Burlesque set Demon Derriere free. Almost a decade ago, when she was working as a photographer, she was struck by the confidence of the artists and models she worked with on shoots. “A lot of them were curvy and fat, and I saw how liberated they were with their bodies. At that time, I didn’t feel comfortable within my body,” the Sydney performer remembers.
“Seeing that confidence and sexual energy ooze out of them, I was like, ‘I want this.’ That’s when I realised that burlesque was a way of expressing self-love and body acceptance. Through all the discomfort and breaking the fatphobic views I had internalised, I was able to accept my body and liberate myself – and then I got addicted to it.”
