Dear Kinky Salon Friends,
We’d like to take a moment to apologise to anyone who we upset or offended in the presentation of our Spring party and to thank them for providing Kinky Salon London with the opportunity for growth and improvement.
For those members of our community who might be unaware of this, some visitors to our Facebook event page raised objections to aspects of the jungle theme that we originally put forward. The arguments are summarised here. Although only a small number of the people who objected have ever been to a Kinky Salon party, we take all feedback into consideration and have written to each of our critics personally.
We acknowledge that some people found our literary references particularly careless and that for others a jungle theme itself is uncomfortable. In failing to take these perspectives into account, aspects of our original theme were interpreted by some as naive and insensitive to issues of race and imperialism. We are grateful to those who have opened our eyes to this.
Kinky Salon is all about the ridiculous, playful and risque. Our party themes always touch on pop culture iconography in a way that may not be to everyone’s taste, but the aim is always first and foremost to poke fun at ourselves. We cannot be sure that we will never make mistakes, nor can we guarantee that no-one will ever be offended. But we can promise that we never have and never will set out to cause deliberate offence or hurt to people in our community. It is our responsibility as organisers, therefore, to ensure that the signals we send to the outside world leave no room for doubt on our commitment to inclusivity.
Accordingly we have decided to cancel the jungle themed party and hold a party with a new theme and name – “ECO-SEXUAL: A Nature-ists’ Paradise” – on the same night. Ticketholders have already been informed of this change, with a fresh set of dressup inspirations, by email.
The Kinky Salon London crew reflects its wider community in that we are not of one sexuality, nor one colour, gender or political standpoint. As a result it has taken us a little time to discuss and come up with a solution that we can all agree on. We thank you for your patience and invite anyone who wants to participate in the work-in-progress that is Kinky Salon to get on board.
Yours,
The Kinky Salon London Crew
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