Akila Cristiano is the owner of one of London’s newest, most successful pole dance studios. She is also a friend, a fantastic boss, a self-taught pole queen, a neurodivergent instructor and an all-round ray of sunshine. I’m super honoured to…
Here’s my first interview with the iconic pole dance photographer Ray Marsh, who tells me about her photography journey and about her pole and photography studio, The Pole Nook. How I met Ray Marsh Ray Marsh – aka Rachel Marshall…
In case you missed it, I have stopped teaching. This month, I’ve made the very difficult and painful decision to not be a regular, weekly pole instructor anymore. I won’t be teaching my Tuesday classes at the lovely Akila Pole…
“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…
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…
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…
I’m a Pole Junkie brand ambassador! Now that the cat is out of the bag, I am celebrating the reveal by interviewing the global polewear brand’s founders, Heather Laughland and Kirsten Fairlie, to shine a light on the team behind…
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…
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…
