It's definitely not your job to try to recruit anyone who seems even mildly hesitant about any part of it, but that's another place the evangelical cultural machine hurts us all.
I should note that in all the Bluesky stuff I have seen so far, I haven't seen mention of Aella doing any pressuring. I feel like my response here implies that and given what I have seen, that is not fair of me.
sorry but if you’re an organizer of these things and you are frequently and loudly ensuring a culture of true consent (especially in the cnc world) you silence is suspect to say the very least. If it’s your event, and people are being assaulted you should take that fucking personally and seriously.
And honestly, none of this belongs in any kind of professional culture whatsoever. Sorry to be a prude but work and play are two different things and historically do not mix well.
I don't think that's being a prude at all.
Yeah - I think that's true but in small industries/subcultures it starts to become kind of impossible, which adds more responsibility all around.
I don't think she does. Like, I think that's why it's somewhat ambiguous and challenging here. Like she throws big sex parties and invites her friends who are big in the industry, and then people get jobs and connections from there.
I think it crosses a line because she's got a history of tweets that blur the line between participating in her parties and employment in AI
Yep, and where she's from, evangelical culture includes greatest hits like a woman being pressured into marrying a known pedophile because Doug Wilson (the same Doug Wilson who's in Pete Hegseth's orbit) thought lots of married sex would keep the pedophile from being tempted by children.
(she's not from Doug Wilson's church, but it's impossible to be a homeschooler in Moscow, ID and not have Wilsonites in your orbit shaping homeschool culture)
I went to college with a Doug Wilson who is not the bad Doug Wilson, but every time I read the bad Doug Wilson’s name I have a jump scare.
I thought he was one of the Beach Boys?
My brain initially processed "Doug Wilson" as "Doug Walker" and for a moment I thought the conversation had veered in a WILDLY unanticipated direction.
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