I bring on the fabulous LA-based stripper, Jordan Kensley , onto the show this week! If you don't know Jordan, she is an internationally recognized and award-winning pole dancer who tours the globe frequently and fellow injustice activist. Oh, and not to mention she is one HELL OF A TALKER (which is precisely why I brought her onto the show)! We discuss in detail Instagram's tireless plight to censor sex workers, shadowbanning in all forms in both past and present, and the overall erasure of wom...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 69
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This week I will be discussing sex work and disability. If this triggers you, you may want to skip this episode. I invite disabled sex worker, Rafael Hotrod , onto the show today to speak about his sexuality, how he expresses that in his disabled state, the stigma that comes with a physical disability, finding carecaregivers and more. He has recently forayed into sex work during the pandemic after years of pondering and has finally taken the plunge. What made him do it? Is ...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 68
This week, we're flying over to POLAND to speak with sex worker and activist, Sonia Nowak . Sonia started in sex work when she was in Poland and later took those skills to London when she was going to school. There, she noticed the injustices that were occurring when it came to sex work, specifically, in regards to stripping. Are we considered as independent contractors or employees? The parameters given by the strip club she was employed at dictated what type of outfits to wear, what hours she ...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 67
We're flipping the table this week on the podcast as I bring a client onto the show - please welcome Miguel* (not his actual name). Miguel comes to the show with a plethora of experience as a loyal client of many different escorts in the city (including past guests on my show). His curiosity first originated in erotic massage parlours and then graduated to full service sex workers via Backpage and Craiglist (RIP!). Miguel shares his experiences regarding why he chooses to pay for sex, what comfo...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 49
We're talking about two of my favourite things this week: food and sex work. That, along with two of my other favourite topics on the podcast: resiliency and allyship. I catch up with Nikeisah Newton of the Portland-based, Meals 4 Heels , a late-night food delivery service fueling hungry strippers with healthy and wholesome food. It was a niche that Nikeisah identified when she left her job as a cook in Portland's restaurant scene. Wanting to support her then dancer ex-girlfriend, she packed up ...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 65
I've been following one of Vancouver's local dancers on Instagram for a little while now only to find out that she's moved down to AMERICA! Wait, what? During a global pandemic? HOW?! I caught up with Mya Banks to speak about her big move down to Washington and her new career change: a bikini barista. From stripping on western Canada's stages to club closures due to the pandemic and a heartbreaking familial situation, Mya decided it was time to pack up and leave. It was time for a new change. Wi...
Nov 15, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 64
This week, I bring on multi AVN award-winning and BBW Performer of the Year, Karla Lane , onto the podcast! We talk about her start in the porn industry (including how she lost her virginity!), how the porn industry has shifted over the past 15 years, and her favourite porn scenes to shoot. We also speak on a much deeper level when it comes to body positivity - how she learned at a young age to be comfortable in her own skin and to not compare herself with others growing up and how much she's ta...
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Curious about wanting to strip around the world and travel while doing it? Although it's still COVID, this can be a reality for you depending on where you live or may come true when the world opens up again and Angela from The Striptease Agency tells us all how to do it. An exotic dancer herself with almost 10 years of experience in the field, Angela visits and vouches for the clubs herself while building a relationship with club owners and the people that run them. After getting into stripping ...
Nov 01, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 62
We're once again flying (virtually) across the pond over to the Philippines to speak with our guest this week, Salome Salvi . She is one of the top creators on OnlyFans in the Philippines which is risky business considering you CAN'T EVEN HAVE AN ACCOUNT if you're based in the Philippines. Wild, eh? We talk about how she dropped her digital marketing career for sex work, how she got canceled and outed to her parents, how she balances sex work and relationships and so much more tea! We also discu...
Oct 25, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 61
I am very excited to bring on Sasha Belle onto the show this week! A fan favourite and highly requested guest, Sasha joins us after completing her first week back at the clubs after having a newborn baby (congrats!). Prior to her being a mom, Sasha was winning titles all over the west coast of Canada as her debut as an exotic dancer following a bad break up. Sasha just had a baby boy 6 months ago and she shares with us her struggles with being a mother, postpartum depression, mental wellbeing, a...
Oct 18, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 60
We're flipping the perspective this week and we're diving deep behind the scenes with Mo Reese . Mo is a veteran production manager, producer, and director of 15+ years of experience in the adult industry and has possibly worked with or shot with your favourite pornstars! As a photographer by trade, he ended up in the industry by accident. Since then he hasn't left the scene. Since then, he's flourished from being a stunt dick on set and creating a ton his own online content with his polyamorous...
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 42
We are flying across the pond over to Manila, the Philippines to speak with my girl, Joyen Santos , to speak about the niche art of aerial rope bondage and shibari! Joyen comes from a multidisciplinary background originating in photography and moving over to sensual movement in burlesque, floor work, stripping, pole dance and more. She is an icon in the Philippines (she is featured as a Playboy Playmate and has her own Cards of Humanity card!!) in east Asia who has established herself in the kin...
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 41
BONUS EPISODE TIME! I was invited to moderate a panel at the 2020 Sugar and Spice Sex Festival this past August alongside some of my past guests ( Jolene Salonga aka Pocket Phoenix and Naomi Vice ) and future guests ( Salome Salvi and Joyen Santos ) on the podcast. The festival took place from August 1 - 15th was a completely virtual festival based in Singapore with most of the guests and audience-members based in Asia-Pacific. The aim of the festival was to change the belief that people raised ...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Ahhhhh.... the age old adage: to come out or to not come out? I'm not referring to sexuality - I'm talking about whether to not you should come out to your coworkers. Maybe you're been working a civilian job for a while or maybe you've transitioned out of sex work and starting to work in the civilian sphere. It's not a black and white equation - it's really hard to determine whether or not you should come full circle. My guest this week, Caitlyn Marie , or her stage name, Tiffany of Hearts, spea...
Sep 20, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Is anyone else hyped about the new Starz show, "P-Valley"? I liked the show so much that I wanted to do a weekly recap on each episode but decided to do a Season 1 dissection instead with a listener! Fan of the show and podcast, London, Ontario-based dancer, Kat Daniels , joins me this week to dissect our new favourite show, P-Valley. P-Valley debuted in July and has been generally met with positive reviews by critics and sex workers. It is based in the Mississippi Delta and tells the story of t...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 55
I think by now everyone is acquainted with what's happening with Bella Thorne and the OnlyFans controversy and of course, I just had to address it on the show! I invited exotic dancer, Saskia , to join me on the show today. She's a fierce and VERY opinionated spirit hailing all the way from Montreal, Canada who wanted to share her two cents on sex worker appropriation. This is happening a lot lately. We're seeing that more and more civilians are once again, taking "interest" in sex work. There h...
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 53
A lot of the episodes on this podcast have been centred around consent, free choice and agency. I've been so focused on sharing stories of successive cases that challenge the stereotype of strippers that the media has shoved down our throats since we were born. You know what I'm talking about: substance abuse, drunk, high on drugs and the like. But what about those strippers who actually fall right into that aesthetic? They exist too and their experiences are completely valid. I speak with Portl...
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 37
We're digging deeper into the the topic of fetish, kink and BDSM with seductress, Vivika Vaughn. Vivika is a fellow exotic dancer, fire breather, and domme. She has been heavily involved in the fetish and kink communities in Vancouver, Canada. As a trained burlesque dancer, she branched off into other forms of movement to express her sexuality and sensuality and now uses her multidisciplinary skills in her fetish and kink work. We discuss specific fetishes like sissification, crossdressing, forc...
Aug 23, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 36
This week, we're diving back into the world of porn! I speak with fellow Canadian pornstar, Jesse Black , on his very unlikely entry into the porn industry, behind the scenes challenges, what it's really like in porn houses, some pro tips on how to effectively navigate around your civilian job to attend porn shoots internationally and more! Jesse identifies as a cismale and shoots from a heteronormative point of view. It's important that I cover this perspective on the podcast and also acknowled...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 35
WE ARE BACK! And by "we", I mean me! Season 2 is here and I am so excited to finally launch after weeks of bonus episodes and miniseries. Season 2 will features a plethora of guests, not to mention it will be borderless (hello international sex worker friends!), and will continue to educate sex workers and civilians on the topic of destigmatizing sex work. To kick off Season 2 of the pod, I invite Dominatrix Amber Lush onto the podcast who joins us waaaaaaay across the pond in Singapore! Amber i...
Aug 02, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 33
Continuing the Black narrative in our Black Lives Matter miniseries, we continue to showcase and highlight Black voices in our community. This week, I invited Miss Monday Blues to speak on the podcast on how White the burlesque community is, navigating with the autoimmune disease, lupus, and how that's affected her artistry and her wildly successful anti-racist coaching programs. We bring up a topic that is so blatantly obvious, even to outsiders: the Whiteness amongst burlesque dancers. Why is ...
Jul 26, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 48
It's a real bonus episode this time. I was invited to speak at Florida State University (thanks Leash!) to speak on the topic of sex work in the lens of social work, therapy, sex education and therapy . It was a complete honour to have been asked to speak to a group of aspiring and future leaders in order to better understand our industry and profession. It was an incredible opportunity to have a chance to eliminate any stereotypes or misconceptions the audience may have had prior to the class, ...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 47
I got a chance to speak with fellow off-work-due-to-COVID exotic dancer, Devon , this week. She identifies as an Afro-Indigenous and queer individual and I had the opportunity to catch up with her on the Black Lives Matter movement and Juneteenth. She had attended both of the peaceful and anti-racist rallies in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 5th and 19th and was able to contribute to the latter through song. She performed her original song, "I Can't Breathe" at Sunset Beach where th...
Jul 12, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 46
There comes a time a person's career when they realize it's time to move on. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't but it was certainly the case for Maddy Moore. The recent retiree and former exotic recently had her last booked gig at the No. 5 Orange and she reminisces on how she got started in the industry, some of the great clubs she danced at, her downtime during COVID-19 and her exciting entrepreneurial plans for the future. Whether retirement is something you've planned or something y...
Jun 28, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Continuing on with the COVID miniseries, I speak with showstopper, Nia Nebula , who reminisces on her hectic schedule of traveling around the world as a showgirl and now, having to readjust her life due to the coronavirus. Now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nia shares with us her sidetracked tour plans, her forced time off due to COVID, and her work in the fetish community. It's an insightful conversation on the stark differences between strip clubs in Canada, Europe, the USA and Australia - she's...
Jun 21, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Strip clubs are reopening again, YAY! This week we speak with Randi , an exotic dancer employed at the No. 5 Orange on her experience with the pandemic, dancing pre- and post-quarantine and new protocols that are currently in place. The No. 5 Orange is the first strip club in Canada to reopen - but of course, with new health regulations in place. What kind of standards have they instilled? What is it going to be like for future patrons and club goers? What about the safety and wellbeing of the d...
Jun 14, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 42
I'm always curious to see how sex workers are compensating for loss of revenue during this pandemic. Recently, I was invited to some Like 4 Like (L4L), Share 4 Share (S4S) and Telegram drop groups on Instagram and although I didn't stay long, I wanted to divulge into the topic. Other women I knew that were involved in the groups were Asia and Pocket Phoenix , two past guests here on the podcast (episode 2 and 23, respectively). We break down the details on what it's like to be in these giant net...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 40
This week I'm joined by Adrianne Spring , an exotic dancer based in the Westcoast of Canada. A self-proclaimed history buff, we deep dive into the historical origins of sex work, feminist roots, and how it relates to sex work today. We speak about a myriad of topics relating to the bodies of women, women's rights, abortion, sex tourism and trafficking, and online sex work. Adrianne was able to speak and touch on a plethora of subjects - we got off on a LOT of tangents this week (she LOVES to tal...
May 31, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Wow, can't believe we're on episode 3 of my COVID mini series! Thank you all for your support and tuning in! This week I speak with Sara Tonin of Vancity Vixens Cabaret (formerly Cabaret Torlage). She is fairly new to the burlesque scene in Vancouver, Canada and is also a competitive pole dancer and local actress. We speak about her multidisciplinary training and how COVID has limited her gigs, performances and competitions and the toll it has taken on her both physically and mentally. We bring ...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 38
We are STILL RECORDING! YAY!!! This week I caught up with Kordella Kosor , a traveling feature exotic dancer who was former Miss Nude World and Exotic Dancer United States. She recently relocated from Vancouver to Winnipeg due to COVID-19 which is still rampant across the globe today. She opens up on she got into the industry, competing in pageants and touring all around North America and how she has had to modify her work due to the coronavirus. Canceled tours, flights, bookings and more - we'v...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 36
