HOURS Left to Fund LICENSE TO PIMP on Kickstarter
LESS THAN 24 Hours to Fund LICENSE TO PIMP on Kickstarter This Kickstarter Update #13 contains an audio excerpt from an interview I did with a stripper named “Kat.” She has worked as a stripper in San Francisco for nearly 2 decades and started when she was 18 years old. She’s still going strong + … Continue reading
Fund this Film!
We’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to complete a rough cut of our feature documentary, License to Pimp. Please support us in getting this story seen & heard! License to Pimp CHARACTERS & STORY: License to Pimp is a feature documentary about the choices that three San Francisco strippers make as their workplaces engage in … Continue reading
When Stripping Fades into the 3-Minute Cock Grind
GUEST BLOGGER: Diana Morrison bases her post on her observations, reflections, & thoughts formed from over 10 years of dancing in a long list of strip clubs in Houston, California, Reno and Paris to name a few, being a foot model, & a bondage model. Diana also worked in the “real world” in veterinary … Continue reading
Swedish student who stripped + prostituted to pay bills is suspended by college
(May 2011; Stockholm, Sweden) A Swedish student who stripped in Stockholm and also prostituted to pay her way through college is suspended by dean at the college she attended. Fellow students supposedly felt her extra-curricular jobs reinforced the idea that women are sexual objects & they were uncomfortable with her job choices. “I have never … Continue reading
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
5/24/11 USA Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your mobile … Continue reading
Caregiver Sentenced After Allowing Mentally-Impaired Woman To Work At Strip Club
http://www.lex18.com/videoplayer/swf/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.5.swf 5/16/11 Lexington, KY A Lexington caregiver has been sentenced to five years in prison for taking a mentally-handicapped woman in her care to work at a strip club. Patricia Hacker, a state registered nurse’s aide, was supposed to be taking care of the 21-year old mentally handicapped woman, watching after her, and according to … Continue reading
Britain’s Prostitutes: Life On the Edge
A look at the dangers faced by women working as prostitutes in Britain. After the murders of three sex workers in Bradford, Chris Buckler speaks to women who continue to work on the streets despite the dangers.
Stripper Sues Penthouse Club after being fired for not selling her body (Detriot)
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=8705 Former Stripper Sues Penthouse Club in Detroit: MyFoxDETROIT.com Detriot, MI 5/3/11 A Detroit strip club owner didn’t think his dancer shaking her body for men was enough allegedly. A former dancer at the Penthouse Club on 8 Mile Road in Detroit is suing her former employer for trying to force her to sell her … Continue reading
Escort Services flourish at Backpage.com
Because human nature wants what it wants, the closure of Craigslist’s Adult Services section has meant a big boon for Village Voice Media-owned Backpage.com, which has thrived with an “Adult” section overflowing with ads about escorts (male, female and transsexual), body rubs, “adult jobs” and strippers. The New York Observer recently pored over the classifieds … Continue reading