Strip Down, Rise Up is a Netflix documentary released this weekend, exploring the healing power of pole dancing, particularly among abuse survivors. As a pole instructor, survivor, academic and blogger I was excited about it – it had the potential…
Kicking off my website revamp (thanks, Antimo!) with a review of Dragonfly, the European polewear brand that has been making my lockdown training comfier and more comfortable. Read on to find out what I thought of some of their best-sellers!…
Vertical Joe‘s and its Twerk Technicians training are a household name in the pole dance industry. Having really enjoyed gaining my certification, and knowing Torwa Joe a.k.a. Fiya Starta’s way with words and educational videos, I have been wanting to…
Going to a (virtual or offline) twerk class can be daunting for complete beginners – and I was bad when I first started in 2016. Four years and an instructor training certification later, I wanted to help beginners with twerk…
In my first interview of 2021, I speak with leading social media expert – and former uni classmate – Unsah Malik. Unsah’s SLASHED IT eBook and the advice it shared massively helped me grow my following and launch the petition…
I’m super excited to end 2020 on the blog with this review of the Foxy Cleopatra Empress box set by Empress Mimi. Read on to find out why this gorgeous set was the perfect gift – even for a 2020…
Instagram have updated their Terms of Use, with the new changes happening from 20 December. The new Terms are a further attempt to deplatform nudity, sex, sex workers and any content that the platform might deem as sexual, in a…
This year I’ve taught a lot of offline and online private classes to pole dancers. In this quick post, I share my tips to help students make the most out of them. 1ï¸âƒ£ Know what you want to learn in…
Lockdowns may mean digital sex if you don’t live with a partner. Even before Lockdown 2, I’ve been doing a lot of interviews about trying to improve our now digital sex lives, focusing on how to make the most out…
How has Covid changed teaching and learning pole dance? In this post, I share my two cents arising from my experience of teaching pole online and offline during the pandemic, focusing on three main elements: the offline vs offline dilemma,…
