Given the organizer’s abysmal response to your own assault, I wonder about all the things that didn’t rise to the level of an incident report, or that participants didn’t even bring to the organizers because they think it was a them problem (“I should be able to take this much pain” / “I don’t want to lose access to this community” / “but he’s So Important For The Movement” / “I could have been clearer”, etc).

An orgy and no one standing off to the side making sure everything is ok? That sounds fucking stupid. Allowing people’s personal info, including PHOTOS, to be shared with a whole email list? And we’re supposed to believe them that they’re the world’s smartest people?

This is lowkey fascinating

This last run of "Behind the Bastards" about the One Taste cult/startup is giving off big this vibes. It didnt get wound up till 2023, so there could be a non-trivial amount of attendee overlap

Snacks were set out on a stovetop.

Incompetence kink

forgot to include the manual : https://archive.ph/cSDnZ

• We have worked to emphasize harder that choking is not on the default consent list.
• We now have reports that prey who have opted into choking are going under-choked.
• ...while still having occasional reports that prey who didn’t opt into choking sometimes have people reach for their throats.
• We’re trying to resolve this with things like cheatsheets, but the process is ongoing.

I would like to hear more from experienced kinksters, but I think this shows why negotiating who will do what in advance while everyone is fully dressed and sober is a big part of kink culture (and so is demonstrating skills and building trust in less risky scenarios). If you want to be ravaged in a specific way, your pursuers can give you that if the focus of the day is on you, not on you and dozens of other people with beautiful individual desires and boundaries in a chaotic environment. It also sounds like many of the predators are not very experienced.

For others: CNC == consensual non-consensual

The original event page uses terms like "light bondage" and "light biting" without defining them, and does not talk about pinchy toys, buzzy toys, and suction toys. I hope that everyone at these events understands those terms the same way, and that male rats know that penetration is not the only fun thing you can do in bed.

Edit / the event manual mentions zappy toys. In my experience those are a rare taste but you do you.

The Project Lawful glowfic has a whole subplot where the forces of Evil lure the protagonist into BDSM play where surprise! their partner really truly does not consent.

In this scenario, I think its inevitable that some prey will feel neglected and others will have their consent violated. Words and body language are the most powerful tools we have to understand another person, and its hard to remember the exact preferences of dozens of other people who you don't know very well. Responsible predators will err on the gentle side and others will make mistakes ("oh **** I thought you were Sally and Sally asked us to ...") or deliberately cross boundaries. I am glad that they make a list of incidents and policy responses but I would not recommend attending kink parties organized by Bay Area rationalists.