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JD Riley

JD Riley

03 Jun 2025 — 1 min read
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Repost: Boundaries in Fandom

This is a repost of a Substack post I published 9/5/2022. You ever have someone who just stands too close to you? Like they’re just uniquely oblivious to the fact that you have a bubble and they’re standing right in it? Or maybe you just met

By JD Riley 21 Sep 2026

Oh No! Anyway… (Boundaries: How Do They Work?)

Let’s take a field trip to a few weeks ago and talk about what boundaries are and how they work. Yes! This is a personal drama! I’m so excited for my yearly cancellation attempt. On the 28th of July of this year, I wrote a blog post called

By JD Riley 28 Aug 2026

The Sinners Fandom and the Common White Attraction to a Gross Little Man

[This newsletter contains spoilers for Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film Sinners] Recently, there has been discourse on the Ao3 subreddit regarding the number of fanfictions featuring the vampire villain Remmick and how they outweigh the number of fics surrounding the primarily Black cast of the film. If you’re anything

By JD Riley 03 Aug 2026

Is “Fandom Etiquette” the New “Whites Only”?

Twitter user trixxked (AKA Trix) had an interesting thing to say about fandom etiquette when they posted to their Twitter on the 26th of July, 2026. Trix, a Haitian/Soulaan creator with varied fandom interests, quote retweeted user niggaayaoi (why did you make me type that?) who’d stated, “I

By JD Riley 28 Jul 2026

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