Hi! I’m Steph Sia.

I’m what you would call a “creative”.

From slinging cupcakes to hosting podcasts to starting my own YouTube tutorial channel to weekend trips around the world, dare I say I’ve done it all…? And still willing to learn more.

Past and current projects include:

2007 - 2012

• Dolce Delights, a cupcake business

2018 - present

• SIA Around the World, travel blog

• SIA in the Kitchen, Instagram livestream and blog

2019 - present

• Stripped by SIA, podcast

2020 - present

• SIA in the Kitchen: Filipino Fridays, Instagram livestream

Accomplishments:

Professional exotic pole dancer

• 2016 PSO Northwest, Exotic Level 1 - 2nd Place

• 2017 PSO Canada, Exotic Level 2 - 1st Place

• 2018 PSO Canada West, Exotic Level 3 - 1st Place

• 2019 Aerialympics Portland - Exotic Intermediate - 1st Place

• 2019 PSO Emerald - Exotic Level 4 - 1st Place

• 2019 Miss Pole Taboo - Semi-Pro - 2nd Place

• PSO Canada West 2019, Exotic Level 4, 2nd Place

• 2020 Miss Pole Dance Taboo - Professional - 1st Place

Featured on:

Guest Speaking, Lectures and Panels:

• Florida State University - Tallahassee, USA - Human Sexuality: Sex Work in Canada and the USA in the Lens of Social Work and Therapy

• 2020 Sugar and Spice Virtual Sex Festival, Singapore - The Token Asian: Talking Race in Sex Work

• Florida State University - Tallahassee, USA - Human Sexuality: Sex Work and Resiliency in North America

• Simon Fraser University - Vancouver, Canada - Criminology: Stripped by SIA: Destigmatizing the Sex Industry

• Florida State University - Tallahassee, USA - Human Sexuality: Stripping Down the Sex Industry

Podcasts:

• Filipino Fridays Podcast: Episode 35: Destigmatizing Sex Industry Work

• Oh Those Toes Podcast: Episode 231 Part 2

• Oh Those Toes Podcast: Episode 230 Part 1

• Uncorked: The Podcast: #158 - Talkin’ About a Revolution, Baby! w/ Steph Sia

• 50 Plus a Tip: Episode #18 - Sponsored Diva

• 50 Plus a Tip: Episode #49 - From Client to Boyfriend

• How to Have Threesomes: - Episode #9: MMF Threesomes with Sia

• Virgin.Beauty.B!tch: Episode #94: The unconventional female entrepreneur Steph Sia, dances, strips and rocks the kitchen.

Written Publications, Articles and Interviews:

• How to Formulate an Exit Plan to Leave Sex Work, Cam Orbits

• What’s in Your Bag? 10 Must-Haves for Every Stripper, Cam Orbits

• A Baby Stripper’s Getting Started Guide, Cam Orbits

• Etiquette 101: Becoming a Better Sex Work Client, Cam Orbits

• Establishing Boundaries: When to Draw the Line, Cam Orbits

• Gratitude: A Thank You to the Sex Work Community, Cam Orbits

• What Can I Do? A Civilian’s Guide to Allyship in the Sex Work Community, Cam Orbits

• Becoming a Sugar Baby on Seeking Arrangement: Getting Started, Cam Orbits

• Becoming a Sugar Baby: 8 Things I Wish I’d Known, Cam Orbits

• So You Want to Get into Sex Work: Things to Consider, Cam Orbits

• The OnlyFans Fiasco Explained, Brass Monkey Magazine, Issue 09 (Print)

• A Sex Worker Group Unionized for the First Time in Canada, VICE

• Steph Sia: World Traveler, Podcaster, Provider, Cam Orbits

• Are you Still Using the Term “Exotic” at your Studio?, Brass Monkey Magazine, Issue 06

• With the Evolution of Pole Sport, Where Does that Leave Sex Workers?, Brass Monkey Magazine, Issue 05: Sex Worker Edition (Special Edition)

• So You Want to Get into Sex Work…, NovaCaine Dances

• Stripping Down Sex Work, NovaCaine Dances

• Another Reminder That How You Feel is More Important Than How You Look, Medium

• 10 Podcasts to get you Through Self-Isolation, YVR Arcade

• Sex Workers Questioning the Status Quo, Medium

• An A-Z of Sex Industry Podcasts, Peepshow Media

• The Token Asian in the Sex Industry with Steph Sia at the Sugar and Spice Festival 2020, The Wellness Insider Singapore