Community Activism, Updates
DSW – Hero of the Month Feature
WOW I am honored to be featured by DecriminalizeSexWork – get to know me here: “People are less likely to learn new information when they’re being shamed. This can apply to anti-vaxxers or in racial education or disability. [With] so many uncomfortable, important topics, if you are telling your audience that they are stupid… Read More
Interviews, Updates
Stripper Stories EP 26 – Elle + Chloe
This week Chloe talks to fellow Stripper and Sex educator Elle Stanger about the importance of hole rest, being diverse in a pandemic, her professional cuddling jobs, stripper fights and of course her very own Stripper Stories and why you should never play “never have I ever” with us bishhh’s okay? Listen to episode… Read More
Articles
JLo’s Super Bowl Pole Dance Was Cringeworthy To Many Real Strippers. Here’s Why. – HuffPOST
In case you missed it: Actor, singer and celebrity Jennifer Lopez briefly performed a beginner’s pole dance during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, when she ascended fairly gracefully upon a slowly spinning pole, and then held two poses while lip-syncing. While many viewers and members of the media were impressed by the 50-year old entertainer,… 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
Articles
How To Be A Good Patron At A Strip Club For $50 Or Less
Q: One of my friends recently started dancing at the local strip club and asked me to come out and see and support her with tips and a friendly face. I really want to! I just don’t have a ton of money and don’t want to waste anyone’s time. Are there things I can do… 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
SLUTEVER – STRIPPERS Episode on VICE
With strip club culture entering the mainstream, Karley spends time with multiple erotic dancers and their fans to find out: are strippers the new “It Girls”? Look for me and some of your other favorite Portland strippers in this episode! Read More
Interviews
Ava Hennessey Interviews Me
I can’t begin to explain how excited I was to interview Elle Stanger for the blog. I’ve been an Instagram follower and podcast listener for a few years now and If this is your first introduction, I can promise you that you’re in for a treat! How long have you been stripping for… Read More
Articles
Why Is Instagram Coming Down on Strippers?
In the aftermath of FOSTA and SESTA, sex workers are losing their networks and their agency Consensual sex is under attack again. Liberals and conservatives and moderates alike are applauding recent legislation that is killing sex workers and is diverting resources from victims of sex trafficking. The misleadingly titled, “Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” and… Read More
