Like lots of small businesses these days, San Francisco’s unionized, worker-owned peepshow has hit some seriously tough financial times. But they’re still fighting to stay open! You can support their efforts here. Some background: The Lusties unionized in 1997 and became a co-op in 2003 and, in addition to being the only unionized peepshow co-op in the… Continue reading Help Save the Lusty Lady
Tag: Strippers
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bathroom Attendant: A Highly Subjective Review of From the Head [2012]
There is a peculiar claustrophobic glory to working in a strip club. The walls hug. The beat of the music holds you in its grasp that is by turns steely and auto-tuned, fuzzy with distortion, jangly with teenage optimism, and tired with oversaturation. The air breathes recycled. The lights flash with epileptic precision. The girls… Continue reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bathroom Attendant: A Highly Subjective Review of From the Head [2012]
Bogus Research: Stop Forwarding That Story About How Ovulating Strippers Make More Money
Sex work seems to invite entertaining, original economic research. Wouldn’t it be interesting to quantify the change in income for a women who change careers to begin stripping? Or how much money dancers pay out to clubs? What do they do for the local economy? What kind of sales techniques are most effective for strippers?… Continue reading Bogus Research: Stop Forwarding That Story About How Ovulating Strippers Make More Money
The Angry Stripper Outed (?)
Today the Houston Press published a blog post by Richard Connelly about stripper blogger/tweeter @AngryStripper (Sarahtress), with what they seem to think is the bombshell revelation that a stripper is also a journalist working for the local daily. But really. How closeted is a stripper who posts face photos and whose Twitter profile lists something close to… Continue reading The Angry Stripper Outed (?)
The Week in Links: March 23
SWOP-NYC wrote an open letter to NOW-NYC requesting that the organization use more sensitive language when referencing the sex workers who were found dead on Long Island over the past few years. In a tweet on March 19, NOW-NYC had referred to the victims as “sacks of bones.” “Would you ever consider befriending a prostitute or a… Continue reading The Week in Links: March 23