I’m sitting here writing this on Sunday December 30th, at the exit station of this rollercoaster of a year. Looking back in exhausted bewilderment at the 365 days just gone. Thinking ‘What the f%#k was that?’ For me, 2018 has proved to be a major evolutionary stage. I’m still coming to terms with this transformation… Continue reading 2018: What The F%#k was That??
Tag: Women
Paid To Dance Blogging Series Exclusive Interview: Julz Divine
Dancer Name/s: Julz Divine Age started dancing & where: In Europe. What did you do before dancing? I was just out of school, studying psychology at university part time, giving private French lessons and working as a sales rep for a local TV channel selling advertising space to businesses. I was living with my mum… Continue reading Paid To Dance Blogging Series Exclusive Interview: Julz Divine
From The Outside Looking In: Michael, The Club Manager
I was a chef for seventeen years before I started managing a gentleman’s club, leading a team of twenty-two chefs over five kitchens. I loved working in hospitality, but eventually I decided to throw it all away. I landed a job as an operations manager at a gentleman’s club, organising bar stock and preparing the… Continue reading From The Outside Looking In: Michael, The Club Manager
The Women of Paid To Dance: Telling Their Stories
Paid To Dance: Stripping Past & Present is a comprehensive insight into the stripping industry, from its origins to its modern day evolution. Everyday women share stories of working in gentleman’s clubs, paying their way through university, funding travel and even escaping homelessness and crime. Parents and partners offer intriguing perspectives of their loved one’s… Continue reading The Women of Paid To Dance: Telling Their Stories
From The Outside Looking In: Helen, The Mother of a Stripper
Helen: The Mother When my daughter Olivia voiced her interest in becoming a dancer, my immediate reaction was to think, “Okay, this is something she wants to do, so let’s look into it.” I didn’t have an overall negative feeling about the suggestion. Olivia was eighteen years of age at the time and exploring different… Continue reading From The Outside Looking In: Helen, The Mother of a Stripper
An Exotic History: The Geisha
In the Far East, the geisha training system was founded in Japan in the 11th Century to promote the economic self-sufficiency of women. The geisha held high social status, and it was for that stated purpose that the geisha training system was established quite admirably in Japanese society, where there were very few pathways for… Continue reading An Exotic History: The Geisha
An Exotic History: American Showgirls
The first American showgirls emerged in the United States in 1907, created by producers such as Florenz Zigfried and Margaret Kelly Leibovici, otherwise known as Miss Bluebell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbT7ATk0jW0&feature=youtu.be Striptease was one of the many sideshows featured in travelling carnivals, and female performers incorporated the tent pole into their routines by climbing to the top and… Continue reading An Exotic History: American Showgirls
An Exotic History: The Golden Age of Burlesque
In the Victorian Age, although separated by wealth and privilege, both society’s elite and working class indulged in exotic entertainment. Women went to great lengths to hide their physical forms beneath bustles, hoops and frills, and so the idea of young ladies appearing on stage in their silk stockings and bustiers was a controversial temptation.… Continue reading An Exotic History: The Golden Age of Burlesque
Happy International Nurse’s Day
Saturday 12th of May was International Nurses Day, celebrating the contribution that nurses make to societies around the world. Organised annually by the International Council of Nurses, the date has a very strong significance, being the birthday of perhaps the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale. I had been wanting to create a special post… Continue reading Happy International Nurse’s Day
Kate Kelsen 