“To all the people who judge sex workers and say, as Tina Fey did, “We should all be better than that,” I ask: If you really cared about helping us, the poor and deluded sex workers of the world, why is your money not where your mouth is? Why haven’t you stood up and said to a sex worker, “Hey, I’ll pay your bills and pay your tuition at a university so you can get any degree you desire. I’ll help you.” I’ll tell you why you haven’t said it: Because you don’t care, you’re just looking for someone to judge. As I’m the only one who pays my bills and puts food on the table for myself and my family, I feel justified in giving you a hearty, “Fuck You!” while I’m on my way to work. I’m not afraid of your judgment and I’m not afraid to stand up for myself. I’m a sex worker for my own reasons, and not a single one of those reasons is you.”
– Sex Worker Problems, SW7 (via sexworkerproblems)

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“And that simple truth is that the great gift that strip clubs give is not sex. It’s human connection. It’s the fact that for all the fakeness and all the grift and all the flashy-flashy lights and all the glitz and all the heaving, guilt-inducing expense and all the existential angst and all the anger, what a strip club gives to everyone who walks through the door and submerges him or herself to its hoary depths is the potential for human connection. The beauty of a strip club ends up being the beauty of life itself. We may be flawed and dirty. We may be dishonest and self-deceiving. We may be fake as a three-dollar bill. But we are human, and we have stories, and sometimes, every once in a while, some other person will hear us.”
– A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bathroom Attendant: A Highly Subjective Review of From the Head [2012] (via ladythestripper)

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→ Fuck Yeah Love & Money: Last Saturday Night.

fuckyeahlovethyself:

After 8 months of heaven & hell, my boyfriend & I broke up. 3 months into our relationship, he gave me an ultimatum of stripping or being with him. I chose him. The same day as our breakup, I went back to The Palace to begin a new adventure…& I made a motherfucking GRAND off of ONE VIP customer.

1,000 bucks.

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theresnoplacelikeyourmouth:

Rough cut of a forthcoming full video I did while in Richmond :) I look funny when the beat isn’t synced to my booty shaking yet haha. [Bill Ku]

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