Confessions of a (Neuro)Spicy Producer
Confession: I’ve moaned “I should post” to myself more often than a brat moans “harder.”
Yet lately (in either scenario), there has been a distinct lack of follow-through...
Amy Elizabeth, Producer - photo by Shuttr.
Hi! I’m Amy Elizabeth, the sole producer behind Recidivist World, mother of events like Reunion, Aftercare, and S1NFUL. If you’ve stumbled into one of my events before, you’ll know they’re equal parts party, play, performance art, and chaos. And if you haven’t yet — welcome to the strange little corner of kink where I get to mash together my obsessions with underground music, theatrical spectacle, and BDSM community ethics.
Now, cards on the table: I do everything myself. When you see a poster, I designed it. When you read a caption, I wrote it. When you’re dancing, playing, or counting your breaths in a Quiet Zone, I’ve curated that moment. This is partly because ADHD hyperfocus gifts me with the ability to pick up new skills like I'm collecting Pokemon, and partly because my chronic perfectionism means I can’t quite bear to hand my brain-baby over to someone else. The doctors say it’s terminal!
Neurodivergence shapes how I craft event experiences.
Quiet Zones exist because I know what it’s like to get overstimulated. Free earplugs at the cloak room? Loud noises make me... not my best self. Sometimes I’m bursting with ideas, scribbling down sprawling plans for installations, merch designs, performers, concept events, and worlds-within-worlds. Other times, that effervescent inspiration evaporates, leaving me exhausted and staring wide-eyed at my DMs with the full-body dread of someone who is being hunted for sport.
Layer on the fun of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and clinical anxiety, and you can imagine why social media has been a little… quiet. I had to move house, then got sick, all while working my corporate events job full time. My capacity to juggle everything shrank, but my passion for creating these spaces hasn’t budged an inch.
And actually — while I was away, the Recidivist World community grew. More of you weird, wonderful humans found this space, which makes me want to keep building it to be bigger and brighter. Reunion, and everything else that emerges from it, is not just an event series: it’s my love letter to the kinky, queer, creative underground that raised me up from a dark place some time ago.
So, consider this my reintroduction. I’ll keep moaning “I should post” — and sometimes I actually will. But mostly, I’ll keep putting my limited spoons where they matter most: into producing the kind of events where you feel seen, safe, celebrated, and maybe even a little transformed.
P.S. I promise to upload the photos from S1NFUL within 5-10 business days... maybe.
Follow @REUNION and @RECIDIVIST.WORLD on Instagram and Facebook to get notified!
