Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We're back with a saucy episode that dives into an in-depth discussion about sex industry work. Joining us on this episode is digital creator and host of "Stripped by Sia" podcast, Steph Sia. We chat with Steph on a range of topics from her upbringing to the start of her career into the sex industry. We ask questions like, "what goes into an 'arrangement'? Is sex work easy money? What's a "Splenda" Daddy? Steph takes us through what it's like to perform competitively as a pole dancer (it's a sport people!)
With the aim to destigmatize sex industry work, Steph provides insight on the misconceptions about strippers or sex workers. We discuss the fetishization and exoticization of Filipinas (or Asians in general). We even talk to her about what her family thinks of all of this!
We even address the difference and danger between sex industry work in North America and the Philippines. Lastly, we ask the question, "Are sex workers protected?"
Lots of great energy for this fun episode - make sure you watch out for a part two!
ABOUT STEPH SIA
Steph Sia is a Filipino-Chinese digital content creator and stripper based in Vancouver, Canada. She has been involved in the sex work community since 2013 sharing her lived experience and others' stories on her podcast, Stripped by SIA. Her podcast embodies the good and the bad, the benefits and the risks, and humanizes sex workers of all capacities and identities from around the world. The aim of her show is to help educate folks who are unfamiliar or who do not understand the work with an aim to destigmatize the industry and smash stereotypes. Her podcast may be found on all major podcast platforms. Besides her advocacy in sex work, Steph is a digital marketer and communications specialist, YouTuber and avid traveler
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