Making Pole Dancing a Sport Is Offensive to Strippers
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Pole studio owners are making money off of a culture and simultaneously distancing themselves from it.
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Oh so you are (not) a stripper?
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Oh so you are (not) a stripper?
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Strippers talk back to the hashtag #NotAStripper
The Wall Street Journal - Could pole dancing become an Olympic sport? Officials at the World Pole Sports Championships are enforcing regulations to help pole dancing transition from strip-club staple to serious
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Is Pole Dancing a Sport? (Should It Be?)
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CULTURAL diversity
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5 Myths About Pole Dancing, Debunked
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JLo Shows Us How She Learned to Pole Dance for Hustlers Movie
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Pole Dancing's Heritage Deserves To Be Respected, Not Sanitised - Glorious Sport