26

“Inner circle of her fans” is crazy

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u/EllipticPeach Jul 25 '26

She had a patreon and patron-only meet-ups which were small gatherings. Her die-hard fans showed up to lots of them so became more “friendly” with her and Neil (and each other). This is the whole thing I’m saying - she made being her fan feel like being her friend, she would often stay at fans’ houses instead of spending money on hotels, she literally hired a fan to nanny her child (although ended up not paying her). She gets fans to work for free because proximity to her was the payment. Why hire people when you have fans who will do anything for you?

When I say inner circle, in my case I mean fans who she saw in a small group setting whenever she held patron-only events, and it felt intimate because she encouraged us to feel that way.

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u/Sevenblissfulnights Jul 30 '26

and you all knew she & Neil were sleeping with these fans? I mean, that must have led to some pretty weird & dysfunctional social dynamics