Sereia Spinner Explains Why Your LARP Definitely Needs a Sensitivity Consultant Victor Media Group

Sereia Spinner (they/them) is a sensitivity consultant, burlesque performer, avid LARPer, a historian. In all that they do, Sereia specializes in bringing important truths to the spotlight while motivating others to do the same. In this episode, Sereia speaks on the need for sensitivity consultants in creative projects, why LARPs should care about making their communities inclusive, and how to make your LARP more accessible to people of color.






00:00 - Intro

02:02 - Play & Games As Survival Skills

04:40 - Sereia’s First Forays Into Gaming

04:50 - “What is D&D but text based rp spoken out loud with dice?”

06:28 - How Sereia Found LARPing

12:30 - A Sensitivity Consultant Is Born

18:10 - Why Games Need Sensitivity Consultants

27:54 - LARPing in Color

31:46 - Consulting as an Act of Care

36:34 - Getting More POC in LARPs

42:46 - The Necessity of Intentionality & Accessibility in LARP

50:54 - Final Thoughts






Resources

LARPing in Color: Consultant List -- https://larpingincolor.com/consultants






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Credits

Guest -- Sereia Spinner, sereia.mcdaniel@gmail.com

Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/

Original Music by Byson -- https://spoti.fi/3eoC47l

Creator / Host -- Clara Mount (@bubblegum_titan on Twitter)

Executive Producers -- J.B. Adams and Gerard Mitchell

Sound Editing -- Anna Hughes

Production Assistance -- Bishop Clarke