The Week in Links: July 6

This video of Olivia Munn and Bethenny Frankel trying to pole dance hurts my soul a little. Leave it to professionals, ladies. Porn star James Deen swears that he’s not fucking Lindsay Lohan, and that if he was, “I think I would tell everybody.” GQ ran a profile of him anyway. Adult businesses in Canada can no… Continue reading The Week in Links: July 6

License to Pimp: A Conversation with Filmmaker Hima B.

What would you do if the strip club you worked at became a brothel? That’s the question Hima B. asks in License to Pimp, the feature documentary she is currently raising funds to complete. The controversial premise is that, by charging house fees, strip club are essentially pimping out the dancers, leaving them little choice… Continue reading License to Pimp: A Conversation with Filmmaker Hima B.

“Strip Club Queens” Trailer for Stripper Reality Show from D.C.’s Stadium Club

We are so excited about this new stripper reality show, set to air this fall, about strippers at the Stadium Club in Washington D.C. Strippers show up on reality television often enough, but there still hasn’t been a strip club show, and this looks to deliver. According to the Washington Post, it will air on… Continue reading “Strip Club Queens” Trailer for Stripper Reality Show from D.C.’s Stadium Club

Pole Taxes Not “Genius”

Last August, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the “pole tax,” otherwise known as the Sexually Oriented Business Fee, a $5-per-patron tax on strip club customers, and in January, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, letting the law stand. Collected at the door along with the cover charge, the tax is intended to fund… Continue reading Pole Taxes Not “Genius”