Blog, Updates
#YesAStripper Art Show – Portland
If you live in Portland, you know that strip clubs are an integral part of the city’s culture, industry, and community. If you’re a stripper who uses the internet, you know that the world basically views you as trash, and feels comfortable enough to blame your choice in profession on childhood victimization or low self… Read More
Education, Interviews
Portland Detective Speaks on “Black Lives Matter”, Community Policing, and Human Trafficking vs. Prostitution
He’s white, he’s middle aged, and he’s a cop. I was fortunate to meet the affable Detective Brendan McGuire in a NE Portland coffee shop, on a sunny summer morning. It has been a longstanding belief that sex workers and law enforcement share some common parallels: Sex work and community-service/policing should be inherently nurturing,… Read More
Articles, Interviews
Strippers talk back to the hashtag #NotAStripper
Don’t forget it was strippers who invented pole dancing. As the art of pole dance has moved from the strip club stage to exercise studios and international competitions, “polers” have flooded social media with photos and videos of impressive, sometimes death-defying acrobatic tricks. But many in the pole dance world don’t appreciate its sex industry… Read More
Blog, Interviews
Jacq the Stripper – Interview
Like so many beautiful, strange, unattainable women, I found her on Instagram. Unlike so many women, “Jacq the Stripper” is a pole dancing, customer-hustling, writer, comedian, artist and all-around smart ass, and I liked her immediately. Her doodles of brief customer or coworker quotes, named, “100 Days Of Pleasantries” caught me with its impressive ability… Read More
Updates
Portland Sex Worker Activist Wins World Sexual Health Day Writing Award – HuffPost
This year’s winner of the World Sexual Health Day Writing Competition, with its theme of “Sexual Health for a Fairer Society,” is Elle Stanger, a Portland-based stripper, sex work activist and author. The winning piece, “Sex Work, Civilian Life, and Harassment”, was intended to raise awareness for Portland’s SlutWalk, which will take place at 1:00… Read More
Blog, Education, Interviews
“A” is for Activist – Interview with Innosanto Nagara
As a parent in Portland, Oregon, I’m constantly astounded at how many clever ways that children’s food, clothing and events can be marketed to hipster parents. There are baby boutiques like Treehouse or BeanSprout, children’s musicians like Mr. Ben and Talullah’s Daddy, kid’s coffeeshops like POA or Cafe Au Play. And have you seen some… Read More
Interviews
A stripper’s crusade to improve dancers’ working conditions – Salon.com
New efforts by a coalition of strippers, social workers and professional lobbyists aim to change all that, though, through the unprecedented move of lobbying the state legislature directly. Their ultimate goal is to improve safety standards for Oregon’s live entertainers, a task that could turn out to be tougher than it seems in the face… Read More
Interviews
Bonnie Rotten – Interview
At just twenty-one, porn actress Bonnie Rotten has stacked up an incredible litany of industry accomplishments. Winning multiple awards, such as Starlet of the Year, Scene of the Year, Female Performer of the Year, she also has dipped her toes into the mainstream, appearing with comedian Doug Benson in his video podcast, and music videos… Read More
Articles, Interviews
Oregon’s Stripper Lobby: Legislators Ask Exotic Dancers for Help With Strip Club Bill – Daily Beast
Oregon lobbyists are inviting exotic dancers to write their own labor legislation. Only in Portland. The rainy Northwest city not only brags of having more strip clubs per capita than any other place in the U.S., its booming adult entertainment industry has gone hipster. According to the Strip Club Guide released this summer by Portland’s… Read More
Education, Interviews, Updates
Oh Joy Sex Toy – How to be a Good Strip Club Patron
Erika Moen interviews real-life strippers to ask How people can be better in the clubs, see her comic and full interview here. Read More
