I Auditioned At A Strip Club. Then I Found Out What I'd Have To Do To Get The Job.
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I Auditioned At A Strip Club. Then I Found Out What I'd Have To Do To Get The Job.

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"Dancers ― sex workers at large ― especially Black folks within this industry, are fighting multiple battles at once," the author writes. Not long after, Cheryl pulled me aside and told me, “I’m sorry, but the boss says you cannot dance tonight because your hair is not done.” “What?! “Yup, sounds about right ― I’m surprised they let me dance with my hair,” she said. I sarcastically chuckled and told her, “Yeah, well they said I had to change my hair because they didn’t like it.” “I ain’t surprised,” she replied. I recently came across Siobhan Brooks’ “Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry,” in which she researches racial stratification and erotic capital in strip clubs using ethnography.

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