Sex Work /tags/sex-work Sex Work en-US Copyright Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:01:00 GMT Offline Lives of Online Sex Workers /show/embodied/2025-01-17/online-sex-workers-lives-only-fans-porn When you make a living doing online sex work, what happens to your offline relationship with sex and your body? Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-01-17/online-sex-workers-lives-only-fans-porn Audrey Smith, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus From the strip club to the studio: the history, politics and passion of pole dancing /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-stripping-history-fitness-pole-sport-gender Art, sport, workout, therapy: modern pole dancing has taken on many forms. A veteran stripper, a pole studio owner, and a young dancer discuss politics and identity in pole dancing and how practicing pole can be the ultimate form of embodiment. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-stripping-history-fitness-pole-sport-gender Paige Miranda, Anita Rao Gripped: The Passion For Pole Dancing /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-history-pole-sport-fitness-studio Anita walked away from her first pole dancing class slightly bruised … but very intrigued. She talks with a veteran stripper about the history and politics of modern pole dancing and meets a pole sport athlete and studio owner who is trying to build an inclusive space for pole practitioners. Plus, a nonbinary pole dancer shares how their relationship with the pole has evolved alongside their gender identity. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-01/pole-dancing-strip-club-history-pole-sport-fitness-studio Paige Miranda, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao No More Vigils: The Call For Sex Worker Protection In The Wake Of Atlanta Shootings /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-03-26/no-more-vigils-the-call-for-sex-worker-protection-in-the-wake-of-atlanta-shootings The murder of eight people inside Atlanta-area spas illuminated forces of discrimination against the sex work industry and Asian American community and what is needed to shift the needle for more protective sex work legislation and policy. Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:17:34 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-03-26/no-more-vigils-the-call-for-sex-worker-protection-in-the-wake-of-atlanta-shootings Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao The Future Of Sex Work /business-economy/2020-10-01/the-future-of-sex-work Working from home looks a little different for sex workers. With most strip clubs closed and dancers excluded from larger pots of money in the coronavirus… Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:03:19 GMT /business-economy/2020-10-01/the-future-of-sex-work Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Group Calls On Durham To Address Child Sex Trafficking /law/2015-10-12/group-calls-on-durham-to-address-child-sex-trafficking A group of attorneys is urging the Durham city council to create a task force to fight child sex trafficking.Durham-Orange Women Attorneys—or DOWA—says… Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:11:18 GMT /law/2015-10-12/group-calls-on-durham-to-address-child-sex-trafficking Jess Clark