Thanks to the Suffragettes!

I just voted in our national elections, and I am reminded of the suffragettes, of their determination, voices and sacrifices that gave me the civil right I just enjoyed. Many of them went to prison, endured solitary confinement and forced feeding through the nose so they could do what I did so easily today. But they didn't just do it for themselves, they also did it for their daughters and their female descendents so their...our... voices can be heard as long as there is an America.

The story of the suffragettes is one of several women's stories we will visit in our play, Pole Play: Taking Flight. We know we stand on their shoulders even when we pole dance, because they fought for our right to have our voices, concerns and stories heard in whatever form our expression takes. Because of suffragettes, and other women who came before and after them, I have the freedom to dance and express myself however I please, and today that means I will dance on a pole!

-KS