Dancer

I did it for the money, sure, but also out of a strange mixture of boredom, perversion, and self-abnegation. Giving myself away, one song at a time.

You may not think that a sexual abuse survivor would find healing in putting on a leotard and displaying her body for others to judge, but that’s exactly what my journey has been.

Before you became a whore you were an insecure child, doing for free that which could set you free.

Before you became a whore you were an insecure child, doing for free that which could set you free.

The death of Google exec Forrest Timothy Hayes serves as a harrowing reminder of why sex with strangers can prove all too costly.

Dance-A-Vision founder and choreographer extraordinaire Carla Service talks body image, the Oakland dance scene and how—surprise, surprise!—So You Think You Can Dance won't feature "plus-size" performers.