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Last month, we reported on the court battle over a law in Texas that requires strip clubs to pay a so-called "pole tax" of $5 per patron. Club owners claimed that since nude dancing is a form of expression, the tax violated their right to free speech and were refusing to pay up. This week, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against the club owners. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5835073&view=rss&microfeed=true A new campaign to help Vladimir Putin recapture the Russian presidency is asking young women to strip on camera to prove that Putin has the support of "beautiful, young and smart girls." Ladies who take it off for their candidate could win an iPad2, or internet fame — says the campaign's website, "Every girl will be on the Internet — a star!" It's unclear who's the mastermind behind this new idea, but I'm betting on Putin's buddy Silvio Berlusconi. More »
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Strip clubs in Texas are supposed to pay a special tax to help fund sexual assault prevention programs. But some allege the tax violates clubs' First Amendment rights — and lots of clubs simply aren't paying. More »
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One day after photos of Danielle Staub working as a stripper at Scores hit the internet, the former Real Housewives of New Jersey star says she has backed out of her three-year deal with the gentlemen's club and is seeking treatment for psychological problems stemming from childhood sexual abuse—from Dr. Drew. Staub is currently filming a reality show for VH1—with the likes of Heidi Montag and Jake Pavelka—called Famous Food, leading some to believe that, with her newly confessed "love addiction," she's angling for a spot on the channel's Celebrity Rehab. More »
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In November of last year, the premiere issue of Pole Spin magazine arrived, and, as far as we could tell, it was the only magazine dedicated to The International Pole Dance Fitness & Lifestyle. But now! Meet Vertical, a new bimonthly publication about the "sport and performance of pole." More »
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"The club, it's like a whole 'nother world," says Ronnie, the founder of Shakedown, an underground Los Angeles striptease dance party run by and for black lesbians. Director Leilah Weinraub has spent eight years filming Shakedown and its key players. More »
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A strip club owner would like to let the women of the world know that Super Bowl Sunday will require strippers. Lots and lots of strippers. More »
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Girl, your man owes me 60 dollars. About your man: white, early 30s, balding, slightly chubby, suited, small dick rubbing into my ass. Your typical strip club patron. More »
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Stressed students at Cambridge University will now be able to blow off steam by sliding up and down a pole. The pole dancing classes - which "aren't meant to be sexual" - are only open to the ladies. [NYDN] More »
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Iceland's strip clubs are getting the boot. With the world's first openly gay head of state as well as the usual raft of envy-inducing Scandinavian policies, it's being called the most feminist country in the world. Could it happen here? More »
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Fox News "sexpert" Yvonne Fulbright says a strip club is "a dimly-lit, somber, reserved experience with all eyes on the women" — which is why couples should totally go to one! After the jump: her insanely bad reasons. More »
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In this video, a middle-aged man wearing short shorts practices his moves on a homemade stripper pole in his basement. Unfortunately, he has to hop off when his wife calls him to dinner. [VideoGum] More »
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Looking for a way to lose a few pounds and celebrate Women's Self Empowerment Week? Order your at-home exotic dancing workout DVD now and get a stripper pole for just a dollar! More »
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On last night's episode, the roommates went to a strip club for amateur night to earn money, but things went horribly wrong. Excessive vomit and a hospital visit followed. More »
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• Amsterdam hosted a European pole dancing championship last Friday in hopes of showing that the activity is a physically-challenging sport for "regular" women. • Ugh: A study of 4-year-olds in Australia suggets that parents are unintentionally enforcing "body ideals" in their children along gender lines (e.g., girls need to exercise more to loose weight; boys need to eat more to gain muscle). • A study of college students reveals that celebrity-loving can boost people's self-esteem because they assign celebrity traits to themselves. • A 35-year-old woman had a stroke after sex due to a possible combination of birth control pills, a venous blood clot, sex, and a heart defect. • More »
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Another sad consequence of our crappy economy: dognapping! Pet thefts are on the rise, with a spike in February when contraband pooches may have been given as Valentine's gifts. • Is your period messing up your morale? Try this "vulvar deodorant system" with a little flower that dangles out of your vag. • Double dutch is now an officially sanctioned sport in New York City's high schools. It's primarily played by girls, but check out this movie about a boy who quits boxing to jump with the best of them. • Strip clubs are illegal in Iowa, but "art centers" where women happen to dance nude are totally fine — until the sheriff's 17-year-old niece decides to take the stage. • More »
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Last night, Juno star Ellen Page hosted Saturday Night Live, and, during her monologue, Andy Samberg showed up dressed as Diablo Cody, taking a jab at the writing in Cody's Oscar-winning script by speaking only in puns. We really liked "Page against the machine" and "Coolio Iglesius," but the best one was definitely "Snoop Bloggy Blog featuring Nate Blog." Very funny, but it was grating that Samberg added "I'm a stripper!" as he walked off the stage. Everyone needs to stop with that. Not because stripping is shameful or embarrassing, but because the joke is just stupid and not funny. More »
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"...This is a real paradox for me: My entire life I've been told I wasn't pretty enough. My entire life I was told by people that I was ugly, that I was too tall, that I was flat-chested, that I was this, that I was that. When I was a stripper I was never quite pretty enough. I was never one of the beautiful girls. I was never one of the top earners. Suddenly I achieve something in my life that is purely intellectual and purely creative, and I'm being told that it's because I'm pretty. To me that is the weirdest, most ironic thing ever. Like all of a sudden I'm attractive when it suits people's purposes. But in the past when I needed to be attractive I was ugly. So let's pick. Which is it?" — Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody [Minneapolis City Pages] More »
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I am officially a pole-dancer. A sore pole-dancer, perhaps, but a pole-dancer nonetheless. While the other Jezebels were busy blogging yesterday, I hauled myself to a workout studio promising that emulating the finest work of Demi Moore's career would be the best thing that ever happened to me as a woman. More »
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