“When I think of that strip club, I focus on the memory of Vanessa’s beauty, vulnerability, and absolute power.”

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This is a comment by Adsum Ozar on the Comment of the Day: “Men like strip clubs because they aren’t being told how to behave, or being shamed for their sexuality.”

“Men like strip clubs because they aren’t being told how to behave, or being shamed for their sexuality.”

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This is a comment by KKZ on the post “Lap Dance Anxiety”.

My Favorite Marxist

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Jennifer Kabat recounts the inner turmoil of trying to make a stripper-client relationship work outside the strip club.

Magic Mike: Something Much Worse than the Objectification of Men

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Joanna Schroeder is amazed at the way Magic Mike manages to damage both masculinity and the image of female sexuality in one 110-minute sausage fest.

Strippers I Have Known: The Ladies of Lexx Vegas

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In the second installment of his ongoing “Strippers I Have Known” series, Ryan Bjorklund talks shop with strippers (and close friends) Sarah “Maverick” Christian and Sarah “Dixie” Watson.

‘Strip Club Tax’ to Fund Houston’s Rape Kit Analysis

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Houston has created a “Pole Tax” – $5 for every person entering a strip club – in order to help fund the analysis of rape kits in the city.

Weekday Strippers I Have Known

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In the first of a multi-part series of posts about strip clubs, Ryan Björklund describes a typical weekday at one such establishment.

Breast Way to Die: During a Table Dance at A Strip Club

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Jamie Reidy shares the story of a man who dropped dead in the middle of a stripper’s table dance.

Inside a Strip Club

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What really happens behind those doors? I set out to find out.

Music: Malcolm Barrett and Sin City Perform TONIGHT in Hollywood [@malcolmbarrett]

The nerdcore musician and actor brings his live show to Hollywood tonight.

Is Fake Really Better?

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What does the rapid increase in breast augmentation say about all of us?

Charlie Sheen: Winning as a Dad?

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If you ask his porn-star girlfriends, Charlie Sheen is the F-18 of fathers—just as long as he doesn’t feed his kids tiger blood.

Me, Dad, and the Tijuana Strip Club

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A coming-of-age tale featuring beer, strippers, and a transvestite pickpocket.

Inside a Strip Club

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Tom Matlack interviews the former manager of an L.A. gentlemen’s club to find out what it’s like to work among strippers—and the guys who shower them with cash.

Stripper Rehab

Tom Matlack wonders—is the instinct to run off with strippers an innate part of manhood?