I meant to ask this earlier, but do you think Mike Rowe could do an episode of ‘Dirty Jobs’ at a larger-type Gentleman’s Club? It could be very educational on a national basis to the behind-the-scenes stuff that happens in a strip club. So maybe not ‘dirty’ in the sense that we associate with the show, but fun nevertheless.
Mike Rowe stripping? I’m for it.
I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this!
Hi Indygrrl!
Is stripping always just stripping in the “traditional” sense?
Do any strippers anywhere bellydance (and strip) or dance the Tahitian Tamure (and strip)?
(I realise that neither bellydancing nor the Tamure is meant to be stripping–despite what Hollywood movies would have had us believe.)
Aren’t there any strippers who would like the chance to perform either of these two traditional erotic dances as a part of their act, rather than just “dancing” around a pole?
They could learn how to actually dance these traditional erotic dances properly (for places outside a strip club environment), and within the strip clubs themselves, they could incorporate their bellydancing or Tamure into their act (only in this case, stripping as they dance.)
This way, they’d have two venues in which to dance, keeping in practice in either place.
I’ve seen belly dancing strippers, I’ve seen very well trained jazz dancing strippers, I’ve seen fan-dancing strippers… if it can be done, it’s been done 
(And for what it’s worth, I always actually danced when I was dancing. Some girls pose and wiggle–I never got into that.)
I’ve been away from my thread for awhile, I thought it had disappeared into the abyss!
I think the stereotype persists because those types of girls seem like the majority, and maybe they are. I’ve worked in upscale clubs, so maybe I’ve just met more diamonds than I would have elsewhere. As much as I’d like to sit here and say they are all great, there are tons of fucked up strippers with drug problems, boyfriend problems, baby daddy problems, you name it, they got it.
But there are also a lot of strippers who do it because they like it, and don’t have any major problems that fall in line with the stereotype. They might be in school, they might (like me) have finished college and decided they hated their career. It really runs the gamut. I know a former stripper with a business degree from Johns Hopkins, another who is a successful financial planner with a big firm, and another whose triple G titties have set her up for life (and she’s under 40). Plenty of us consult with her when we need financial advice because she’s got the shit wrapped up.
I think some people like to look down on strippers, but they are usually the kind of people who like to look down on all sorts of people who they believe to be below them. Personally, I don’t give two shits what someone does for a living, people are people and we all have the same basic needs and wants. Maybe it’s a result of my years stripping, but I am just as much at ease with a wealthy businessman as I am a construction worker. One is no better than the other to me, and as long as they’re spending, I’m up for dancing for any and all types.
Hmm, I don’t see that much at my club, the kissing and such, that is. And I’ll confess to only one makeout session with a custie in all of my years. I’m not sure what got into me that night, but I was kinda drunk and having fun and he was reeeeeally hot. Shit happens, ya know? 
And we don’t have a champagne room at my club, but I’d say it is pretty common in a lot of clubs. I’ve heard a lot about higher end clubs with the really expensive champagne rooms where anything goes, and then there are the lower level clubs where anything goes. I work at the nicest club in Indy, but it isn’t swanky at all. It’s pretty basic and if your guy came in you wouldn’t have anything to worry about. I always tell women, don’t worry if your guy has his bachelor party in the SC, worry if he’s having it at a friend’s house where they are bringing in dancers.
I’m sorry that happened to your guy, but I’d let it go. It was his one and only bachelor party and a kiss is just a kiss. It’s really meaningless in that type of environment. I’m actually surprised he told you. I think you could take that as a good sign, at least he’s honest. But I don’t blame you for feeling ooked out about it.
I disagree. It is pretty common in some clubs. The guys might have picked that one for that reason, but even when guys ask me to “give him the works” that never includes kissing or anything of the sort. But some girls do it for nothing. Some do it because they think that is the only way they can make money. And, sadly, I doubt it was that much extra, if any at all.
Not sure where he would fit into it, but I think it would be kinda boring. He’d be the manager listening to girls whine about wanting to go home, or a million other issues they have. I don’t know, maybe it would be a fun investigation.
But, in a way, I would hate to see the fantasy ruined for guys. I like letting them think it is all the way it seems, and they like it too.
Those types of moves are certainly used all of the time in SC’s. Personally, I have only studied at the school of experience, but my moves are pretty amazing if I do say so myself. I’m like a belly dance gymnast erotic artist…or something like that.
Really though, when you’re getting paid so much to strip, it’s just not that enticing to go learn traditional dances like that. Unless you are into that type of thing, of course.
I’ve always thought it was funny that belly dancers get respect but exotic dancers do not. Belly dancing is just as sexy, IMO, but I guess they aren’t doing it for titillation.
And here’s kind of a suck thing, as much as I love the performing aspect of dancing, there are usually a bunch of guys sitting at the stage and I pretty much do little dances for them, one-by-one, so that I can rake in as much cash as possible while on stage. And every guy at the stage is an opportunity to get a private dance, so that suggestion is incorporated into every shimmy.
But sometimes I ignore them all (tipping wise) and just do my thing. If it’s a song I love I can’t help myself. And when you are really getting into the zone it is the best feeling ever. Sometimes the guys just throw cash, and you feel like a rock star for a moment. That’s a rare and beautiful thing, and always worth aspiring to.
I’ve read the whole thread, so I don’t think I missed this, but is there a good national directory of strip clubs on the web? I’m going on a road trip soon, and I don’t know how to find a good strip club without having to personally ask the locals.
I haven’t been to one in years and years, but I think this thread has made me interested in doing a little " field research".
What kind of conduct do you have around couples? Yesterday my girlfriend and I went to the Crazy Horse in San Francisco for the second time (we went there for our anniversary, which was pretty fun, and I was kind of surprised she enjoyed it so much she nagged me to go with her again). Crazy Horse is fully nude and ‘full contact’ i.e. the dancers will climb on guys laps, rub their boobs in their faces, etc. and a lot of them are pretty generous about it regardless of how much money you put out.
Originally, when I told her about how the strippers give girl customers a lot of attention (because it gives the other guys something interesting to watch) she really liked the idea, and we reached this agreement that I would be fine with anything they did to her, so long as she was fine with anything they did to me.
The problem is that they freakin’ ignored me! I guess they didn’t want to do anything that would make my girlfriend jealous. It was fun watching them grope my girlfriend and stuff, I was just bummed I didn’t get a turn (since my girlfriend was already cool with it at that point)
Any of the clubs y’all worked in sell food? If so, how was it?
About the closest I came to going to a strip club was on a business trip when we were looking for lunch in a small town. The four of us drove by one restaurant/fast food joint after another, one of us objecting to each one in turn. One guy said with a leer, let’s go to the strip joint out on the interstate. The one woman with us objected for fairly obvious reasons. I objected because food wasn’t their primary business and I wanted lunch dammit. Luckily we came upon a Ramada with a nice buffet lunch. Food!
Indygrrl, thanks for this very enlightening thread, and OpalCat thanks for contributing. I still may not go to a strip club (nothing against what y’all do/did for a living, and from the pictures - WOW!), but ignorance fought, and happily so.
Typo Knig:
The main club I worked at served mainly burgers-and-wings type of bar fare, and as a vegetarian there wasn’t much for me to try. Other people told me the food was good. When I went to Texas and worked, all of the places I worked at had phenomenal food. I remember an alfredo pasta primavera that was to die for.
My club has a decent menu during the day, bar food and sandwiches, mostly. And they have a “prime rib” buffet on Friday afternoons. It’s $1.99 after you’ve paid admission, and from what guys have told me, it’s decent food. It smells like the high school cafeteria in there on Fridays though, and that’s weird to me.
At night they have pizza (terrible) and fried things like chicken fingers, fries, shrimp, etc. And on weekends in good weather they have a grill set up outside where they sell hamburgers, hotdogs, and grilled chicken sandwiches. That stuff is actually pretty good and I usually get something on Sat. nights.
Agreed! I’m just finishing the book The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton, and I find nothing hotter than conjoined twins joined at the head.
What?
-Cem
Hey, Grrl,
I’m back! Remember when I brought up a film I had seen through IndyRochester IndyMedia?
The documentary Live Nude Girls Unite (2000), written and directed by Vicky Funari and Julia Query, does not have a Wikipedia article. However, seeking it brings you to the redirected location /Lusty_Lady, as seen below:
At the bottom of the page are links to the IMBD site, an official website for Live Nude Girls Unite, and an official website for Lusty Lady.
Also interviews, and a Flickr gallery of amusing signs at the Seattle location. And lots more. But you can see for yourself.
(I must say that the LNGU site was skimpy. It’s main benefit is connecting to First Run Features, who distributed it. Unless you are interested in contacting Query or Funari.)
I’ll never forget how apologetic you were in your OP, worried about raising a topic that would be uninteresting. 
I’d add that your topic with Q & A’s was a real eye-opener, but I’ve sworn off bad puns, even unintentional ones.
Oooops! :eek:
True Blue Jack
Apologies my friend, you missed much recently. We don’t know if** Indygrrl **is coming back. I hope very much that she does, but she was frustrated by a recent pitting and we haven’t seen her since.
I miss her too.
Hey, I came across this fairly old thread and couldn’t stop reading. Nicely done, Indygrrl! I have a new appreciation for the mindset of women who work in these types of environments. I just wanted to give you some kudos for a very nice thread.