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
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An Open Letter to the Extras Girl
Hey Girl, I used to be so jealous of you. How did you do it? I would watch you stride through the club, so confident, the wad of cash strapped to your leg growing, like stripping is the easiest job in the world. Someone always wanted a dance from you. You made it look so… Continue reading An Open Letter to the 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: The Winner
As determined by you is “Closer,” which handily beat “Pour Some Sugar On Me” 61% to 39%. If you’d like to review its path, here’s the full bracket and here’s the Spotify playlist with all 64 songs. Thank you to everyone who voted.
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