If you’re part of the pole dancing or performing world, the name Cutie Whippingham will most likely fill you with awe. Why? Because the alias associated with Leila Davis – a professional pole performer, instructor, model, movement coach and brand…
This blog post is an interview with the legend that is Hijabiluscious, a.k.a. Neda, the Muslim, Los Angeles-based pole dancer behind the hilarious, viral Instagram account of the same name. Neda’s content always gives me food for thought and makes…
Upon my return from a full-on weekend of pole events in Manchester, I thought I’d write up a quick “back to the pole world” post to reflect on my experiences as a newbie travelling pole dance instructor in our uncertain…
You probably noticed from your Insta that a new account has been teasing pole dancers about an upcoming London competition. That’s right: there’s a new pole dance competition on the block, and it’s going to be bloody sexy. This post…
It’s happening: I’m finally addressing my relationship with my feminism, which I call ‘hypocrite’. This is a post I’ve always wanted to write, but that I’m writing just now, on the back of recent conversations I’ve had in the pole…
Happy Christmas 2023 pole dance gift guide! Sure, Christmas gift guides are a capitalist excuse to encourage people to spend money. But also, pole dancing is a fairly niche subculture of naked people that aren’t always understood by their loved…
At the Pole Weekender, I had the privilege and pleasure to listen to Ela Aur’s seminar about how the pole dance industry can do better to include and cater for fat polers. This blog is a summary of Ela’s talk.…
On the first week of November 2021 I attended my first Pole Weekender as a speaker, instructor and judge. I am still buzzing from the experience so, naturally, I wrote a whole blog post about it. What is Pole Weekender?…
This post is a review of Bloom, a free, online, remote platform offering trauma-informed courses helping survivors heal from abuse. Just last year, 2.3 million adults aged 16 to 74 years experienced domestic abuse in the United Kingdom, while 1.6…
Something’s up with activist Instagram in Italy: the accounts of high-profile feminist, queer, LGBTQIA+, survivor sex- and body-positive activists are being deleted, sometimes twice in a week. I spoke with some of them to try and figure out what’s happening.…
