Polly: Escorting, Her PhD, Wild Swimming and the State of Queer Cruising

In this episode of the #teakink Podcast we meet Polly - an escort, academic, and community organiser with SWARM who shares the ins and outs of what a kink escort booking looks like, her thoughts on the state of academia, and her love for grimy leather bars and wild swimming. Eva Oh joins her on a campaign for queer cruising spaces and also shares a story of the time she got Root Beer Float Waterboarded.

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HIGHLIGHTS:
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(00:00) - Welcome. What is #teakink
(00:18) - Meet Polly - Sex Worker, Academic, Community Organiser
(02:15) - Non-Monogamy Circles and Sex Worker Friends
(03:12) - Polly's First Steps into Sex Work
(05:11) - Thinking About Oneself as a "Brand"
(07:35) - Polly's First Booking, the Tiniest Double Ended Dildo
(09:40) - What Does a Booking Look Like
(13:40) - Finding the Kink Community and Grimy Leather Bars
(17:40) - The State of Academia
(20:15) - SWARM, Sex Worker Grassroots Organisation
(25:50) - The Correlation Between Academia and Sex Work
(28:15) - Polly's Ideal Week
(32:50) - Wild Swimming
(36:35) - Queer Cruising
(39:50) - Personal Responsibility in Sex Spaces
(41:30) - Kink Group Getaways and Murder Mysterys
(44:25) - How to Cruise
(47:45) - Root Beer Float Waterboarding