Ageing as a pole dancing academic
Today I am turning 33! So I’m celebrating the only way I know how: the no chill way. By dropping my photoshoot pictures inspired by The Last Supper, through this post I reflect on ageing as a woman, as a…
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Doing both: the challenges of being a pole dancing academic
“Get you a girl who can do both – pole dance and academia” (and who gets, like, really anxious about it). “Doing both” was, for a while, my brand, something I lived and breathed, without too much thought. But as…
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Zahra Stardust interview
Dr Zahra Stardust is my academic idol and an all-around legend: a socio-legal scholar working at the intersections of sexuality, technology, law and social justice, Zahra is also a stripper from the early days of Australian pole, a former pole…
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PhD Things I Wish I’d Known About Before Starting
I'm a pole dancer WAP - With A PhD. I get many questions about things I wish I'd known about PhDs before starting, so I'm sharing them here.
Pole Dancing Academic does TikTok
Ok people, I caved in and went on TikTok. Why? Well, first of all because I wanted to corrupt the youth and bring them to the dark side. Secondly, because I was genuinely interested in how the platform dealt with…
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Should You Do A PhD?
The whole pole dancing academic persona might be newsworthy and is definitely working for me, but doing a PhD isn’t the easiest thing in the world. Sure, it has allowed me to find and focus on my area of expertise…
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PhD writing retreat at Monkton Wyld Court
I often talk about my pole or personal life on this blog, but not often enough about being an academic. A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to take part in a (university-funded) PhD writing retreat at the gorgeous…
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My Undergraduate Awards 2018 Speech
ICYMI: in mid-November I went back to Dublin to speak at The Undergraduate Awards as an alumna. This short post is about my talk, its outcome and what it means to me.
Life as a young female academic
You mostly know me/follow me for my butt-naked antics, but there is another not-so-secret part of my life that inspires me, challenges me and makes me angry everyday. I’m a PhD student, a researcher and a visiting lecturer, and I’ve…
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Dancing With Depression: Performing And Not Feeling It
The different directions my life is going into mean that I find myself in the fortunate – or, sometimes, unfortunate – position of performing very often. Although I’m very grateful for my dancing, work and presenting commitments, as someone suffering…
