Posts Categorized: Strip Clubs and Politics

Stripping in Cleveland During the RNC: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Pesidential conventions only come around every four years, but they always take place in major American cities, located in downtown areas where attendees will have easy access to the nearby strip clubs. Political conventioneers, as a group, have a reputation as hard-drinking, hard-partying men with a lot of loose money. So, professional dancers flock to… Read more »

Strip Club 1, Nuns 0

After a judge in Melrose Park, Illinois ruled in favor of a strip club and against The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, who were trying to shut the club down, a lawyer for the strip club remarked, “I love it when my opponents come into court with only a prayer.”

The History of Pole Dancing

A battle has been brewing between pole dancers who perform in strip clubs and pole dancers who denigrate strippers and distance themselves from strip clubs. Now blogger Maddy Myers (TheMarySue.com) points out that pole dancers who use the hashtag #NotaStripper on social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest are being challenged by strippers who… Read more »