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Taboo to Trendy: Pole Dancing Gone Mainstream

April 26, 2022 by Jean Rose Zamora

Shadow of a woman pole dancing

Sweaty grip-aid covered fingerprints distort the reflections in the pair of 8-foot chrome poles on stage, signaling to the volunteers that it is time to wipe them down.  “Woooo!!” Jamie Wong cheers as she watches the other volunteers shimmy up the poles, with rubbing alcohol-soaked rags secured to their clothes. Once they sturdy themselves at […]

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