The German town of Bonn has declared that its prostitution meters—a means to tax commercial sex—are a success. Rebecca Hall plays a “free-spirited, seemingly ditzy Florida stripper aspiring to make it as a cocktail waitress in Vegas” in the new Stephen Frears movie Lay the Favorite. Just like in real life, strippers aren’t always who… Continue reading The Week in Links: January 27
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The Week in Links: August 5
Secrets, a London strip club, is planning to release a book on U.K. stripper slang. A St. Louis entrepreneur is struggling keep his BDSM club open, despite hostility from neighbors and zoning conflicts with the city. Eva Longoria Tweeted photos of her pole dancing bruises. A British decathlete works as a stripper to fund his training.
Maria Coletsis’ Behind The Whip
My ears always prick up when people are talking about fetish or bdsm, because that’s my world and it’s where I earn my living. I am generally struck by how much fantasy is injected into the retelling though. No civilian speaks about bdsm the way another does, because their words are almost always informed by… Continue reading Maria Coletsis’ Behind The Whip