Nia Burks, Author at :: Welcome to the International Pole Convention ::

Body Diversity, Positivity, and Acceptance in Pole (OR “Skinny Bitch’s Guide To Not Being An Accidental Jerk To People Larger Than You”)

April 7, 2015
Nia Burks
General

I want to talk about the F word in pole. No, not one that you have to pay a sound editor to bleep out for your competition routine. I’d like to talk about fatness. I will be at PoleCon this…

Conceptualizing a Performance

February 10, 2015
Nia Burks
General

My creativity is inherent to my being, and I can’t recall it not being a present energy in my life. My first drawing ever (I kid you not) was a diptych; on one side of the paper was an observation…

Activism is defined as “the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change”. Activism cannot come without a desire to understand, so it is my goal to talk about both understanding and activism in…