I’ve been reading Tracy Quan since before I was a sex worker, when a prequel to Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl was serialized on Salon.com, and I’ve been chummy with her online since 2003, when she graciously replied to my e-mails. I’ve learned so much from Tracy, her callgirl comedy-of-manners novels, and the quirky… Continue reading A Nation of Sex Workers: An Interview with Tracy Quan
Tag: New York
New York Court Rules 4-3 Lap Dances Not Exempt Artistic Performances, Can Be Taxed
Albany strip club Nite Moves challenged a 2005 audit by claiming that lap dances were exempt from taxation, just as ballet performances are (I wrote about some of the sillier commentary inspired by the case). Their appeal wound up in front of the New York Court of Appeals, and today they ruled against the club,… Continue reading New York Court Rules 4-3 Lap Dances Not Exempt Artistic Performances, Can Be Taxed
The Week in Links: September 7
The art director for Orange County Where magazine (as opposed to Orange County Whore magazine) could have done a little bit better with photo placement on the cover of the latest issue. Oops! They tweeted that they’d be printing a replacement issue. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is fighting to impose an 8 percent… Continue reading The Week in Links: September 7
If Your Blog Post is Journalism, My Lapdance is Art: The NY Fight Over Taxable Stripping
Albany strip club Nite Moves went before the New York Supreme Court today to appeal earlier rulings that the club owes taxes on money it has earned from cover charges and couch dance sales. Under New York tax laws, such charges are subject to taxes levied on places of amusement, like nightclubs, but the club… Continue reading If Your Blog Post is Journalism, My Lapdance is Art: The NY Fight Over Taxable Stripping
The Week in Links: June 29
With the release of Magic Mike, the new Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum film that draws from Tatum’s real-life former sex industry career, articles on male strippers have become the next big thing this week. Here, five male strippers review the film, and here, male strippers in Vegas discuss their hopes that the film will help revive their… Continue reading The Week in Links: June 29