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Can You Trust Your Sex Worker?

By
Charlotte Shane
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This Tracy Emin piece is in USB's art collection. Does that make you want to laugh or cry?

In a recent survey about trustworthy professions, Australians ranked sex workers at number 40 of 45, which means we beat out journalists and real estate agents but not bankers(34) or lawyers (33.) I sort of expected myself to be outraged  by this, but for once, I didn’t think it was a matter of stigma unfairly steering people’s opinions.

It’s bad—really, really bad—if these respondents meant that they wouldn’t trust sex workers who say they’ve been assaulted, or wouldn’t trust sex workers who were testifying in a criminal trial. But I don’t think that’s what they meant at all. The survey was presented in way that inspired client vs. professional thinking, and professionals in all service industries have a vested interest in keeping their clients happy. That often manifests in the form of little white lies.

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In Praise Of The Man Who Doesn’t Get Strip Clubs

By
Bubbles
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by squeezy on flickr

A coworker and friend of mine once told me there were three types of guys who could handle a relationship with a stripper: The scumbag who didn’t care what people thought, the perv who was turned on thinking about his woman dancing naked in public, and the rare open and trusting soul. I would add a fourth type, the type I’ve attracted more often than not, and that’s the one who considers the whole enterprise of stripping with detached bemusement.

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Top 50 Strip Clubs: A Dancer Responds

By
Natalie
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Complex.com recently published this list of the 50 best strip clubs in the United States—from a customer’s perspective, of course. From a customer’s perspective five years ago, actually, considering how out-of-date some of the info is (see Safari Show Club below).

I’ve worked at a handful of these places and visited a few others. From myself and the other Tits-n-Sassy strippers, here are our comments and critiques, and the clubs we can’t believe didn’t make the list:

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Motor City Strippers!

By
Bettie
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When I see a black woman in a filmy something or other, or clutching feathers, or posed elegantly, I have to click whatever it is to see where she came from. That’s what happened when I stumbled onto this story about burlesque dancers in the Motor City on the Metro Timessite. It begins with a line I cannot turn away from: “They called her The Body. She was built like a double order of pancakes — sweet and stacked.” And gets better and better from there. I found myself completely enthralled the entire way through!

I absolutely think burlesque dancers who get paid for their work are sex workers, so to hear these women’s stories is incredibly inspiring. Lottie Graves mentioned that when she traveled, because of her fame, there’d be champagne and flowers in the room…this is something I can deal with. She also mentions that she wasn’t looked down on because “exotic dancing” was “classy.” I imagine the beaded gowns and rhinestone bikinis had something to do with it. Remind me to buy a rhinestone bikini sometime.

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A New Sex Work Activist Organization: SWAAY

By
Bubbles
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Redoubtable blogger, agent provocateur, and ecoporn pioneer Furry Girl launched her new activist group earlier this month, SWAAY (Sex Work Activists, Allies, and You). The site’s tagline is: “SWAAY is a not-for-profit project whose aim is connecting people with resources to learn more about sex work, and to encourage involvement with activism for sex workers’ rights.”

It’s broadly based and appears to be speaking in great part to the general public, explaining what certain jobs within the sex industry involve. Along with a lot of basic information for consumers, there’s a solid list of U.S. and international sex workers’ organizations. The site is completely SFW. A call for submissions from sex workers who are comfortable showing their faces has been posted on the site.

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