Meet the Guests:
- NatsHoney, a veteran stripper, pole artist, entrepreneur and mother talks about pole's roots in sex work and the ways pole fitness studios can appreciate rather than appropriate the work of strippers
- Paige Gabert, a pole dancer and the co-owner of Midwest Movement Collective in Grand Rapids, Michigan, discusses why she wanted to start who own studio and how pole has influenced other aspects of her life like motherhood
- Celeste Ziehl, a dancer and senior at Smith College, talks about coming out as nonbinary after starting pole dancing, and how they changed their relationship with pole to find gender euphoria in the movement
Dig Deeper:
Paige Gabert’s studio, Midwest Movement Collective
Advocacy organization Strippers United, where Nats is on the leadership board
Anita’s pole lesson studio,Aradia Fitness Triangle