Cancel the Cosplay Panel Discussion

This video script documents a comprehensive panel discussion moderated by Chantal Heide, exploring the realms of stripper sex work, pole dancing, and their impact on modern culture. Panelists include Onxy Sachi, Robin Banks, Steph Sia, Samantha Knoxx, Nicky Ninedoors and Doris Arnold, many of whom are former strippers, share their experiences, challenges, and perspectives on the stigmatization of SW and the appropriation of stripper culture by pole dance enthusiasts.

The panel emphasizes respecting the origins of pole dancing, advocating for sex worker rights, and understanding the socio-political environments affecting these communities, including legislation like SESTA/FOSTA and Project 2025. The talk also touches on the importance of supporting SW-owned businesses, normalizing sex work, and encouraging respectful interactions and acknowledgments from non-sex worker communities. 

The event concludes with calls to action, such as voting strategically, supporting SW organizations, and creating better legal frameworks to ensure the safety and economic stability of SW's.

By purchasing this download, you will receive a link to a folder that has the recording, the transcript and a resource document. 

This panel was sponsored by ShoeFreaks, hosted at Kindred Spirits Pole in Kitchener, Ontario and created by Skripped Down.

Proceeds support YAS Work’s nonprofit media network.