Sex Work, Empowerment, and Feminism with Caroline Blaike

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Made It Out Media

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week, Mal sits down with exotic dancer and ASL interpreter, Caroline Blaike, to discuss her work in nightlife and the complexities of queerness in the industry. The two discuss the concept of "whorephobia" and how they strip the shame out of sex work and its intersection with feminism. Follow our guest @the.blaike, follow the podcast @madeitout and follow Mal @malglowenke Thanks to this episode’s sponsor! -Paired: Head to ⁠https://www.paired.com/MADE⁠ and download the #1 app for couples to start maintaining your lasting love today. 👉 Subscribe, like & comment to support queer content! Check out our new show, Out For A Drive, and please remember to subscribe, engage, like, comment, show us some love babyyyy! ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/Kk8c-SYuxpI?si=VU0CV9CTisXB4dro⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey all, welcome back to Made It Out. Before we get started, I want to remind you that Matilda and I recently started, Made It Out Media. And with that, we have our first digital series out. It's called Out for a Drive. It's kind of a cross between cash cab and carpool karaoke. So please go to YouTube, check that out. Okay, today I'm here with Caroline Blake. She's a social worker, ASL interpreter,
0:22.9	and dancer. We talk about working in nightlife in sex work, some of the stigmas that come with it.
0:29.0	We talk about overcoming horophobia and the shame with it and how this all intersects with feminism.
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1:58.2	All right. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. We met at Jumbos.
2:02.8	We did. For those who don't know what Jumbos is, it's a absolute staple in Hollywood. Can you explain what it is? Yeah. There's no other place like it on the planet. It is like I try to tell people it's like a burlesque club, a dive bar, and a strip club
2:17.7	had a baby.
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