Babes Of Valhalla

Darby and Charlie talk about the best way to conduct yourself as a dancer in the workplace. What the rules versus the unspoken rules? How do you navigate a new club? What is a baby striper? We are here to talk about it all.

So buckle up buttercup, we are about to get polite up in here. 

Welcome to the first Story Time With Sluts of Season 2! For our Mothers Day episode Darby shares a letter of all the things she wishes she could tell her own Mother. 

Honoring the recently passed "Patron Saint of Sex Work", today's episode looks at the life and achievements of Margo St. James. Advocate, organizer, and all-around badass, Margo helped shift policy, start some of the first sex worker rights organizations, and established the first peer-to-peer clinic for the community. 

-Sources used for this episode-

-Seelye, Katharine Q. "Kit". "Margo St. James, Advocate for Sex Workers, Dies at 83." Newyork Times, 2021.

- Langer, Emily. "Margo St. James, Outspoken Advocate for Sex Workers, Dies at 83."

Washington Post, 2021.

-SJIDirector. "Margo St. James Bio." Saint James Infirmary Clinic.

- Kane, Peter-Astrid. "Margo St. James, Patron Saint of Sex Work, has Died." Them, 2021.

- Aron, Nina Renata. "At the Hookers Ball, Strippers, Dancers, and Activists Took Over San Francisco and Partied for Sex Workers' Rights." Timeline, 2018.

-Margostjames.com

-Wikipedia."Margo St. James." 2021.

-Wikipedia. " St. James Infirmary Clinic." 2021

-Wikipedia. " Paul Avery" 2021.

We're Back! Interplanetary space ladies, Darby and Charlie, have returned for the first episode of season two!

This episode is a short and sweet intro, catching you cuties up on what we have been doing, what we plan on doing, and what we would like to do on the show. 

This is final episode of season 1! The Babes look back on their first season, the challenges and joys of podcasting and their hopes for the future.

Thank you for everyone who has tuned into the Babes of Valhalla, Season 1. We look forward to coming back in 2021 for season 2!

Whether you're a long-time customer, never been in a club, or thinking of pursuing it as a future career this episode is all about pulling back the curtain to see what goes on behind the scene. In this two-part episode, we go over auditioning, basic elements of the club, rules, and workings of the stage/ lap dances, how the money gets split up, and how security works. 💸 So if you're ready to complete your basic Strip Club knowledge listen to The In's and Out's Part 2. 

Whether you're a long-time customer, never been in a club, or thinking of pursuing it as a future career this episode is all about pulling back the curtain to see what goes on behind the scene. 

In this two part episode, we go over auditioning, basic elements of the club, rules and workings of the stage/ lap dances, how the money gets split up, and how security works. 💸

So if you're ready for the 101 listen to The In's and Out's Part 1 and stayed tuned for next weeks Part 2.

We've talked to others about strange and unusual things, but now its our turn to discuss the kinks we've encountered in the workplace, ones we hope to explore in our personal lives and where we draw the line on sexy escapades. ⁠

This episode sticks its pretty little toe into the the sticky, maybe a little graphic, waters of fetishism.

References

Why Are People Into That?! with Tina Horn

http://whyarepeopleintothat.com/ 

FetLife- Social Network for the BDSM, Fetish & Kinky Community.

https://fetlife.com/

This episode is all about social anxiety and sex work. How the club environment can push us to expand our boundaries and, at the same time, intensify social fears. 

My anxiety has been with me most of my life and when I started working in the club I thought I was the only one experiencing an ebb and flow of panic. And while I certainly don't have is under control I am trying to manage it, accepting it as continual work in progress. 

If you have stories of social anxiety or tips on managing it (in life, in SW) please send them in. We would love to share!

Referances

Dancing with B E L L A 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DancingWithBELLA/videos

Join Darby on a segment of "Histories, Harlots and Heros" for this week she will be delving into the story of Mata Hari THE sugar baby, erotic dancer and international spy of the early 20th century.

Great Spies of the 20th Century EP. 16 Season 1 [Motion picture on Film]. (2005). United States: History Channel.

Mata Hari. (2020, August 12). Retrieved September 15, 2020, from https://www.biography.com/performer/mata-hari

Mata Hari. (2020, September 12). Retrieved September 15, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari