This week we have a very special episode. As you all know, Daisy was part of the iconic club, The Lusty Lady. They were pioneers in striking and winning rights for themselves. Now a newer generation has learned from what the LL dancers accomplished and they've won this first and very important step in workers rights for strippers ..read more

Jeanelle is a reproductive activist, birth worker, sex-work-adjacent, and host of the Dancing Doula Podcast. She's this week's guest for a couple reasons. Obviously she is lending her expertise to weigh in on the recent Roe v. Wade decision. What you may not know is that Onyx recently experienced a pregnancy and miscarriage and Jeanelle is someone who has helped Onyx get through that. This episode is emotional and powerful and truly educational ..read more

Tune in as I speak with my good friend Saskia Klunder. We catch up and along the way we touch base on topics like Body image, Gender Bias, and all the things in between that make Saskia the amazing sworker that she is today! @saskiaklunder ..read more

While putting on make up, Bella Sin, tells their story of family, burlesque history, costumer, and being a voice for the Latinx community near and far. Clevland's Burlesque Queen, Bella Sin ..read more

Definitely one of my favourite episodes I’ve done so far… in this interview we talked about everything burlesque and if you’re a baby burlesquer like myself than this episode was curated just for you! Listen as Shimmy and I sit down to talk about the history and roots of burlesque , All the amazing things Shimmy brings to the world of burlesque .. what folx can do to help change the status quo, we talk about the divide between strippers and burlesque performers and so much more! Tune into this episode and take some notes because I certainly did ..read more

AMD sits down with three women who participated with S-Factor and Sheila Kelley in more than one way.  Whether it was teaching at the studio, as a student or as a participant in the recent "Strip Down, Rise Up" movie release on Netflix.  The problematic behavior abounds within the culture that is  S-Factor, and is shared by Misha, Alyssa and Jessica in this extra long episode.  There were many topics to cover and we wanted these guests to have the time and safe space to share this story, as main stream media tends to omit the voices that are the most important.  This o ..read more

Trixie Thee Pixie is an around the way girl who is an educator, stripper and, philanthropist. From the heart of the nations capital, Trixie gives you Spark Notes, her take on Black Strippers and stripping during the pandemic ..read more

In today’s episode, Daisy Ducati talks with her good friend and mentor, Pandora Noir, about the legacy of the Lusty Lady and what went wrong at the world’s first unionized, co-operatively owned peep show. Pandora worked at the Lusty from the early days of forming the union until the bitter end and served as the union Shop Steward. Tune in to hear about the good, the bad and the pretty, and just how powerful we can be when we put our heels together ..read more

Burlesque performer, Stripper, Video Vixen, and Founder of the Amplify BIPOC Burlesque Fund. In this episode Onyx interviews Enshantay, a fellow Canadian Sister on what it’s like to love the skin that you’re in, how IG and TikTok target mostly black SWers and bodies that are bigger than what society deems as “the norm”.  They also discuss the texturism of black hair culture while trying to educate the cinema scene about the different number types of black hair.  Enshantay is a passionate strong black Queen and she shares her experience as a baby stripper blossoming into the burlesque ..read more

NatsHoney is sharing with us her vision of Artists Plex, the first co-owned, co-work space for creative producers.  The best part is, it's for strip artists and sex workers.  This is a space that we will be able to create art, have meetings, do video production, practice and/or teach pole dancing and so much more.  There are very few safe spaces for SW's to work, meet, play, etc, without being gazed at or watched over.  Finally, this is a space by us, for us ..read more