267. "I Joined a Sex Cult": Star Stone on Onetaste, Toxic Empowerment & Cult Culture

About this episode

Star Stone discusses her experiences in the Onetaste sex cult and the implications of toxic empowerment in such communities.

NYC-based comedian, actor, and storyteller Star Stone (@starstonespeaks) joins us to talk about the years she spent inside Onetaste, a Bay Area "sexual wellness" group that built a multi-million dollar operation around a 15-minute clitoris stroking practice and is now better known for being investigated by the FBI. Star takes us through the sex education gap that primed her for it, the relationship that kept her there, the empowerment language that quietly turned coercive, and the long road back to her own desires. In this episode: Why Star (and basically every millennial woman) ended up Googling her own anatomy in her 20s, and how that vacuum is exactly what predatory communities count on How "edge work" gets weaponized: when "lean into your edge" becomes a way to talk you past your own no, and what to listen for before you sign anything The exact red flags Star wishes she'd clocked sooner (absolute promises, paywalls disguised as inner circles, "you're blocked, that's why you need the course," and the universal cult truth: there's always land) What actually happened inside Onetaste: the practice, the paid intros, the group rooms, the moment the FBI investigation quietly ended…

People in this episode

Hosts: Emma Norman, Cass Anderson

Guest: Star Stone

Topics covered

• cult culture
• sexual wellness
• toxic empowerment
• sex education
• coercion
• personal recovery

Keywords

• Onetaste
• Star Stone
• cult
• sexual wellness
• FBI investigation
• toxic empowerment
• sex education
• coercion
• personal recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onetaste, FBI

Places: NYC, Bay Area, California

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