Rick’s in Las Vegas closes. Wonder how things are going for the first publicly traded gentlemen’s club corp? La Salle University professor hires lap dancers to perform in class. TSA: Your Ass is in Our Hands porn parody trailer “Hipster strip club” gets liquor license; won’t have strippers. SWOP’s safety tips for escorts in Long… Continue reading The Week In Links: April 15
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Protect, Don’t Prosecute
(Reposted in full from The Red Umbrella Project) In the week leading up to December 17, 2010 – the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – the remains of four women who were killed while doing sex work were discovered on a beach in Long Island. Over the past two weeks, the remains… Continue reading Protect, Don’t Prosecute
Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club
Paul Carr has been writing a series of reports from Las Vegas for the Huffington Post with his sobriety as the hook—what’s it like to be in Vegas sober, etc. His guide for part of the trip has been Ruth Fowler, fellow sober person, former stripper and author of the memoir No Man’s Land. For… Continue reading Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club
You’re Not Funny: The Content Farm
Last week I saw a SXSW panel called “Secrets of Fake Twitter Accounts.” The speakers included @BPGlobalPR, @JasperSloburushe, @MayorEmanuel, and @FakeAPStylebook. They were all pretty diverse in their reasons for starting fake Twitter accounts, from “What’s going on in the world outrages me” to “Those guys are dicks” to “We were just emailing jokes.” The… Continue reading You’re Not Funny: The Content Farm
A Conversation With Lusty Day
I love it when a plan comes together, don’t you? So, here’s the tea: I went from Dallas, TX, to the Desiree Alliance conference in Las Vegas on a bus last summer. By myself. Twenty-four hours or so of quiet and calm before the storm that Las Vegas always is. I remember sitting somewhere in… Continue reading A Conversation With Lusty Day