YAS Podcast

Glen, the creator of the @gutterpuke account, is a sex worker making sex worker art.  His outlook on life and sexuality is complex and interesting.  AM had a lot to learn talking about the nuances of gender and language surrounding it, and surely you will learn more too. Through a life of transformation, Glen has also helped his family be more accepting of the LGBTQ community, after spending years within a cult.

On this episode, AMD brings back Nova Caine for a second episode.  Nova was on the show several months ago, but since then, so much has changed.  These two friends have been having a long distance friendship, having connected officially in the summer of 2019.  Since Covid, they can’t see each other but have been advocating and activating together, going through the ups and downs of the industry shifting at a rapid rate.

Kinky and AM met on an online strip show, which are a-plenty these days, thankfully.  This guest talks about how her performance work has had to change since Covid, what lobster culture in Maine is like and gives us all a mini lesson on Polyamory and Unicorn Hunters.  They discuss what it’s like working online, how the transition has been and how to keep a clean credit score.  Get some good laughs with this one.

Onyx Sachi has been putting herself and her livelihood on the line to speak up about the injustices of the strip club industry in Canada. Something that is of difference with the Canadian strip clubs is that there is an agency between the dancers and the clubs. What’s not surprising though is the agencies are exploiting the dancers. They are profiting off of strippers work in a way that’s even more egregious that the strip club owners in the US. Because she asked questions and started talking about it publicly, she’s been fired and blacklisted. It takes real guts these days to stand up and say something, and this courageous woman is an example of doing the right thing, even if it means losing parts of life that you love.

Ava Hennessy has every job under the sun.  Then she found stripping.  While admittedly, there are issues within the stripping industry, many sex workers, like Ava, have found it to be just right for them.  Originally from Ireland but currently residing in the UK, the conversation also led into talking about the differences and similarities of strip clubs overseas versus the US.  AM and Ava have crossed paths several times over the last month and finally had a chance to have a conversation with each other one on one.  Ava is incredibly moving to listen to and the sound of her voice is soothing.  She openly talked about her life and how she has developed into the incredible person she is now.  This is a lovely episode and speaks to the heart of this podcast “Strippers being amazing and doing amazing things.”

Allyson, aka @digitalgirlfriend, and AM have been having a courtship friendship online for months now.  Two kindred spirits fighting the good fight in two different states, these two correspond via Instagram.  This has become quite typical in the sex worker community these days, ever since Covid and out of the necessity to pay attention to other sex workers and their experiences during this time.  Allyson works from home, like so many of us, but began her work out of the club before Covid.  She is an entrepreneur and created succexxxful.com/ a resource for Sex Workers, which also includes health insurance for dancers.  Listen and learn more about her this babe and how she’s navigating the waters of today.

Antonia and AM were destined to meet and have spent the last two years building and working on and for Soldiers of Pole together with a team of amazing sex workers.  Antonia has been a stripper for 26 years, was one is the dancers that unionized the Lusty Lady in San Fransisco and is the founder of Soldiers of Pole.  A pioneer of strippers rights, Antonia has a wealth of experience in labor rights for our community.

This interview could have gone on and on and on… There was so much to talk about and not enough time.  Gotta bring this babe back around for part 2 asap.  GiGi is an accomplished burlesque performer and stripper.  Her ability to gab, and keep you hooked is contagious.  Because GiGi has lived in both worlds, stripper and burlesque, she has keen insight on the difference and similarities of both.  Because, yes, they are two different things!  Get lost in this convo and find out which facet she prefers, Burlesque or Stripping.

Shaun and AM have a history.  A more intimate history than most other bouncers that she’s met.  An unusual encounter with a customer led to AM reporting and incident and being dismissed, by not only the bouncer, in this case Shaun, but the manager as well.  The two talk about this incident while Shaun also let out what he dealt with in the industry.  We sometimes forget that strippers are not the only ones that deal with stigma and confusing and complex relationships at the club.  This is the first episode where we are interviewing a non-stripper, instead a strip club staffer.

This week we caught up with Jinx, an incredible writing artist and performance artist.  Like so many other sex workers, Jinx is pivoting, adapting, trying new things on for size.  AM and Jinx talk about what this new world and life is like and the feedback from new “clients” online.  They even talk about the weird ass shit (pun intended) that people ask for.  How to navigate all the things and still indulge in one’s artistry… this one is entertaining.