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Dirty Dancing: Assaults in the Berlin dance scene

The Berlin couple-dancing scene is an integral part of Berlin’s nightlife. Thursdays and Sundays at Berlin’s Soda Club (located at Kulturbrauerei), where you can dance pairwise on 5 different floors (Kizomba, Salsa Cubana, Mambo, Bachata, Zouk), are quite simply an…

How a Strike by Strippers in Portland Has Grown Into a Nationwide Movement Against Racism in Nightclubs

An interview with a leader of the Portland Stripper Strike on the growing movement for equal treatment and better labor protections for dancers. By April M. Short In the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests, which erupted around the…

#MeToo, say Sleeping Beauty and Snow White

The deluge of reports of sexual harassment taking place in just about every aspect of society, following the Harvey Weinstein revelations is an opportunity to produce profound changes. This will not happen unless the deep roots of abusive behaviour are…

Lessons we can learn from the Kevin Spacey furore

Transform the male & workplace culture that allows sexual harassment  Until now, Kevin Spacey never publicly revealed that he is gay. For decades, long after other actors came out, he remained totally closeted and side-stepped the issue of his sexuality.…