Cherry Pop is a seasoned burlesque performer and pole dancer from Cleveland, Ohio. When she’s not shaking her ass for the world to see, you can find her teaching pole at Cleveland Exotic Dance. Cherry’s mission is to show the world that all bodies and identities are sexy and deserve to show themselves off!

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Tonight we chat with Chris aka Rowan Fyre/The Gothic Celt. We chat about believing in yourself, finding your confidence, the pursuit of alternative modeling and burlesque performance while being uniquely yourself.

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Kicking off 2021 with our first guest, Jane the Dame. We catch up on the year behind us, look forward to the year ahead, chat about finding your power in your body and much more!

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As the founder of Loving Your Reflection and A Map Of My Evolution podcast , my body journey has been a complicated path. It has taken me a lifetime to learn to love and accept myself in every incarnation . I found strength in my struggles and I'm here to connect with everybody who has a body that wants to talk about their body. We will change the narrative, one story at a time, about how we view and talk about our bodies.

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Catching up with Pale Ginger Pear about her 2020 lipedema/lymphedema reduction journey. We discuss her body story, how Pale Ginger Pear came about, and the trials and tribulations of dating while plus size.

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Linnea Marie can be described as an enthusiastic advocate for self love and sex-positivity. Throughout the years of working in the medical field and distributing toys through her own website she realized that that was not enough, and decided to become a love teacher and a love dealer. She sought out workshops and certification programs to better assist her clients. She is currently enrolled in the Dr. Rachel Institute for her Certification in Clinical Sexuality Coaching. Through out the years Linnea has tried to empower the masses with knowledge of sex, sexuality, anatomy, respect, consent, and most of all, knowledge of self. She is able to share her knowledge through blogging, classes, and travels. Her ultimate goal is to encourage, educate, and sprinkle sex positive inclusive information everywhere.

She has taught one of the most popular seminars, a fellatio workshop at EXXXOTICA which is the biggest love, sex, and relationship convention in the USA. Hosted workshops including Female Orgasm, Fellatio, Sex Toy, and couples workshops up and down the east coast. For more information and bookings check out www.exxxiteme.com.

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Maehem Galaxie is one quirky queer cutie! A proud member of the Velvet Hearts! Pittsburgh, they're a nonbinary burlesque and drag performer who's been charming the stages of the 412 since April 2018 and competed in this year's regional Burlypicks! You never know what you're going to get with this sexy space cadet and they're very excited to share their story on Map of My Evolution.

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This afternoon Pucks and I discussed finding self-love during the pandemic and much more! Mx. Pucks A'Plenty is the Director of Junk in da Trunk, the Michelle Obama of Burlesque, and Seattle's Own Mxtress of Thiccness! This roguish radical is always ready to ride whether it be behind the scenes or on stage. Spreading their black queer magic where ever they go, Pucks is always in control. Pucks is also the founder and co-producer behind What the Funk?! An All POC Burlesque Festival and is the co-producer behind FIERCE! Queer Performing Arts Festival 2020. This producer is known for their solo Puckduction productions and their co productions such as A Brief Puckduction, 4 Leaf Puckduction and Nocturnal Puckduction. 

The Femme Daddy that your mother should have warned you about, Pucks is not only a performer, but a producer, stage manager and themcee for hire with wit and tit to spare. You may have seen them in VHOF (Virtual Burlesque Hall of Fame) this past August. They have performed in several festivals as well including the Buxom Blaze Burlesque Festival, Savannah Burlesque Festival, FIERCE! Queer Performing Arts Festival, Edmonton Burlesque Festival, They/Them Festival, Disabilitease Festival as well as performed in The Body Political in San Francisco and as a guest performer with Bless Your Heart Burlesque in San Diego and Gritty City Sirens of Tacoma. They are also the current Mx. Congeniality of the 2019 Savannah Burlesque Festival.

"The They/Them/Yas Queen of Burlesque" is Mx. Pucks A'Plenty and they have #nopucksgiven.   

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Luna La Crème is a nonbinary burlesque performer, drag king and all over cosmic cutie!

Starting their performer life in dance classes as a kid, musicals in high school, and as a Rocky Horror shadowcaster; Luna found their way to the Steel City Burlesque Academy and became a 2014 graduate of the Academy.

Since 2014, Luna has been performing burlesque in Pittsburgh and around the United States including in Denver, Richmond, Rochester, and St. Louis.

They are a proud member of Hot Metal Hardware, the Smokin Betties, and is a veteran member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Players (Pittsburgh's Rocky Horror Shadow Cast). Luna is also multi-award winning, most recently winning the 2020 Pittsburgh Burlypicks Master of Comedy and Lip Sync, as well as the 2018 Pittsburgh Pride Femme Fatale title. Luna is also co-producer and host of Shine, a digital open stage open to give all performers a place to Shine!

They are the tantalizing tiny moonlit pearl of Pittsburgh, Luna La Crème!

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September is PCOS Awareness Month and I am happy to chat with some amazing guests on A Map of My Evolution podcast about their experience with PCOS and how it relates to their body story.

I had the pleasure of meeting our next guest back in 2018. I am excited to speak with them and hear their story tonight on Episode 17 of A Map Of My Evolution podcast.

Rawiyah Tariq (they/them) uses ritual, massage, storytelling and performance art as tools to liberate, heal and reclaim space for marginalized community. They believe in cohesive and somatic healing practices that align body, mind and spirit.

Currently, Rawiyah is living in the Bay Area while continuing work on their book and A Sovereign Embodiment as well as providing care to Black Queer & Trans therapists via Project Ete Sen with Ella Ofori LMFT and launching a Black centered podcast My Black Body Podcast with Jessica Wilson MSRD.

Connect to them on social media via facebook, twitter and instagram or follow them at their blog. You can also catch them as a feature in the film Fattitude and Heavenly Brown Body.

https://www.instagram.com/mammyisdead/ @mammyisdead

https://mammyisdead.com/

https://www.asovereignembodiment.org/

https://www.projectetesen.org/

https://www.myblackbody.org/

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