For the 15th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you inside Raising Hell, a super sexy & informative event thrown by Soldiers of Pole, the California exotic dancers union that we featured in our very 1st episode!

We get into the passage of California labor bill AB5, why strippers need the same protections & workers’ rights as other physically demanding jobs, the fact that sex work is work, how to undo the industry’s long-time stigma, the dope community these dancers have created for themselves & the isolation a lot of strippers experience when they 1st start out — plus, Jacq the Stripper tells a hilarious story about auditioning for strip club owners & so much more!

All hail the following queens for lending us their voices & stories:

• Jacq the Stripper jacqthestripper.com
• Antonia Crane antoniacrane.com
• AM Davies instagram.com/thequeenofsexy
• Selena the Stripper instagram.com/prettyboygirl (& check out her podcast Heaux in the Kneaux) 
• Megan Therese Rippey (aka Reagan) instagram.com/meganrippey
• Coco Ono instagram.com/coco.ono
• Onyx Black instagram.com/onyxblackdance
• Valerie Stunning valeriestunning.com

Here are some links to help educate yourself further:

• Of course, make sure you follow Soldiers of Pole on Instagram @soldiers_of_pole_ and check out their website soldiersofpole.com.
• This is the radio story Courtney did on AB5 for KCRW, featuring Antonia Crane of Soldiers of Pole.
• And a more recent update on the status of AB5, as of September 2019.

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