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[SUBTITLES] Stripping History with SW Activist Jo Weldon

Added 2021-09-04 18:58:27 +0000 UTC

Welcome to this episode of stripping history! We’re happy to have you. Today, as always we are normalizing respectful conversations around striptease and sex work.

Because laws and religion have villianized nudity and overt sexuality, we humans have been indoctrinated with shame, especially around the topic of sex.

Because of this indoctrination, these can be difficult and taboo topics. We are going to challenge each other to hold space for taboo topics on this forum. That said, you will be learning a little bit about the incredible life of my dear friend Jo Weldon. We will talk with her about her history in burlesque, striptease, nightclubs, queerness, sex work activism, marginalization, strip club do’s and dont’s, sex work and fashion intersectionality and more.

Jo is a brilliant femme who regularly, bravely and openly speaks out about the history of this important work, so in this stripping history episode with Jo Weldon she will be answering many of the questions that you’ve always wanted to know about these industries, what they have in common amd how we can better support each other as sex workers including sex work adjacent industries such as striptease and burlesque.

Jo will also take her time to let us know how we can best advocate for people in these industries, even if we are not personally working in them.

Jo has been telling me for years that one of the best ways to advocate is to open up dialogue about these conversations in a non-judgemental way.

So here we go! Put on your thinking caps because you’re about to think of the world in a very different way than you ever have before.