In October I was a guest speaker and performer at Exotic Hell, Elvira Langdon’s brand-new pole dance competition which promised to be the first openly transfeminist pole competition in Italy, platforming and centring sex workers and the erotic. In case you missed it, here’s what went down at Exotic Hell. Exotic Hell: the competition The […] The post Exotic Hell – year one appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

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 dance instructor, porn performer, director and activist building a career in intimacy education alongside academia. […] The post Zahra Stardust interview appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

Following recent safety concerns at competitions, mentions of a governing body for the pole dance industry have been floating around again. My name has been made a few times as someone who may be interested in taking part in it, and while I am running out of spoons, I wanted to write about things to […] The post Governing pole dance: why is it so difficult?  appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

I’ve decided to take a break from competing in pole dance competitions, meaning that PDSM, which you may have read about here, will be my last comp for a while. In this blog post, I explain why I wasn’t enjoying competing, why I competed in the first place and what I like and don’t like […] The post Competing: why I’m taking a break appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

In the past year, I have been upping my pole dance video game by booking professional showreels with film-maker, pole dancer and university lecturer Zeta Spyraki. We love a versatile babe! Zeta has the power to make me look like a fucking rockstar in my own music video, so I wanted to make sure you […] The post Zeta Spyraki on pole dance and film-making appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

After the Blackstage Talks: Breaking Moulds panel I was honoured to have chaired, I have been sitting on a lot of thoughts following the incredibly generative conversations we had with pioneers in our industry. As a result, this blog post is a personal account sharing reflections on some of the things Cutie Whippingham, Beanie The […] The post Reflecting on the Blackstage Talks panel appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

Questo mese ho fatto parte di PDSM, Pole Dance Stripper Movement, la gara di pole dance di Gemma Rose. PDSM è una gara creata da una spogliarellista per celebrare le origini della pole dance. Visto che avviene in uno strip club, ho pensato che fosse l’occasione perfetta per finire di ballare nuda. Quindi beccatevi questo […] The post Nuda per la prima volta a PDSM appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

ICYMI, this month I competed in Gemma Rose‘s PDSM, aka Pole Dance Stripper Movement, an entirely stripper-run pole competition celebrating the origins of our industry. And I got fully naked for it. For the first time. So I thought the experience deserved its own blog post, showing off all the gorgeous pictures Richard Sayles took […] The post Getting naked for PDSM appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

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 enthusiast, content is both my job and a source of income, a hobby and a […] The post Everything is content and I am tired appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more

On November 3rd I competed in Skripped Down, my first professional international pole dance competition, where I also won the 2023 Philanthropist Award for my anti-censorship work. Skripped Down was an unforgettable night – read on to find out my experience with the comp and how it sits within the pole competition industry. About Skripped […] The post Skripped Down: back to the comp life appeared first on Blogger On Pole ..read more