Meow! Welcome to The Pussy Parlour, I am your host Kitty Velour. I am a pole dance artist, glittery showgirl and a pole dance and floorwork instructor. Here at the parlour, I interview new guests each week including pole dancers, strippers, showgirls, sex workers and cabaret creatures of all kinds! My aim is to demystify and destigmatise our work as performers both on the stage and online. I am passionate about capturing the stories and experiences of all the colourful people I meet in my jo ...
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Today in the parlour this podcast episode will be a solo edition with me, Kitty Velour, I'll be sharing my journey on how I got into pole dance, stripping and performing. I'll also be answering some of your questions from instagram on confidence, flexibility and imposter syndrome. TW. I do mention eating disorders briefly. Thank you so much for lis…
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#19 Tete Bang - Being a Female Drag Queen, Club Kid Nightlife & Dancing in Ibiza
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Our parlour guest today is TeTe Bang (she/her), a drag queen, DJ and performer from London! 💖 TeTe is a queer icon having featured in Channel 4’s Drag SOS as one of the first self-proclaimed female drag queens. Tete also featured in the nightlife and dance Glitterbox Documentary “Where Love Lies” and was also interviewed on BBC News. She was also s…
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#18 Gemma Rose - Stripper Terminology, Vaccine & Vag, Stripper Magic
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Our parlour guest today is Gemma Rose (she/her), a pole dancer, stripper and sex worker activist, Drawing from her performance background and stripping experience, Gemma is most passionate about helping students connect with their own sexuality through empowering techniques. Her goal is not only to spread her Stripper magic far and wide, but also t…
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#17 Millie Robson - Being a Strippergram, Lesbian Strip Bars, & Dominatrix Wrestling
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Our parlour guest today is Millie Robson, (she/her) a travelling pole dance photographer, ex stripper, and one of the first original members of the East London Strippers Collective. Millie was the winner of Pole Theatre Classique in 2015 and and Pole Theatre finalist in 2016 In this episode we talk about Millie's time as a Strippergram, working at …
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#16 Chlo a Mood - Ass-eating Pants, Pole Pronoun Etiquette, & Polewear Fashion
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Our parlour guest today is Chlo a Mood, a non binary pole dancer (they/them) with a passion for dancing to Pop Punk classics and owner of polewear brand Hoodlum Fang. Chlo describes their style as “that hot cocky skater boi you knew in high school, but they’ve replaced their skateboard for 8 inch heels.” Chlo loves to bend the styles of pole like t…
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#15 Keri Graham - Pole Dancing in your 50s, Fake Boobs, & Lap Dancing in London
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Our parlour guest today is Keri Graham (she/her), a professional tease with over 30+ years experience in the striptease and dance industry! Award winning, Keri is a guru in erotic entertainment, performing her naughty shows worldwide corrupting innocent people wherever she goes. Keri enjoys spreading her love of filth by teaching online erotic danc…
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#14 Vera Rodriguez - Peep Shows, Voyeurism and the Sex Workers' Opera
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Our parlour guest today is Vera Rodriguez (she/her), who has over 20 years experience in and around the sex industry. Vera Rodriguez comes from Spain where she graduated in Journalism and worked briefly in national newspapers. In 2000 she moved to London and started working in a peep show in Soho to pay for her studies on Art Photography. She worke…
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#13 Cleopantha - Hip-Hop Burlesque, Cardi B & Jessica Rabbit Mashup, & Performing in London
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Our parlour guest today is Cleopantha (she/her). Having taken the UK Burlesque scene by storm, Cleopantha is renowned for fusing her high energy dance style, the art of tease and her love of both hip hop and commercial music. Her artistry is described as both powerful and unapologetic. Accolades include headlining Bristol Burlesque Festival, UK (20…
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#12 Liquorice Black - Being on TV, the Drag Scene in Manchester, The Family Gorgeous
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Our parlour guest today is Liquorice Black, a Mancunian drag queen all about the black and white - the notorious monochrome mistress of the North. Liquorice combines her love of film noir and art and merges the two worlds together on herself as the canvas. Liquorice is a talented seamstress and has featured on Channel 4's Drag SOS, made outfits for…
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#11 Estefania Jimenez - Old School Pole, the Pole Scene in Mexico & Teaching in Russia
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Our parlour guest today is Estefania Jimenez (she/her), an old school style pole dancer. Her signature style has brought her all over the world, some of her performance highlights are Pole Show LA 2018, Polesque Show Saint Petersburg 2019, Pole Show Brazil 2019 and Rise the Night 2020. She won the “Sexiest legs in the industry” and “Up and Coming A…
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#10 Jamie Taylor - Working with Naked Women, How Pole went from Strip Clubs to Pole Classes & the Serpentine Realm
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Today's parlour guest is Jamie Taylor, (she/her) an ex-stripper, pole dancer and studio owner from Pembrokeshire, Wales. Jamie lived, breathed and advocated for stripper style long before it was cool (Jamie actually coined the term Stripper Style). To help her students dial into their sensuality, Jamie created Serpent Power, the sensual movement me…
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#9 Coco Deville - Burlesque in the 00s, Nerdlesque Inspo, Drag Kingdom
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Today's parlour guest is Coco Deville, (she/her) an award winning, international, critically acclaimed, 'cabaret chameleon'! Coco is forever the scintillating siren of the cabaret stage, with her trademark innovative and refreshing twists on the burlesque genre, fusing body positivity, sharp wit, dynamic dancing, she immerses her crowds in the true…
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#8 Samantha Sun - Stripper Identity, Asian Culture in Performance, Sex Workers as the Artistic Muse
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Today's parlour guest is Samantha Sun, an artist, stripper, pole dancer and aerialist from Toronto, Canada. In this episode we talk about dancing in London, stripper identity, asian culture in performance and how sex workers have always been the artistic muse. @samantha.ssun @lifedrawingwithelsc @ethicalstripper Want more? Check out patreon for Xtr…
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#7 Pollyanther - 80s Glam Metal, Navigating the IG Shadow Ban & Dancing at Cyber Dog
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Today's parlour guest is Pollyanther (she/her), burlesque artist, pole dancer and fire performer originally from the North East, now living in London. Inspired by a mashup of 50s pinup culture and 80s glam metal (the lovechild of Marilyn Monroe and Axl Rose!) - they call her the Sunset Stripteaser! IG: @pollyanther www.facebook.com/pollyantheroffic…
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#6 Beanie The Jet - Twerk Culture, Sex Positivity & Filthy Friday
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Today's parlour guest is Beanie, (she/her) a curvaceous, outrageous, loud and proud Filth Queen with a love for all things sassy, asstastic and full of Filthy magic, You'll always hear her before you see her as cheering on all the hoery is her favourite hobby! As the creator of the Filthy Friday movement, curator of Filthy Friday Showcases, Beanie …
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#5 John Celestus - Burlesque Festivals, rejecting gender stereotypes & debauchery in Berlin.
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Today's parlour guest is John Celestus (he/him), he is a cabaret host, contortionist, boylesquer and the darkest darling of cabaret. John is an international headliner, and first Greek Boylesque performer! He has a distinctive, dark angrogynous look and his performances are intense and sensual, bringing out the darker side of your soul. John is ins…
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#4 Leila aka Cutie Whippingham - LGBTQIA+ advocacy, Uni Pole Societies, Stripping in Brighton
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Today's parlour guest is Leila aka Cutie Whippingham, (she/her) a pole performer, choreographer and instructor, she teaches at Kelechnekoff studio (@kelechnekoff_studio). Leila has worked with a variety of brands including Redbull, Diesel, Object and Animal, Vogue, Adidas, Burberry and Nike. She is currently working as a pole consultant for two maj…
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#3 Erich Jonah - Being a trans man, rainbow costumes and embracing femininity
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Today's guest is Erich Jonah (he/him), an unapologetic transman and tattooist, from Devon, England, who started pole dancing in June 2015 and dreams of stripping one day. Erich talks about his experience as a transman, rainbow costumes, kink tattoos, drawing body rolls and embracing femininity. @bashfulasabear l Pole & Life @man_in_a_whale_tattoos …
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#2 Chiqui Love - Strip Pubs, The Berlin Strippers Collective & Melania Trump
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Today's guest is Chiqui Love (she/her), Chiqui by name cheeky by nature! A veteran stripper, stage whore and lingerie addict. Her stage shows are a mix of raw erotism, burlesque, politics and comedy. You can find her hanging upside down licking her own pleasers on the pole to the words of “Free at Last” by Martin Luther King or at the cabaret behea…
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#1 Felicity Logan - Stripping, dancing in Australia & spirituality
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Today's guest is Felicity Logan (she/her), a pole dance legend ! Felicity is an ex-stripper, pole performer, and instructor who is passionate about flexibility and mindset. Felicity has travelled all over the world teaching pole dance workshops, and now has an online platform called Align, which hosts flexibility videos along with other pole dance …
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Ever wonder what it’s like to be a stripper...or a drag queen?! Well you’re in the right place. Welcome to The Pussy Parlour Podcast, I am your host Kitty Velour. I am a pole dance artist, glittery showgirl and a pole dance and floorwork instructor. Here at the parlour, I interview new guests each week including pole dancers, strippers, showgirls, …
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