“Fawning” is an activation response where people do things they don’t want to do and often don’t feel good about it afterwards. This spectrum of behavior can range from appearing to consent to things you’re not interested in through appearing to go along with activities that are retraumatizing. Fawning can therefore make having consensual interactions complicated for all involved. Whether you or someone you are playing with engages in fawning, it can be difficult to recognize the warning signs due to the lack of general awareness around these behaviors. Disrupting fawning is especially important within kink and BDSM spaces where intentional power dynamics are often at play, and where pick-up play means that decisions are often made within a short period of time and sometimes with unfamiliar play partners. We all deserve to have consensual experiences where we feel safe to share our needs, and this workshop will help you develop the tools to get you and those you play with there.