Updates
“Elle Stanger is a Racist” – Accountability Statement
“Elle Stanger is abusive” “Elle Stanger is transphobic.” “Elle Stanger is a racist.” Since 2015, a small circle of folks have been harassing my followers and trying to hurt me and my family with various false accusations: that I report sex workers to police, that I hired a known rapist to work an event… Read More
Interviews, Updates
Stripper Whisperer Podcast – Cory Michaelis
Comedian Cory Michaelis does his first stripper interview with Elle Stanger (@stripperwriter) from Portland, Oregon. Elle is a sex educator, stripper, does other sexual work, and has an insightful and wonderful podcast called ‘Strange Bedfellows’. Tune in to hear her sultry voice and check out the video on Patreon. Listen to the episode on iTunes… Read More
Interviews, Updates
Welcome to PDXXX, Where Strippers Are Keeping Portland Weird – HERE Magazine
From pioneers in the 1800s to early punk rockers in the 1970s, Portland, Oregon, has long been a haven for nonconformists. And though the punk of the ’70s might be long gone—drowned in a sea of bottomless brunch and faux lumberjacks—there’s a different group keeping Portland’s tradition of radical performance alive; one that’s more… Read More
Education, Updates
CBSN Originals presents “Speaking Frankly: Porn”
With smartphones and wireless internet, gaining access to pornography has never been easier for young people. But experts say early exposure to porn can “rewire” young people’s brains, distort their views of sexual behavior, and even contribute to dating violence. Now, educators are trying to find ways to teach kids how to think critically about… Read More
Education, Updates
Savage Love Podcast with Dan Savage: episode 681
I’m in the magnum-episode with Dan Savage, ” Dan chats with worker’s rights advocate Elle Stanger about the ongoing disaster that is SESTA/FOSTA.” Listen here for subscribers. Read More
Education, Updates
Better Bangin’ 101”- BroAum Podcast
Elle Stanger aka StripperWriter is back this week to help teach us how to better listen to our partner’s sexual desires. Listen for tips on how to relax, how to pay attention, and specific advice on techniques that everybody enjoys. They also discuss questions such as what is the difference between sex and love? Is… Read More
Updates
Slutwalk Portland 2019 Presents: Voices in Action
This year, myself and comic Jenna Vesper are hosting a variety show of pole dancers, comedians, musicians and vendors, Sunday, September 8 at Star Theater and to benefit the Sexual Assault Resource Center in Beaverton, Oregon. Raffle tix are only $2 and our prizes include freebies from Fingerbang nails, Mystery Boxy Show, and Portland Toy… Read More
Education, Interviews, Updates
Something Positive for Positive People – EP 51 w/ Elle Stanger
Elle Stanger like hanger, AKA @Stripperwriter is a Sex Worker & one half of the Strange Bedfellows Podcast which is a space for understanding the facts about a VERY misunderstood industries and informative about the intersection of sex and politics! I admire Elle for all her activism work, her intelligence, resilience and realness! We talk… Read More
Articles, Interviews
Strippers Are Doing It for Themselves – New York Times
An industry organizes against decades of exploitation. “Our audiences in the last 10 years, specific to my home club, have become more diverse, younger, more gender broad,” said Elle Stanger, 32, who has worked as a stripper for a decade and lives in Portland. “It’s not just middle-aged white men anymore.” Read the full… Read More
Education, Interviews, Updates
Portland Toy Company Interview – PDX Scene Magazine
Sex toys…the words are often tossed about with a giggle, a smirk, or a whisper. Many people buy them, use them, wonder about them. Squishy phalluses made national headlines two years ago when they began appearing on Portland’s telephone poles, a prank that delighted or horrified onlookers, depending on who you asked. Batteries aside, phallic… Read More
