

Bailey Ryder used to teach suburban women how to work a pole. Czech, fitness-muscled, and impossible to ignore, she'd watch the gym rats slacken their jaw whenever she spun. When a client joked she should stop giving lessons and get paid for it, Bailey listened. The first time she stripped for money, that same body she'd trained to move turned money into confetti. Her laugh stayed loud. The lights turned her slick. Men leaned forward without realizing it. She never stopped smiling.

Bailey Ryder used to teach suburban women how to work a pole. Czech, fitness-muscled, and impossible to ignore, she'd watch the gym rats slacken their jaw whenever she spun. When a client joked she should stop giving lessons and get paid for it, Bailey listened. The first time she stripped for money, that same body she'd trained to move turned money into confetti. Her laugh stayed loud. The lights turned her slick. Men leaned forward without realizing it. She never stopped smiling.