How it works: Match is pretty much an open dating service

How it works: Match is pretty much an open dating service

After you set your dating criteria, the site will display possible matches

  • Three months of Standard: $ ($ per month)
  • Six months of Standard: $ ($4.08 per month)
  • 12 months of Standard: $ ($1.82 per month)
  • Three months of Premium: $ ($ per month)
  • Six months of Premium: $ ($4.42 per month)
  • 12 months of Premium: $ ($1.93 per month)

Who’s online: In short, this site is probably filled with your neighbors, old coworkers, new coworkers, and more. Match is pretty popular with members with diverse backgrounds who share a few common goals: to meet other singles, find dates, form romantic relationships, and meet life partners.

There’s absolutely no limit to who you connect with, or how often. You can tweak or fine-tune the results as you wish.

Features for introverts: With plenty of filtering options, you can search for matches based on common interests and hobbies, so you’ll have something to chat about right away. And if you enjoy browsing anonymously, there’s a feature called Incognito Mode that allows you to view profiles without the other person knowing.

What it’ll cost you: You can join for free, but to use most features you’ll need a premium membership. Prices fluctuate some, but start around $45 for a month-to-month plan. As with pretty much all dating sites, the longer time commitment you make up front, the better month-to-month prices you’ll get, though it is worth noting Match no longer offers their six-month free guarantee.

After you set your dating criteria, the site will display possible matches

  • Free version: Yes
  • One month of Preferred: $
  • Three months of Preferred: $ ($ per month)
  • Six months of Preferred: $ ($9.99 per month)

Who’s online: Hinge is Tinder and Bumble’s slightly more serious sibling, without being quite as serious as match. It’s consistently been known as the go-to for people open to something long-term, but willing to see where a match may take them. The app also has additional gender options and a new batch of LGBTQ specific prompts, so it’s not just straight, binary/cisgender people using it. Continue reading “How it works: Match is pretty much an open dating service”

Since the beginning of the sexual revolution women have been reclaiming “erotic” arts as their own

Since the beginning of the sexual revolution women have been reclaiming “erotic” arts as their own

I found my self bored and lacking inspiration. I was waking up in the morning, throwing on a work out DVD going to class, going to work then going to the gym if I had the time to spare. I bet you yawned reading that sentence, imagine that as your life for 3 months.

I consider myself a resourceful woman, and when I see a problem I like to attack it directly. I didn’t want my boredom to give way to lethargy. I needed to shake up my fitness routine. I wanted something fun, something that would make me feel good as well as look good.

Like most of life’s problems YouTube solved this one, I noticed a video attached to one of mine that I never noticed before. It was call Miss Pole Dance Australia 2006, in it a small red haired Aussie performed Cirque De Soleil like feats of acrobatics, flexibility and strength. I was mesmerized. It was right then I knew what I had to do. I needed to learn the art of the pole.

The website tells you what you can and cannot wear, I was happy to see that I needed stiletto heels that are least 3 inches high

I’m not the first woman to come to this conclusion. There’s no reason that a woman should feel ashamed just because she’s moving her body. She should feel strong confident and beautiful.

Hungry for that feeling I looked for a studio in Newark to no avail, not to be discouraged I found a studio that could be easily reached using the Path train. One block away from the 33rd street path station lies, Exotic Dance Central, a cozy inviting studio that welcomes ” the everyday woman”.

On their website, ExoticDanceCenter they boast that they’re “NYC’s number one pole and exotic dance central” and I don’t argue with them. I’ve never seen dance studio with a martini bar. If my high school ballet studio had one I might have never hung up my toe shoes.

The Erotic Dance Center offers a 2hr pole dancing intensive lesson for 60 dollars. It seemed like a steal because the only other 3 studios that offered pole dancing charged that or more for just one hour. Continue reading “Since the beginning of the sexual revolution women have been reclaiming “erotic” arts as their own”