12.13.11
» Jenna Stripped: Stripping is Easy?
I am so thankful that I didn’t lose myself to this industry. If I had to tell a beginner one thing, it would be to leave your true self outside the door when you walk in and leave your alter ego at the door when you leave. Never let the two mix. That’s when the problems begin.
I haven’t felt this way because I chose the opposite path, but that doesn’t make this any less relevant. Worth the read, especially for new dancers (which is why I’m tossing this in the ‘tips’ section).
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12.08.11
» Sapphic Stripper's FAKE FRENCH
Being proficient in speaking English kicks my ass sometimes.
You don’t want to sound too smart; it’s off-putting to most clients who just want a fembot to simulate some lunch-hour girl-on-topping. They don’t want to hear your life story or thoughts on dark matter…
In the words of Le Tigre, “My Fake French is Hot.”
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11.06.11
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11.05.11
Striptip #4.
“Stripping is like a series of consecutive job interviews,” really. At least that’s what I think of it like. Your goal is to have the best 10-20 minute interview ever. You need to sort out what the guy is looking for and then convince him you’re the best fit for it. Then repeat. Similar to the way you’d adjust a resume depending on to whom you send it. Is he looking for a ‘stereotype’ stripper? A little dumb, a little innocent-girly, a little possibly promiscuous? Or is he looking for the exception to the rule? The intellectual, the domme, the video vixen? It’s observing the need and then selling yourself in the frame to fit that need.
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10.25.11
» Rules for Dating (this) Dancer.
I swear if I ever have to go through the dating process again (and I hope I don’t), I’m handing this out to all prospective dates. It’s my version, so surely it doesn’t represent all (or even most) dancers, of course.
Not 100% personally relevant, but super relevant in general. Awesome read, as usual, from Piper. Check it out.
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10.18.11
Expiry Dates
So, for those of you who’re baby strippers, here’s something I didn’t know when I started working: Regulars come with an expiration date on the package. I’m not talking about dying; I mean there will eventually come a day, sooner or later, that your regular stops coming in (at all or for you, makes no matter really).
Now it seems like common sense to me, but then again ‘regulars’ in general remain something of a mystery to me even today. But back then, I didn’t understand. I didn’t know what a regular really was, how you got one, how you kept one—how you kept more than one. Then I started treating shifts like marketing networking seminars and got better at it (ha!).
So my question to all veteran strippers, active and otherwise: How do you keep your regulars coming back over time—extending the expiry date? Or is that impossible?
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10.03.11
Striptip #3.
“Money before bitches,” Kat says in a voice between solidarity and indignation. It’s one of those nights at the club. Rare, but there: drama between girls. She’s been here years, she knows the ropes; that bit of advice has stuck with me. No girl is worth your job. Drama can be worked out, misunderstandings reconstructed, drunk words excused. Getting fired and then rehired? Trickier. And even at some clubs where fire-rehire is par for the course, making up on lost money can be harder. So this saying helps me keep my head up and my thoughts level, my priorities in order, when coworkers become handfuls.
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09.20.11
Striptip #2.
“You can make money off a wink,” she says to me, curls bouncing. This is one of my first memories from my first club, down in Florida. Her name’s Colleen, or that’s the name that’s good enough for me. The message is a good one, girls: personalize your act. Do something uniquely you. The wink is a metaphor: will other girls wink? yes; the point is do something that brings the ‘you’ out of you and makes you memorable. If that’s a costume, a gesture, a trick, a look… own it. Do you.
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08.19.11
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06.21.11
» Stripping in Pop Culture
Nikkita put together this really great series of videos she collected online showcasing stripping in various pop media, from music videos to movies, across time. Check it out!
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