Leaving academia isn’t just for sex workers, but there are a good number of former academics among our contributors and readers. Once you’ve done sex work and experienced the particular freedoms it affords, academia’s constraints can seem more chafing and its endgame more pointless. This post in particular prompted us to have some of them… Continue reading Tap Dancing For The Man: Leaving Academia For Sex Work
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Susan, formerly known as Bubbles Burbujas/StripperTweets, is a career stripper who started dancing while Clinton was in office. She has a B.A. in English and enjoys playing totally inappropriate obscure music at work.
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Who Makes Your Money: WePay and Eden Alexander
Eden Alexander’s current fundraiser is live here. This weekend, a Twitterstorm erupted when payment processor WePay shut down a medical fundraiser for porn performer Eden Alexander. Alexander found herself in an unforgiving position after the complications she experienced from an allergic reaction to a prescription drug were misdiagnosed when a doctor assumed that since she was… Continue reading Who Makes Your Money: WePay and Eden Alexander
Texas Can Tax Twerking Contests, And Other Pole Tax News
This weekend, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Texas pole tax against an appeal that charged the tax was an improperly utilized “occupation tax.” Officially known as the Sexually Oriented Business Fee, the tax requires strip clubs to pay $5 per patron to a fund for victims of sexual assault. While similar taxes… Continue reading Texas Can Tax Twerking Contests, And Other Pole Tax News
Stripper Music Monday: Sexy Picks For April 1
Spring is sprung and so are the customers; once the vernal equinox kicks in, the whole world’s extra horny. So when you’re taking the stage this week, go all out and play these, the sexiest possible songs to strip to. We’ve pulled together the best, can’t-fail, guaranteed to draw customers to the rack picks for… Continue reading Stripper Music Monday: Sexy Picks For April 1
That’s Not A Real Doctor: VICE’s Buttloads of Pain Investigates the Butt Shot Underground
VICE sent a reporter to Florida to report on the ass shot underground, where not-doctors inject everything from Fix-A-Flat to mineral oil into the buttocks of those seeking a bigger booty. Last week the accompanying documentary debuted online, and it’s worth watching, but be warned that the images of procedures-gone-wrong are horrifying. Reporter Wilbert Cooper… Continue reading That’s Not A Real Doctor: VICE’s Buttloads of Pain Investigates the Butt Shot Underground