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telescopics: unicorn-dealing-octopus: THIS is why I want to learn how to pole dance. Pole dancing isn’t always sexual. It’s an incredible work-out and it takes a lot of time and practice. It’s one of the most scrutinized and frowned-upon forms of dancing, but  it really shouldn’t be. The ladies and gentlemen who take time to learn how to pole dance are incredible- and so are their bodies! Pole dancing increases cardiovascular state, muscle strength, muscle endurance, motor skills AND flexibility. An average session of 45 minutes can burn 250 calories. You reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, you increase your bone density, and decrease your cholesterol. How can pole dancing be seen as so horrible when it’s really, really good for you?! just gonna be devils advocate here and point out that even when pole dancing is sexual, that does not make it an inherently negative thing. there’s nothing wrong with pole dancing because it’s sexy. I just get super duper sick of this whole “I want to learn pole dancing as an ART!!!” thing, because: a) it’s got this really nasty slut-shamey quality to it. “oh, I pole dance, but I’m not one of THOSE pole dancers” sounds exactly like “oh, I sleep around, but I’m not like THOSE sluts!” doncha think? and b) the implication that sex and art can never coexist - that something has to be JUST sexual or JUST artistic - is just silly and wrong. sex and art have a heavy interwoven history, and I hate seeing people trying to sanitize art. it’s the same as this whole “oh, it’s ARTISTIC nudity, not pornographic!!!” thing. porn is art, sex is art, pole dancing is art and it’s also sexy as hell.

telescopics:

unicorn-dealing-octopus:

THIS is why I want to learn how to pole dance.

Pole dancing isn’t always sexual. It’s an incredible work-out and it takes a lot of time and practice. It’s one of the most scrutinized and frowned-upon forms of dancing, but  it really shouldn’t be. The ladies and gentlemen who take time to learn how to pole dance are incredible- and so are their bodies! Pole dancing increases cardiovascular state, muscle strength, muscle endurance, motor skills AND flexibility. An average session of 45 minutes can burn 250 calories. You reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, you increase your bone density, and decrease your cholesterol. How can pole dancing be seen as so horrible when it’s really, really good for you?!

just gonna be devils advocate here and point out that even when pole dancing is sexual, that does not make it an inherently negative thing. there’s nothing wrong with pole dancing because it’s sexy.

I just get super duper sick of this whole “I want to learn pole dancing as an ART!!!” thing, because:

a) it’s got this really nasty slut-shamey quality to it. “oh, I pole dance, but I’m not one of THOSE pole dancers” sounds exactly like “oh, I sleep around, but I’m not like THOSE sluts!” doncha think?

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b) the implication that sex and art can never coexist - that something has to be JUST sexual or JUST artistic - is just silly and wrong. sex and art have a heavy interwoven history, and I hate seeing people trying to sanitize art. it’s the same as this whole “oh, it’s ARTISTIC nudity, not pornographic!!!” thing. porn is art, sex is art, pole dancing is art and it’s also sexy as hell.

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This is the best video in existence. Your argument is invalid.

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We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.

(On why he let Willow cut all of her hair off)

Read more: Will Smith On Allowing Willow To Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got To Have Command Of Her Body’ | Necole Bitchie.com

- He raises a really great point. What would it mean to believe very early that my body was mine. That it’s not for anyone or for any particular purpose other than to be mine until I decide otherwise.

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I was damned near 30 before I could believe my body belonged to me & me alone. Dear people who take an issue with this,

Let the Smiths do right by their babies & shut the fuck up about how you think they should parent.

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