scaryr🦊: "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." / Blueviewer

scaryr🦊@merveille.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:31:21.036Z #

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.

Sava Blue@unicorntickles.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:35:45.964Z #

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.

Sava Blue@unicorntickles.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:38:36.645Z #

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.

scaryr🦊@merveille.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:45:10.010Z #

I don't think that's being a prude at all.

Buttadeus@thewanderingjew.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:40:57.618Z #

Yeah - I think that's true but in small industries/subcultures it starts to become kind of impossible, which adds more responsibility all around.

Sava Blue@unicorntickles.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:48:00.458Z #

fair and most of my friends work in the same industry as me and started or are still colleagues. but having strict boundaries have always been good practice for work vs everything else. and that takes mutual understanding and acknowledgment.

Sava Blue@unicorntickles.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:50:52.253Z #

And to be very clear, I’ve had hook ups with people I work with or around. but again, boundaries and compartmentalization is key. When that breaks down, it’s always trouble. Anyone who isn’t capable of those things shouldn’t engage in such. And none of this is “networking” by any means.

Buttadeus@thewanderingjew.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:49:06.977Z #

Yeah - I mean I think the fact that it becomes hard is a reason to work harder on it, rather than to excuse it.

Buttadeus@thewanderingjew.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:33:08.057Z #

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.

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 ✒️@kebrightbill.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:02:07.943Z #

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

Buttadeus@thewanderingjew.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:02:54.488Z #

Does she have a job?

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 ✒️@kebrightbill.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:07:03.776Z #

This whole thing is her job.

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 ✒️@kebrightbill.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:24:52.327Z #

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.

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 ✒️@kebrightbill.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:26:50.531Z #

(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)

Noah Deuce@noahdeuce.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:45:28.820Z #

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.

scaryr🦊@merveille.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:46:38.365Z #

I thought he was one of the Beach Boys?

Simon@thedenature.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:33:22.289Z #

My brain initially processed "Doug Wilson" as "Doug Walker" and for a moment I thought the conversation had veered in a WILDLY unanticipated direction.