YAS Podcast

There is actually not a ton of sex worker podcasts.  Not as many as we’d like to see anyway.  So Danica and AM cross paths and swap podcast interviews. This week’s guest has a podcast of her own - 50 Plus a Tip.  Danica is from Canada, is a sex worker, a podcaster and a badass.  Spreading the message of education and compassion for all types of people.

Nova Caine and AM met online through a dispute in a comment thread on Instagram. The topic? Pole dancers getting shadow banned. Nova’s point? “What did you think would happen? Be our ally. It’s the only way to fix this.” Since then, the two have bonded and have similar dreams of industry reform. Nova’s has one of the most unique ways of healing her body through dance. As a veteran, a mother and a sex worker, her perspectives come from many angles and it’s fascinating.

This call is one from across the pond.  Two like souls getting together over Zoom, listen to Rebecca (aka KatsAndCrows) and AM talk about activism.  These two have bonded over actions taken through the movement of EveryBodyVisible, an activist group that protests discriminatory practices by social media giants.  Rebecca is fierce, bold and fearless but shows us her vulnerable side as well.  Both women commiserate over the difficulties in dating life.

Danielle and AM have never met… or haven’t they?  This episodes guest is a former stripper and now pole dance studio owner of The Vertitude in Canoga Park, California.  After chatting for a bit, these two find out that they most certainly crossed paths at some point and didn’t know it.  They reminisce on the old days and talk about the deterioration of the strip club scene in Los Angeles over the last two decades.

Lulu has been a stripper for long enough to have seen the changes in the industry.  At work places that used to pay the strippers to work, she has seen the work floor morph into a more abusive and exploitative system.  AM can relate, working in Los Angeles since 2002, there is definitely a difference with how strippers work and are treated now compared to two decades ago.

The only transgender pole dance/stripper show producer in Los Angeles, Daphne is challenging the norm. Just because transgender strippers haven’t often hit the stage like other strippers, doesn’t mean it has to remain that way. She wants to allow more opportunity for her community members and create a space for them to feel the freedom of performing with acceptance and love. Daphne gives us insight on the community she represents and teaches us a thing or two.

Part two of strippers calling in: In one day we had 12 strippers total call in to the show.  We wanted to hear about what’s happening in their world before and after Covid-19.  In general, it’s imperative that the voices of strippers and sex worker are heard.  11 calls, 12 strippers, from all over America, Canada and the UK. Guests in order of call in:

Ivy

Mickey

Megan

Isis

Nikki

Victoria

In one day we had 12 strippers total call in to the show.  We wanted to hear about what’s happening in their world before and after Covid-19.  In general, it’s imperative that the voices of strippers and sex workers are heard.  11 calls, 12 strippers, from all over America, Canada and the UK.  Guests in order of call in:  Kit Monroe + Phoebe, Phoenix, Samantha Knoxx, Andrea and Stormy.

Miles Woods, aka @yungpolemaster is a stripper whisperer. He truly cares about the stripping community, is a stripper himself and has dedicated his work to supporting and teaching strippers across the country. Young and wise, AM had the chance to chat with this rising super star and he’s full of joy and love. His perspectives are fresh and his experiences are from all angles, as a male stripper who sometimes performs at all female clubs. Something not very many men can say for themselves.

Caroline is an interesting one. She has an MSW, she’s a certified social worker and therapist, she’s a fully hearing ASL interpreter. She helps deaf people experience and feel music like never before. She signs while stripping, which is probably not something that any other stripper does, and it’s amazing. She understands discrimination from working with the deaf community and she understands discrimination from being a stripper for years. AM and Caroline talk about the work she does, is doing and how discrimination is hurtful in all areas of being.