Slightly random to have a message in my fetlife inbox asking if I'd be interested in talking about sploshing for an online short. I won't share the message or details, certainly not now. However it's certainly different. My initial thoughts are that I'm too awkward to come across well, especially when you factor in anonymity- "did you see that weirdo with the pixelated face playing in custard..."

I'm going to reply and say roughly what I've said here. Incidentally I've posted this in the group deliberately, I spent a bit of yesterday dressed daftly in front of a camera getting very messy and yet someone asks me about that and I'm straight to say no.

I had a couple of those, one I did (Channel 4) the other I would have loved to but couldn't due to times (Channel 5 I think).
I was worried about appearing in front of a camera too, I am certainly no model even with pixel face but it was ok in the end, they were very professional.
I am open about sploshing to many of my friends, but would have to be anonymous due to my job.
I'm glad the media are still interested though.

Iain,

I think you are a great ambassador for the community.
A true passionate fetishist, who embraces the fun light side.
You support the community and even ran your own forum for years.

I think it's worth at least finding out a little more ? Xx

I'm planning to make my own documentary purely for the entertainment of this community.

I've had those requests over the years, too, but I've always said no because such wide exposure has always been too potentially risky for my models and collaborators in terms of careers and personal lives.

Actually, I really don't think there's any benefit at all of publicising a niche sexual fetish in mainstream media anymore. It's not 1993, it's very, very easy to find our audience on the Internet.

Agreed, I found it online back in 98 in a manner of minutes. Also the mainstream media never seems to do a very good job at presenting things from an open journalistic perspective. It's always loaded one way or another.

True, but It won't hurt to have some more material out there, to normalise it to the vanilla community like BDSM and for those people who didn't realise they are not alone in this kink (the vanilla pudding community).

I've sent them quite a wordy reply, if something can show off the fun and artistry then that's great. Whether it's me that does it is another matter.

IF what they end up publishing "normalizes" it. Keep in mind the articles published about zealots in the community who do shit like spam votes to get someone they want slimed on certain TV shows. 1 article or message like that can destroy an entire lifetime's work building it up in a second.

Like the old saying goes. "It takes months to find a customer...seconds to lose one" - Vince Lombardi

I did one of those. Got followed around for about a week I think. Never saw the results so I have no idea how it came out. I don't know if they just choose not to use the footage or what but it was a show in another country so there was no way for me to look into it.

I don't mind people asking me questions about weird things so it wasn't a negative experience for me. I could see it being hard for people who aren't social or don't know how to deal with unexpected & personal questions.

That's another thing. Whether they choose to use the content or not. OR they save the content and use it for another piece you didn't agree too. Fine print, soundbytes, taking things out of context. Personally I wouldn't do it unless I were doing it for someone I knew like Trouso or Maria.

I have a reply which is a good start, what does appeal is their openness to the community and the wide nature therein. It does seem that its the playful and artistic sides that appeals to them, which might be why I'm ticking the right boxes. There is the possibility of something being done masked - I've deliberately kept when I've shared vague but if anyone would like to know more just drop me a message.

I don't know what the teenage me would find on googling gunge nowadays but it's bound to be quite different to nearly twenty years ago...