An Open Letter From A Detroit Extras Girl

This is one of three responses to Josephine’s “An Open Letter to the Extras Girl” that we’ll be running this week. First up is M, a dancer who, like Josephine, works in Detroit. On a sweltering August afternoon in 2012, I walked through the impossibly heavy glass doors of the glitziest strip club in Detroit.… Continue reading An Open Letter From A Detroit Extras Girl

You’re Not Not Funny: The Onion’s Ten Funniest Stripper Stories

The Onion posted a story last Wednesday headlined “Stripper Thinks Customer Flirting With Her.” You can get the gist of it from the headline; it is funny for the first, most obvious reason, but also because it’s a little true and sometimes strippers do think customers see them as human. While increasingly vicious as its… Continue reading You’re Not Not Funny: The Onion’s Ten Funniest Stripper Stories

The Greatest Strip Club Song Of All Time: Championship Game

Fittingly, this championship game sees two songs that might as well be strip club furniture. I’ve heard them so often that they don’t even register as music anymore. First, from the Dance/Pop region, victorious over “Pony,” is Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer.” And their opponent is “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” from the Classics region. If… Continue reading The Greatest Strip Club Song Of All Time: Championship Game