I don’t know what I was expecting when I stepped off the trolley in West Philly onto a deserted stretch of Lancaster Avenue on Monday morning, gym bag in hand. But a fuchsia pole dance studio barely a ...

It is a familiar sight during the party season: a woman limping home in the small hours in bare feet and clutching her stilettos. For fans of the high heel, two hours on the dance floor is enough to ...

Wearing 4-inch stilettos, dancer Isaiah Rashaad guided over a dozen women through a sensual set of choreography in his Thursday night class. The dancers, both regulars and first-timers to the class, ...

High heels are uncomfortable. No matter the size of the heel or the shape – they tend to be a contraption created to cause the people who wear them pain. But many in our society have come to accept ...