<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:56:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@heartsofsterling/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh ani, the sentiments we share. I have here some steemy content I created. Playing both photographer and model.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/beauty-5a1d7d5cac7c1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/beauty-5a1d7d5cac7c1</guid><category><![CDATA[nsfw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgBNfXevMuLu1b6y8qLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bottom feeder (psychology of a pimp)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I have been the victim of some either insecure boyfriends or straight up pimps. These people wait until you have swam for your life then, once you finally give up and sink to the bottom,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abuse/@heartsofsterling/bottom-feeder-psychology-of-a-pimp-b896a90d0522</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abuse/@heartsofsterling/bottom-feeder-psychology-of-a-pimp-b896a90d0522</guid><category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMdEt1iys8HDHUE7CRHvv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Stigma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mental Stigma A national epidemic To this day, there is still not enough known about mental illness, and this lack of knowledge on the subject leaves room for fear to be born, and grow into stigma. Anyone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@heartsofsterling/mental-stigma-c78c0a453b5a8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@heartsofsterling/mental-stigma-c78c0a453b5a8</guid><category><![CDATA[stigma]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3CghoHNT9ncq9dkhiKY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[You will lose your friends. Your family. Your job. Your house. One by one as they catch a peek of your disease. Without any adjustment to your behavior, you’ve become someone completely different. You]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/art-b313149c4217e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/art-b313149c4217e</guid><category><![CDATA[nsfw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMeLRifEpWXyuEDAVDRFU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stigma]]></title><description><![CDATA[“My sponsor died alone in his apartment”. The tale of a soul lost to this isolating disease. Both the disease and those that love them get enveloped into a societally imposed isolation. Cultivating a fiendish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@heartsofsterling/stigma-ccd4627230da7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@heartsofsterling/stigma-ccd4627230da7</guid><category><![CDATA[stigma]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:31:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMdhBQBnyBgNMpgJVPXU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[listen with love]]></title><description><![CDATA[My journey is the same of many dancers across this great land. I have met so many, from sea to shining sea. My home in Boston to my residence in LA. There are so many struggling with addiction, and a lot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stripper/@heartsofsterling/listen-with-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stripper/@heartsofsterling/listen-with-love</guid><category><![CDATA[stripper]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81MAaGzZipcc1it9AjqDYcp466t5zKZWCJ4VCmbm7QKHZQoPKpuN7WAffmxjjyJAeYZmfvojQnuLXu6NP5G7UDuGDUwtNS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're tryna make me go to rehab]]></title><description><![CDATA[AND IT WORKED! during my time healing at a Boston hospital, close to my loved ones, I learned a lot about the stigma of mental health disorders. Up until 1998, if you needed a psychiatrist, you could only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/addiction/@heartsofsterling/they-re-trine-make-me-go-to-rehab</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/addiction/@heartsofsterling/they-re-trine-make-me-go-to-rehab</guid><category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7yd6fqiFTe8YHrjmCoSFpsYtvsdtcmzRbMRQfAT8fS1ddD38g8BVeXVFg76yVXXrNNasgZM2ytwvyCdrdLsFK3ZNWEVjDx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traumatic stress]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my journey of 1- realizing I am/was/is/has/have/had an addict, and 2- owning everything that entails, nothing hurt more than the instant rejection from people I would never hurt. The people who would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/traumatic-stress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/traumatic-stress</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:24:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7yPMCNsbegG83Scqaj7BHb7gkPjKcD6K5PbrfbPby2gKaKtjemE5tMVQ2ichqdqUDQDPk6UYX61PKe4eagUcjbXah1zBpr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Out (PHOTO DUMP... some NSFW content)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys! I know I kind of disappeared here for a bit, so here's an update. Before working to develop this any further, I took some time to get off meth, joined a sober yoga thing, and am figuring out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/time-out-photo-dump-some-nsfw-content</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@heartsofsterling/time-out-photo-dump-some-nsfw-content</guid><category><![CDATA[nsfw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvQnFNkAkciDeT8GvBWLkS51ZrG7kpMfKuoiUxkS5Ci57jkgtTxjizULh7aonpm58waiVLGEpKMhWFwX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know Your Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week has been far too exciting for me to write anything serious. I did, however, make out like a bandit! Can’t wait to spill all the beans.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rights/@heartsofsterling/know-your-rights-abbde1ee0944</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rights/@heartsofsterling/know-your-rights-abbde1ee0944</guid><category><![CDATA[rights]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 06:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQjrZZPKnmJScbLD5Ss4AXZwrWKLkchgUSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[subhuman(E)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slut. Druggy. Homeless person. The likes of which all have been deemed subhuman by society. They shame you, haze you, assault you, take your pride, your dignity, your rights. “You can’t sit with us” the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/magic/@heartsofsterling/subhuman-e-33aa099659c02</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/magic/@heartsofsterling/subhuman-e-33aa099659c02</guid><category><![CDATA[magic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 06:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMftiLgQyEofc1uLrN6oG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[heroin(E)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The conventional citizen seems to have placed a hierarchy on disease. Cancer? Oh, poor you, you get all the monies. Phiosological malfunctions take the cake. Brain malfunctioning? Well this is a grey-dient.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/heroin-e-6f3d28d114bf8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/heroin-e-6f3d28d114bf8</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:01:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1JAASRs4ZyZajj7U6g6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Step]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m not terrified at the thought of the up coming competition. Actually, I’m really excited. I’m learning from my mistakes, and ready for the next step. I need to make a submission video ASAP. I have plenty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dance/@heartsofsterling/the-next-step-2e477cfd9c58c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dance/@heartsofsterling/the-next-step-2e477cfd9c58c</guid><category><![CDATA[dance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5mhRhXorJRL1SUwngBY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUCK YOU, PAY ME]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was, oh, maybe 16. He was, somewhere close to 50. “Hey mister” I said. “I got some old stuff to sell. Won’t you buy it?” I was drunk, and trying to get drunker. He could tell by his preconceived notions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/fuck-you-pay-me-b02ecf0d37335</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/fuck-you-pay-me-b02ecf0d37335</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyBtS3wykERgNCNqDzva?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIC CHECK!]]></title><description><![CDATA[For one week I got to feel not like a suck person. I felt abled. No dis. Preparing, I had a reason to push through illness, I had something to work for, I had a world to save, I had a part to play, Justice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/mic-check-a081b0a10d343</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/mic-check-a081b0a10d343</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 06:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1JAJ4pRS2ASRoJrJsee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dahlia Noir]]></title><description><![CDATA[A crooked nose and angry eyes. Shadow bats whisper lies. Turbulent tides ebb through a surging waves rise. Impact the earth, plummeting from heavenly highs. An impression expressed through disguise. Souls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/dahlia-noir-de1a903456acc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/dahlia-noir-de1a903456acc</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgGgqva79WxNE5hzVp2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing a Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shout STERLING at me or something so I know you support #heartsofsterling and you’re not just a regular that happened to be there that night. I’ll make something new, and unreleased to hand out that night.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/doing-a-thing-8f931b530e155</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/doing-a-thing-8f931b530e155</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMdgBKKHySyEY3JCcNYLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Heart of Sterling]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can see it in my minds eye so clearly. Poses, spinning around the pole. Beautiful, graceful, with intention and feeling. And when I’m done, the tears fall down my face, as the call my name. I step on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/a-heart-of-sterling-084044660e8c8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/a-heart-of-sterling-084044660e8c8</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:46:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgAxhWo6D4eomzs9j1Sn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Calling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calling all Hearts of Sterling: About a year ago I said I would do my first competition in a year. Well, I kind of forgot about it, and now it’s a year later and the competition has come to me! I’m completely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pole/@heartsofsterling/a-calling-46e82edbc7318</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pole/@heartsofsterling/a-calling-46e82edbc7318</guid><category><![CDATA[pole]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 21:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxSuV1KVy9NdaLNDYmhp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come a Little Bit Closer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey! Hey you! I’ll share a secret with you. Strippers love their fans. That’s right, we think about you too. We wear things we know you will like when we know you’re coming to see us. We think of you like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/come-a-little-bit-closer-ada6fb654f7fc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heartsofsterling/come-a-little-bit-closer-ada6fb654f7fc</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heartsofsterling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN53tEjL9dVuDN2efirNS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>