Lavender Vxyn

Hey there! I’m Lavender. This image is a still from a video of me onstage at a strip club. It was 1am and no one was there except the DJ and I so I requested Britney Spears. I was dancing purely for the joy of it and the opportunity to revel in my own self expression. This is no different than a pole dancer filming in a studio, and yet my video gets flagged and taken down because it’s at a strip club. IG would prefer pristine studio floors over beer soaked carpets, stark lighting over the red lights of a club, “Pole Artists” over Strippers. This art form came from black dancers in strip clubs and because of censorship and Sesta/Fosta, they are trying to change that truth. Sex workers are one of the most targeted, exploited and marginalized groups of workers but also the most resilient. We must continue to lift up this Work and those who do it. I know I will continue to fight like hell!