“How do you manage to pole dance so publicly while having a day job?” is one of the questions at the top of my readers’ list. Having publicly and successfully ‘come out’ as a pole dancing academic and following a…
Reels: love them or hate them, we’re gonna be stuck with them. A worldwide backlash has followed Instagram’s latest update, which pursued a video-first, TikTok-like strategy by prioritising reels more than its historic, culture-defining pictures. And people are pissed –…
Sexquisite Events is the events company you should know about, especially if you’re a pole dancer: platforming sex worker voices and raising awareness about rights in the sex industry, they hold a variety of wild and wonderful cabaret, theatre, and…
Questo post è la mia prima intervista in Italiano con Pole Junkie Europa, uno dei più grandi siti di pole outfit al mondo. Sono diventata una brand ambassador per PJ ad Aprile 2022 e, visto che sto passando l’estate in Italia,…
Being interviewed by the mainstream media can be both an exciting opportunity to share and promote your work and a nerve-wracking, reputationally challenging experience. Here are some tips about what to do when you are asked to be interviewed by…
Sex workers union United Sex Workers (USW) has launched a crowdfunding campaign to start a legal challenge against recent strip club bans pushed by the Edinburgh council. With similar bans being considered by a variety of local councils in the…
The cat is out of the bag: I can finally announce that I took part in Rankin Creative’s The UNSEEN project, shining a light on platforms’ censorship of creators. Here, I talk about why I joined The UNSEEN, sharing some…
In case you missed my pole competition spam, I’ve started competing again for the first time since becoming an instructor and since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Competing is always a transformative process for me, so naturally my latest…
PDSM – Pole Dance Stripper Movement – is a brand new pole dance competition created by stripper, activist and pole instructor Gemma Rose, whom I’ve previously interviewed for the blog. An entirely stripper-run comp, PDSM promises to shake up the…
Kheanna Walker is an international pole star and instructor, a social media powerhouse, global polewear brand Pole Junkie’s creative lead, podcast host and the latest professional winner of Pole Theatre UK Classique. Do I need to say more about why…
