As someone who has worked as an exotic dancer, I’m a tough critic when it comes to cinematic stripper fare, with my own particular set of credibility metrics. Magic Mike trying to fund a business with rubber-banded stacks of cash? Check. “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails in a pivotal dance …
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Egyptt, Lady P, Ceyenne, Cashmere: they’re all on intimate terms with The Stroll, a strip of 14th Street in the Meatpacking District once popular with Black trans sex workers in pre-yuppified Manhattan. It was a dangerous life; the streetwalkers often didn’t know if they’d be beaten up by the johns …
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The first half of the Hulu documentary Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl is a passable overview of the turn-of-the-21st-century heiress-celebrity scene, plus some of the bloggers who made their names as barnacles on the gilded ship. You probably know most of the boldfaced names: Paris and Nicky Hilton, …
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In the dark and twisted world of Succession, where alliances shift on a dime, everyone is always lying, and no one isn’t expendable, it’s tough to identify who, if anyone, is the most morally upright character in the show. But Willa (Justine Lupe), the high-end sex worker-turned-playwright-turned-political-wife, comes close. At …
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On the Saturday night before Easter, live from Studio 8H, Saturday Night Live kicked things off with an Easter Sunday cold-open spoof of the Last Supper. “Alas, one of you will betray me… and though I have committed no crime, I will be arrested, tried, and found guilty,” said Mikey …
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In recent years, Coconut Kitty had begun to contemplate the benefits of a quiet life. She had long been a popular presence on Instagram, with over 5 million followers flocking to her NSFW posts and OnlyFans account, but lately, her sisters say, she’d been working toward a change. She was …
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Vanniall has been using Reddit for the past seven years, since she initially started her account in 2015. At first, she used it largely for fun, checking out subreddits like r/nosleep every night before bed and also fan subreddits for games like Elden Ring to get tips about gameplay. But …
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On Fourth of July weekend, adult performer Silver Steele made the rounds at a few bars to celebrate the holiday with some friends. He went out dancing, where he and his friends “were all rubbing up on [one] another and hugging and kissing,” he says. The following weekend, he flew …
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A jury in Oregon awarded roughly $1.7 million in damages to a woman who claimed a local community college used her past work in pornographic films as a means to discriminate against her and ultimately force her out of the school’s competitive nursing program. Nicole Gililland had attempted to sue …
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