Episode 5: Creating Your Own Superher-Ho with Nox Falls
Ari interviews world-renowned burlesque Queen, Nox Falls, about their journey from Slam Poetry nights in a small-town Texas coffee-shop to becoming one of the industry’s leading voices and award-winning performers. Nox answers Burning Questions like:
Emotional Vulnerability vs Physical Vulnerability
How sensuality is key in creating their most fabulous & definitive costume lewks
The importance of research and mentorship in any art form
Black Fetishization; how the rise of the "hoodrat & hoochie" tropes both inform and polarize their creativity
Editor’s Note: Check out Nox’s Article for 21st Century Burlesque!
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Featured in this Episode
Nox Falls
Burlesque Artist, Poet, Cosplayer & Costumer
About our Guest: Nox Falls is an award-winning international burlesque artist, performing their brand of unapologetic raunch and ever-evolving representation.
Pronouns: They/Them (all)
More from Nox: Read Nox’s article for 20th-Century Burlesque here // Nox’s costuming IG account - Doomwitch Crafting
Follow Nox: Website // Instagram // Twitter // YouTube // TikTok
Resources, Tangents. & Mentions:
Pansexual - Etymology & History
Parody Porn Reddit (NSFW)
The Original Magic Wand x Hitachi
Sex Ed // Definitions:
Pansexuality - Describes someone who has the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way or to the same degree. Sometimes used interchangeably with bisexual. From Human Rights Campaign
Non-Binary - People whose gender is not male or female From National Center for Transgender Equality
Bisexual - A person emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to more than one sex, gender or gender identity though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way or to the same degree. Sometimes used interchangeably with pansexual. From Human Rights Campaign
Racial Fetishization - Only acknowledging and fixating on someone's race, making it the only part of their identity one considers // considers attractive. The person’s personality and opinions are not taken into account and one’s perception of them is often based on harmful stereotypes. Adapted from Medium
Sources:
An ode to ‘Jet’ magazine’s ‘Beauty of the Week’ — The Undefeated
Define Black: One the Exoticism of Black Women — BlackFeminisms.com
LGBTQ+ Terminology / Vocabulary Primer PDF — NewYork-Presbyterian
Glossary of Terms — Human Rights Campaign
Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive — The National Center for Transgender Equality
Bisexual vs. Pansexual: What's The Difference? — Luxander on Youtube
9 Things People Get Wrong About Being Non-Binary — TeenVogue
The Colonial Roots of the Racial Fetishization of Black Women — by Caren M.Holmes
The Real Difference Between Racial Preference And Racial Fetishism — Medium
It’s Not a Compliment: How Racial Fetishism has Colored Online Dating — Medium
Is Your Sexual Desire for Black People Racist? 3 Questions to Reveal the Truth by Breeshia Wade — EverydayFeminism.com