In the past year, I have been upping my pole dance video game by booking professional showreels with film-maker, pole dancer and university lecturer Zeta Spyraki. We love a versatile babe! Zeta has the power to make me look like…
After the Blackstage Talks: Breaking Moulds panel I was honoured to have chaired, I have been sitting on a lot of thoughts following the incredibly generative conversations we had with pioneers in our industry. As a result, this blog post…
Questo mese ho fatto parte di PDSM, Pole Dance Stripper Movement, la gara di pole dance di Gemma Rose. PDSM è una gara creata da una spogliarellista per celebrare le origini della pole dance. Visto che avviene in uno strip…
ICYMI, this month I competed in Gemma Rose‘s PDSM, aka Pole Dance Stripper Movement, an entirely stripper-run pole competition celebrating the origins of our industry. And I got fully naked for it. For the first time. So I thought the…
Content dominates our social media feeds, while the process of making, sharing and critiquing it is central to many people’s work and personal lives. As a platform governance scholar specialising in the creator economy, a content creator and a culture…
On November 3rd I competed in Skripped Down, my first professional international pole dance competition, where I also won the 2023 Philanthropist Award for my anti-censorship work. Skripped Down was an unforgettable night – read on to find out my…
Cancel culture is a divisive term in itself: is it a long-awaited form of accountability or is it digilantism? Is it popular justice in the face of the authorities’ failure, or just an emotionally taxing social media pile-on? And what…
“I’m going to Sardinia – got any recommendations?” is one of the questions I get asked the most from both friends and followers – funnily enough, even more than: “What do your parents think about your pole dancing?” (Short answer:…
Riot Party is an intersectional, inclusive and anti-slut shaming sex positive rave that centres and celebrates marginalised communities – and particularly sex workers. In this Q&A, the founders tell me about why a sex worker centred play party is what…
Rachael Gisella is Jamaican born, London bred full-time pole instructor and performer now based in Lisbon. Known for all things choreography and low flow, Rachael has become an almost instant pole star: a world class performer who has pole danced…
