Contact, Updates
Dancing Schedule + FAQ
Hello! I’d love if you came to see me dance, or tip me to spend time talking with you. We can talk about nearly anything you’d like, just ask. *I WILL NOT BE DANCING JAN 6TH-15TH* I am at X Exotic Lounge at 15 SW 2nd Avenue, Portland Oregon every Tuesday and Saturday, and… Read More
Interviews, Updates
For Portland Sex Worker Elle Stanger, Being Stuck at Home Means Balancing Porn With Parenting – WW
WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine. Elle Stanger is a stripper, sex worker, educator, writer and podcaster. She is also a mother to an 8-year-old daughter. And as far as she’s concerned, none of those titles are… 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
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
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
Interviews, Updates
Strange Bedfellows Is the Best Sex and Politics Podcast You’ve Never Heard Of
Tackling taboo subjects like kink, libido, gender, and sex worker rights, Strange Bedfellows is a rare mix of sexy, interesting topics and smart breakdowns of everything from consent language to federal laws. But the willingness of the show’s hosts to shine a light into the modern bedroom has resulted in their show being blocked on… Read More
Interviews, Updates
Being A Sex Worker Makes Me A Better Mum – Barcroft Video
I open up a lot in this intimate profile of my family and work life. Watch here on Youtube.com Read More
Articles, Interviews
Exotic Dancing in The Digital Age – Medium
How technology is changing how strippers view themselves, interact with society and do business “I could be a stripper.” That was what Juniper thought to herself during an eight-hour drive to visit some out of town friends. She had just broken up with her boyfriend and felt like her life was going nowhere. “I had… Read More
Interviews, Updates
Save Portland From Hell – Interview with William Perk
Even if you’ve heard of the “Save Portland From Hell” guy, you perhaps have never met William, the man behind the pit-stained t-shirts and scrawled-signs. “Jake” first appeared in front of strip clubs and on street corners in 2014 as a mouth-breathing, mid-thirties virgin, and sidewalk evangelist. Like so many, I wasn’t convinced… Read More
