Yesterday I attended Tethered Together, a new rope convention in New England. It includes dungeon space, BDSM venders, stellar workshops and presenters, an art show, performances, and it was rope, kink, and circus themed! Tethered Together stepped up to fill the rope enthusiast’s hole left when Bound in Boston closed shop last year, and is engineered by two wonderful women, Skyla and Ozma.
I love that this con is majorly authored and run by women, and it shows its queerness in spades. It had the warm family feel of a Bound in Boston event, but was also different. I saw many familiar faces and a lot of new ones. It seemed there was a more diverse group of people in attendance than I’ve seen at most New England kinky cons, which was awesome. They offered a wide variety of classes and spaces to learn, practice, and play such as:
- circus arts classes
- body movement practices
- sex magick
- yoga
- CBT and micro-bondage
- rope games
- the traditional suspension-related faire
- tips from sadistic to sensual fun
- forming relationship through rope ideas…
I loved attending a more practical class too, on how to host a sex party, and there was sooooo much more that I missed out on!
I was only able to attend for a day this time, but it’s a three day event with dungeon space open each evening—and the dungeon spaces were wonderful. I enjoyed Tethered Togethers’ attention to lighting and mood. They set up an abundance of structures for suspension, and also furniture for different types of play like a chain wall, massage tables, and spanking benches. All of that was laid out in one huge room, and there were spaces to play out in the open around the conference space. This team did an incredible job of making the hotel feel friendly, sexy, inviting, fun, playful, safe, and interesting. I have no bad things to say other than not all classroom spaces are created equal (but that’s on the hotel, not the conference itself). In fact, having been to a number of cons at this particular hotel, I enjoyed this set up the most in terms of finding everything, accessibility, and the opportunity to just plop down somewhere and chill in the middle of a long day of learning and play.
I’m really look forward to getting myself out for the full weekend next time their event comes to town—hopefully next time I’ll even have time to get involved. To the Tethered Together team I say, Congratulations! You made something wonderful and I can’t wait to experience your thoughtful and sexy space again.
Play On My Friends,
~ Creature
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