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. Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/evaoh More on Eva Oh: https://eva-oh.com HIGHLIGHTS: Here are the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (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