On the Virtues of Sexy Dancing

We’re socialized to view sexuality – especially women’s sexuality and queer sexuality – as a transgression. The idea that sexual expression is inappropriate, or dirty, or should be reserved only for some  (younger, thinner, conventionally attractive) people is so ingrained it becomes taken-for-granted. This can become part of our worldview even if we are nice, …

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7 Books You Should Read in 2023

If you’re like me, you’re looking to get into both some good fiction and non-fiction in 2023. So, here’s my completely unscientific, non-genre specific list of books to start you off. Enjoy, and get your multi-passionate groove on. The World We Make, by N.K. Jemisin Probably, it’s not the best idea to start this list …

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5 Life Lessons I Learned as a Dancer…that might change your life too.

For the last ten years I’ve straddled the worlds of academia and the arts, completing my PhD in sociology while performing, teaching, and competing as a salsa dancer. Training as a sociologist helped me build important research and analytic skills, but becoming a dancer provided a completely different education – one that turned out to …

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