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Florida Lawmakers Vote To Raise Stripping Age to 21
Employing an 18- to 20-year-old at an adult venue could mean 15 years in prison, even if the young person used a fake ID.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.11.2024 11:44 AM
Brickbat: Running Up the Score
Charles Oliver | 1.4.2024 4:00 AM
Actually, Magic Mike's Last Dance Is About the Awfulness of Urban Zoning Regulations
A male stripper takes on London's historic preservation rules in Channing Tatum's latest ode to hot, sensitive dudes.
Peter Suderman | 2.10.2023 10:34 AM
Barely Legal Strippers Now Illegal in Texas
Under S.B. 315, it is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to employ 18- to 20-year-olds at any sexually oriented business.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.21.2021 6:00 AM
Barely Legal Strippers Now Fully Illegal in Texas
The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.3.2021 4:20 PM
Don't Believe the Hype About Georgia's Dramatic Drop in COVID-19 Cases
Plus: Justin Amash's quick reversal, Ronan Farrow's flaws, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.18.2020 9:42 AM
Brickbat: Keep It Holstered
Charles Oliver | 2.18.2019 4:00 AM
San Diego Police Creepily Forced Strippers to Pose for Photos. Now the City's Paying $1.5 Million.
A city ordinance let officers harass women as part of a licensing inspection process. A judge ruled it unconstitutional.
Scott Shackford | 10.31.2018 1:00 PM
Brickbat: Tough Job
Charles Oliver | 10.15.2018 4:00 AM
Strip Club Staffers Arrested With Stormy Daniels Sue, Claiming Cops Lied As Republican Retaliation
Police initially said the arrests were part of "a long-term investigation into...human trafficking" and prostitution.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.11.2018 4:44 PM
Tattoo Parlors Aren't The Same As Strip Clubs
And neither will ruin your neighborhood.
Liz Wolfe | 7.26.2018 4:00 PM
Stormy Daniels Strips for Me and a Roomful of Journalists
...and reminds everyone that sometimes a strip show is just a strip show.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.10.2018 3:45 PM
New Orleans Nixes Plan for Strict Cap on French Quarter Strip Clubs
"There is nothing inherent" to strip clubs "that causes crime," say city planners.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.7.2018 1:15 PM
'Keep Your Tyranny Off Our Titties,' Say New Orleans Strippers
In a series of protests, strip club workers and their allies are pushing back against abusive policing.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.6.2018 8:42 AM
The Best Sex Work Writing of 2017
We rounded up the year's best writing, reporting, and research on erotic industries, those who work in them, and how they're getting screwed by U.S. authorities and laws.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.31.2017 7:30 AM
Stripper Licensing Fees Pocketed by Palm Beach County Employee for Years
Investigators say an administrative assistant with the Public Safety Department pocketed cash payments from adult entertainers and fudged records to cover for it.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.4.2017 7:28 AM
Texas Dad Pushes for Parents of Adult Women to Be Able to Have Them Committed for Selling Sex
Reforms would also raise minimum-age threshold for Texas strippers from 18 to 21.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.12.2016 8:25 PM
Topless Dancing and Alcohol Sales May Meet Again in Chicago
"Put a G-string on" and let the topless, drunken good times roll suggest some on the Chicago City Council.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.12.2016 3:55 PM
Sex Workers of the World, Unite!
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.1.2015 12:00 PM
'A World-Class City Like Chicago' Needs Topless Strippers, Says Alderman
Measure would allow licensed "cabarets" to offer both alcohol and topless dancing.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.16.2015 10:50 AM
Georgia Lawmakers Say Strip Clubs Cause Men to Rape Children So Club Owners Must Pay for State's Fight Against Sex Trafficking
A stripper is a sex-trafficker is a source of state revenue right?
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.2.2015 3:32 PM
San Antonio Gets Tough on (Butt) Crack
Strippers could be jailed for revealing "the crevice of their buttocks"
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2015 12:05 PM
Georgia Supreme Court Considers Whether Nude Dancing at Strip Clubs Is a Protected Right
Damon Root | 1.7.2015 1:58 PM
Reason TV Best of 2014: Strippers v. the Supreme Court!
Joshua Swain | 1.3.2015 4:19 PM
Judge Blocks Public Records Request for Stripper Info, Temporarily Thwarting Man Who Wanted to Pray for Them by Name
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.24.2014 3:55 PM
Occupational Licensing of Strippers Isn't Just Unnecessary, It's Dangerous
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.17.2014 9:15 AM
Mom Arrested for (Maybe) Hanging Up on Cop While Her 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Plays at Church
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.30.2014 10:20 AM
San Diego Cops Say Detaining, Photographing Strippers Just Part of Their Job
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.18.2014 5:15 PM
Texas Upholds $5-Per-Patron Strip Club Tax to Combat 'Social Ills Associated With This Type of Business'
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.12.2014 3:35 PM
'Pole Tax' Still Causing Trouble for Texas Strip Clubs
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.6.2014 3:09 PM
Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!
Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 3:00 PM
Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!
Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 12:45 PM