Want to learn the actual history of rope bondage? Cool, cool. Prepare to be disappointed—but in the fun way. You think you know where rope bondage came from? Buckle up, because the answer is "lol no one really knows, and the people who do mostly made it up anyway."
In this 90-minute talk, we're exploring the actual historical research into rope bondage (spoiler: there's not much, and it's boring). We'll create giant maps, attempt to build family trees of rope traditions (they will be disasters... or circles), and have way too much fun acknowledging that nobody wrote any of this down. Most of what we know comes from stories people told each other—which is fun, messy, and definitely not how historians usually operate.
You'll leave with more questions than answers. Consider it a feature, not a bug.
None. You can be completely new to rope and still enjoy watching historians scream into the void.
A chaotic, fun lecture featuring:
Come ready to laugh, learn a little, and embrace the beautiful chaos of rope history.
