***TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and human (sex) trafficking.*** I am very excited to bring on this fan-requested episode with Amy-Marie Merrell, the Executive Director of The Cupcake Girls , a non-profit organization based in the USA providing confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as well as trauma-informed outreach, advocacy, resources and aftercare to those affected by sex trafficking. The Cupcake Girls aims to help support sex trafficking v...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 193
Y'all, it's here! Season 6 has officially landed and I am so excited to kick off this brand new season with this feisty firecracker, Marcela Alonso . Marcela is a digital content creator and the host of the sex worker podcast, Get Schooled. She brings on decades of experience in our industry including many years as an exotic dancer, a dominatrix, cam model and content creator. Marcela started off as a survival sex worker in the mid-90s and speaks to that time where there wasn't much diversity. S...
Apr 30, 2023•58 min•Season 6Ep. 192
We're taking a bit of a turn this week and will be learning more about polyamory. To help us guide this conversation, we speak with film director, producer and actor, Stephanie Sellars . Stephanie produced Lust Life Love , a slight autobiographical film about her experience navigating polyamory in New York City. Although Sellars isn't a current sex worker herself, it was interesting in indicating the overlap that polyamory has with sex work. Polyamory, "multiple loves" originating in Greek mytho...
Apr 23, 2023•58 min•Season 5Ep. 191
***TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of sexual assault, rape and race play.*** Since we are all such different beings, I was really curious to see how others in our community practice self-care. Self-care might look different from one person to another to I was happy to connect with all you listeners for your input so thank you for submitting! A lot of you expressed disconnecting from social, immersing yourselves in nature and treating yourself in fancy meals or retail therapy. I was interested in hearin...
Apr 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 190
It's a glorious long weekend here in Canada and since you're all at home (or maybe hustling!), I wanted to bring you a great episode with none other than Leya Tanit. Leya is the founder of Pineapple Support , therapy and additional support for sex workers. Leya, a long-time veteran in the BDSM space identified early on in her career that there was a lack of accessible therapy in the SW community. Because our work is so highly stigmatized, it can be challenging for SWers to find therapists who ar...
Apr 09, 2023•58 min•Season 5Ep. 189
You're in for a treat this week! I speak to the lovely creator, Katie Davis , this week to speak about the evolution of camming and other parts of the sex industry. We speak about the good 'ol days on KIK and how that moved on over to Premium SnapChat, camming platforms, and over to the explosion of paid subscription sites. Katie shares her personal journey in sex work and how it's led to her leading a life she might not have ever imagined. Katie's observations into the future might hold for sex...
Apr 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 188
***TRIGGER WARNING: Mentioning of suicide.*** What does a physicist and sex work got to do with each other?! Well, I am bringing on Zeus of Olympus Mons onto the show this week. Zeus is a trained physicist, sex worker (and all around teddybear!) who helps take down leaked content of sex workers down for free. Zeus brings in over 15 years of experience of taking leaked or stolen content down starting from when he was in highschool. After witnessing his peers at school getting blackmailed and hear...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 187
At the beginning of this season, we were introduced to the legal structure of sex work and what that might look like in Nevada. I pry deeper into the subject with legal courtesan, sexual educator, and sex work advocate, Alice Little , onto the show this week. She brings her years of expertise as a sexual educator, her lived experience as a legal courtesan and her vast knowledge on sex worker rights and advocacy to the forefront in this episode. We talk in lengths about the steps that she took to...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 186
Excited to bring on p0rnstar, Sophia Locke , onto the show this week! Sophia was a MAJOR cam model at the top of her game until *poof* - one day she just disappeared. She had left the adult industry so abruptly due to her ex-husband which we go into detail of and speak of the boundaries they had set in place for their relationship. We also speak about how Sophia went from the industry, to vanilla work, and back to the adult industry and how she was still able to come out on top (literally and fi...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Ahhhhh, this is a highly anticipated episode! I am very excited to bring on friend and fellow workaholic, MelRose Michaels of SWCEO onto the show this week to speak about emerging technologies surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). Why might this be a topic of interest, you ask? With so much attention diverting to AI-run software, platforms, and simulations, there was a lot of chatter going on in various communities I am part of to speak about how AI might affect SWers. We address topics like...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 184
It’s a jam-packed episode this week! I speak with Top 0.1% OnlyFans and TikTok creator, Cami Strella , this week to speak about her experience in a multilevel marketing (MLM) scheme and what that had taught her. Her story may have been a long one but because MLMs occur to many BIPOC people and vulnerable groups, we wanted to share her story to provide perspective and how her escape bled into her entry into sex work. After leaving the organization she was involved in, Cami put herself through sch...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 183
I haven't done a proper episode dedicated to virtual reality so why not bring the VR queen on herself? I'd like to introduce Banksie onto the show this week. If you've never heard of Banksie, she is also known as the queen of camming and has spoken on numerous panels, adult shows and workshops on her knowledge of the adult industry from the perspective of a cam model. Banksie shares with us her knowledge of virtual reality and opens up on where she thinks it is going. After being presented with ...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 182
Eeeee, I love love LOVED recording this episode with my new friend, Kristel Penn , of Grooby. Kristel is the Creative and Editorial Director at Grooby, a 2-time award-winning XBIZ Executive, runs the Trans Erotica Awards (TEAs), founder of Ikigai Marketing and outspoken advocate for trans folks in the SWer community. I brought Kristel onto the show to reflect on our time during the busy awards season in Las Vegas and Los Angeles this past month and Kristel sheds light on what really goes on behi...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 181
Big episode ahead! Very excited to have adult entertainment lawyer, Corey Silverstein, of Silverstein Legal onto the show. Corey is one of the premier adult attorneys in the biz and has many independent creators, adult talent and major corporations backed on his list of clientele. Having been in the adult industry sine the 90s, Corey shifted careers and went on to study law at Purdue University and has been practicing as the managing attorney at Silverstein Legal for 13+ years. He understands th...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 180
It's time! I've got another great episode for you all and this week, I bring on newfound friends in the community, JR and Jazmine Cruz ! JR and Jazmine are a married couple based out of Georgia and are both involved in the swinging lifestyle and sex work. Jazmine, a model and exotic dancer, started to venture off in to content creation and porn a few years ago while her husband, JR occasionally helped her out on shoots and the like. After being a witness to many productions and helping out on se...
Jan 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 179
Are you a sex worker looking to get professional services done because you don't have time, the capacity, or the energy? Or, are you a multifaceted sex worker or ally that has tangible skills to bring to the table to sell? Or perhaps you might just be looking to support other sex workers and their work to keep it in the community? Whatever your story is, you'll want to hear this week's episode with Merrick Monroe of SW Rolodex . SW Rolodex is an online marketplace, similar to Fiverr, designed fo...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 178
Remember that story in the news not too long ago about a teacher whom got fired for having an OnlyFans? Well, I've gotten a hold of that teacher and she is on the podcast this week to share her story. Sarah Juree is an OnlyFans creator, mother of two, and former teacher. Sarah, a teacher of over 20 years of experience, was blasted on social media, her private nude photos taken and shared without her consent and exposed for having an OnlyFans. As a single mother, Sarah joined the platform to supp...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 177
I'm really excited to bring on legendary dominatrix, Alexandra Snow , onto the show this week. Alex has been an icon in the dominatrix space of our community for almost two decades. She is not only a well-known dominatrix, but she was also a mentor to many aspiring dominatrices-to-be. I invited her onto the show to speak about the documentary that centers around her, aptly titled, Wicked Eden , which shares the name of her dungeon in Columbus, Ohio. The documentary focuses on Alex's experience a...
Jan 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 176
First episode of...2023!? Yes, we're here! To kick this year off, I've brought on Gemma Rose of Pole Dance Stripper Movement UK (PDSMUK) to come onto the show! Gemma is a pole dance instructor, stripper, content creator, and the founder of PDSMUK. Gemma is excitedly launching the first stripper competition in the UK later this month which I was stoked to talk to her about. In previous, pole [hobbyist/sport] competitions have left no room for strippers. For gatekeeping and restricting costumes an...
Jan 01, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 175
Merry Christmas everyone! I am giving you the gift of sex positivity and herpes simplex virus (HSV) awareness today with my guest, Trisha of Safe Slut ! Trisha is a safe sex advocate and is big on Instagram and TikTok for her transparency of living with HSV 2. A fan requested that I reach out to her for all of the awareness work that she does so I was stoked when she was willing to come on to share her story. As human beings, we all have sex. As sex workers, some of us choose to engage in FSSW, ...
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 174
I’m switching things up a bit as we dive into the craziness of the holiday season! Giving you and super informative episode this week with Belle di Lorenzo , the founder of Goh!ddess . I was really excited to hear from Belle as she shares with us the ancient technique of pompoir. Pompoir is the sensual technique of training your vaginal walls to tighten, squeeze, and twist which can do all sorts of fun things to a penis or toy while maximizing vaginal orgasms. I feel in mainstream media we hardl...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 173
I am so happy to finally release this episode with Vanessa Eve of Streamate . Vanessa is the Director of Community Relations and is transitioning out of her previous role in adult talent recruitment. Coming from a stripping background, we speak about her experience in how she started working on the corporate side of adult, finding balance and not "selling out", protecting and maintaining the partnerships she's made with talent over the years and her initiatives, Elevate and Tea Time. Vanessa has...
Dec 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 172
We've all been there. Burnout. Sex workers are no stranger to burnout. As independent contractors, we are not always in the position to say no to work so I invite adult performer, Spencer Bradley , onto the show to share their experiences on how they deal with it all. Having worked as a stripper previously, we compare and contrast just how vastly different working as a dancer is vs. working on-screen in pornography. The luxury and privilege of having the choice to not go to work or hide in the c...
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 171
***TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of incest, rape, and sexual assault.*** This has been a long-awaited episode that's been in the works over the past couple seasons so I am thrilled to finally bring on Lily Craven onto the show! Lily is an adult performer in pornography who specializes in MILF and mommy dom content. What is it that attracts so many people to this particular content? It is, after all, one of the most popular genres in porn. But what makes it so popular? Surely, the people who find this...
Nov 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 170
With Twitter being observed as the next platform to go down, it's important that we look at other avenues to keep our online presence alive. We've talked about diversifying in the past but hey, those platforms can disappear in a minute as well. We've briefly mentioned it before but it's becoming more and more apparent that having your own personal website might be the best way to go. I've invited my webmaster, Anthony of Fox Digital, to come onto the show to have a candid discussion about the im...
Nov 20, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 169
I know I don't post bonus episodes anymore but today is an exception! I guest lectured recently at Florida State University in their Human Sexuality class where I spoke to class of eager and curious students about sex work. It's always a pleasure to speak to this class and every cohort is different and I so very much appreciate the respectfulness and all of the questions that were asked in class. Thanks Alicia for having me! Watch the video exclusive + bonus episodes only on Patreon: patreon.com...
Nov 13, 2022•51 min•Season 5Ep. 168
***TRIGGER WARNING*** Mention of money talk, body image, sexual assault.*** It's about time I conducted this long-awaited episode about Reddit with my colleague, Suki Jade! Suki is a FSSWer, Twitch and Discord streamer, the Social Media Director at PS Group, and Reddit pro. Having been in the industry for 10 years, Suki's done it all. She speaks to us about her background and as an undiagnosed person on the spectrum explains to us why SWer has been her career of choice. Having been an early adop...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 167
***TRIGGER WARNING*** Mention of the Robert Pickton case; murder and assault.*** I know so many SWers that have PHDs or that are working towards getting their PHDs. Moreover, there are people outside the scope of our community who are studying us and are constantly on the lookout for SWers with lived experience to share their experiences to contribute to their research. Even with the best intentions and ethics set in place, there are times where SWers are still getting exploited in this space fo...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 166
***TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of substance abuse*** Love this intimate conversation with FSSWer, Charlee Beckett . Charlee has dabbled in many forms of SW over the past decade and comes on the show this week to speak to us about her battle with substance addiction. She has had a long relationship with alcohol and various drugs throughout her late teens and adulthood. We speak about the parallels of the hospitality industry and SW and speak about how substances can be intertwined within our work. C...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 165
I can't believe it's taken me this long to record and episode on the legalization of sex work. I know that I advocate for the decriminalization of sex work, but I also think it is fair that we hear from those who are working in a legal capacity. That's why I was so excited when I got the opportunity to interview with Ariel Ganja , a legal courtesan based in the state of Nevada, in the USA. Ariel works at the famed Chicken Ranch just outside of Las Vegas which is a legal, licensed brothel. I was ...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 164
