I woke up to this sentence in my inbox last Tuesday:

Next week we will dance in the stripper shoes if you are ready to go there.

No, I haven’t ditched my day job—a few weeks ago I embarked upon my S Factor journey, slipping into a dark dance studio with seven other women to discover our “erotic creatures” under the glow of the red light (check out my first post here). A few classes in and we’re upping our game—literally. About six inches or so.

Six days until the release of What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend! Our big launch party will take place in Chicago at Sheila Kelley's S Factor on Sept 28, and we couldn't be more thrilled (and hope to see some of you there!). But Lissa's connection with S Factor has inspired an interesting dialogue -- check out this fabulous blog post on pole dancing, owning your sexuality, and the NEW feminism. 

This year, I have become friends with the mind-blowingly wonderful Sheila Kelley, founder of S Factor, the empowering women’s exercise class based on pole dancing. To support my book launch of What’s Up Down There?, Sheila has invited me to participate in a whole host of activities with the S Factor community. My book launch party will be at S Factor’s Chicago studio, I’m speaking at the S Factor retreat in San Diego, and we’re trying to put together events for the LA, San Francisco, and New York S Factor studios while I’m on tour. I’m so in awe of Sheila and her work that I’m truly honored to be doing this. Which is why I was so surprised to receive this letter from one of my friends.