TW: sexual assault and abuse, grooming, bullying, threats, talk of suicide, racism.

Raquel Skellington (she/her), the world’s first full-time professional LARPer, tells the story of how she built her career, survived a traumatic public character assassination during the peak of cancel culture, and now represents some of the biggest companies in the LARP sphere. She also shares her thoughts about being the first pro LARPer as a woman of color, and what that means for her.

00:02:06 -- Meet Raquel!

00:13:02 -- “LARP fundamentally changed me”

00:22:49 -- Becoming a professional LARPer

00:39:38 -- When modeling and LARPing converge

00:47:59 -- Surviving a racially fueled public attack

01:06:51 -- Recovery and growth

01:21:21 -- What keeps Raquel going

Sims series -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims

House of the Dead 2 -- https://bit.ly/39cqL25

Civilization series -- https://bit.ly/3zpXWK9

Paladins -- https://www.paladins.com/

Dystopia Rising -- http://www.dystopiarisinglarp.com/

Dammerung -- https://www.larpcoop.com/dammerung

Calimacil -- https://calimacil.com/?aff=117

Ateliers Nemesis -- https://ateliers-nemesis.com/en/

Drachenfest US -- https://www.drachenfest.us/

Support my show! www.bubblegumbitchcraft.etsy.com

Guest -- Raquel Skellington, https://raquel-skellington.carrd.co/

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