My relationship with how I perform pole dance has been changing in parallel with my relationship with social media platforms as a scholar, activist, content creator and performer. I’ve been reflecting on it for quite a while, and now that…
During a high-profile pole dance competition in Spain last week, a group performed a routine holding signs saying that pole dance was “not stripping,” and pretended to strangle a stripper on stage. A social media backlash ensued, and my two…
I deleted Twitter, and my first blog post of 2026 – the first in a new job, the first where I put my goal of being less online into practice – is all about why I’ve finally decided to abandon…
Coming back to writing on this blog after a few months’ unplanned hiatus to make a statement: I want to blog more, and post on social media less. So consider this article a manifesto for writing lovers in the age…
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…
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…
Social media can be invaluable resources for pole dancers, connecting us with fellow polers all over the world, providing inspiration and helping us promote our work. But social media can also be draining, disheartening spaces of self-doubt, censorship and comparison.…
The Manifesto for Sex-Positive Social Media is the resource naked and sex-posi online communities, from pole dancers to sex workers, from educators to artists and activists, needed in our lives. Why? Because I for one am tired of hearing: “Yeah…
My experience on TikTok is yet another example of why social media users have very little rights. This should worry us all.
In my first interview of 2021, I speak with leading social media expert – and former uni classmate – Unsah Malik. Unsah’s SLASHED IT eBook and the advice it shared massively helped me grow my following and launch the petition…
