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Stripcast: True Stories from a Stripper with a PhD

My name is Lux ATL, and I am a mother, wife, business owner, former university instructor, and lifelong stripper. From the halls of academia to the strip club stage, my life as a post-academic feminist sex worker has been filled with unique sociological insight, unforgettable friendships, and a thousand beautiful messes in between. These are my true stories of the highs and lows of an ex-academic and lifelong stripper pole dancing for pay on stages all across the South.
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Dec 28, 2016

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.

Today’s episode is about some of the things that stripping has bought me. I keep wanting to come to some conclusion and come down on one side or the other.

Was stripping a gift to me? Or was it a trauma? Did stripping give me everything I have, or did it take more than it gave?

I’ve spent years trying to come to some conclusion on one side or the other. Somewhere, I can stand and say, “Listen, sex work is this.”

But you know what? At the end of the day, it is all of those things. The traveling, the nice cars, the house full of beautiful furniture, the ability to leave a career I hated and pursue something different, stripping made all of that possible.

But the sleepless nights, the deep-seated fear and distrust of men, the throwing up, the anxiety, the 5:00 am mornings with heart pounding staring at the ceiling, not being able to sleep and now knowing why, all of the messed up things going on in my brain, stripping gave me a lot of those too.

But today, let’s talk about some material shit.

You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.

If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

Dec 21, 2016

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today's episode is a letter to my younger self.  

Dear girl, I never forgot you. Every code I crack, every door I unlock, every success, the obsessive hustle: every one of these is a fulfillment of a wish I made in a dark bedroom on some lonely night in Danville, Virginia, halfway through puberty and already one foot in the grave, an insomniac child whispering requests to the future, sad and weird and alone.  

If they ever ask me to whom do I dedicate my work, my art, this life, my answer will be this: myself, at age 13.   

You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  

If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

Dec 14, 2016

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. 

Today’s story is about the strange, perverse ways we desire the very things we hate. The ways we want the very things that destroy us.... The way that nothing is sexier than somebody who's gonna treat ya bad.   

Today’s episode is about a one-night stand that I had, long ago. With a man that at once embodies everything I hate—and everything I desire.  

You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl

If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

Dec 7, 2016

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. 

When I started this podcast, I began with a goal of recording one of these a week for a year. We are now on episode 35, unbelievably. 

If you’ve listened to all of them. Thanks! You are awesome! This means that I have less than 20 episodes left to write. 

What am I going to do when I reach the full 52 episodes? 

Well… I’m going to take a little break.  

I love this format, and I love this medium. I love this podcast and storytelling.  

Once again, I am so appreciative of you awesome friends for listening. 

However, I have this lifelong dream of buying my own book at Barnes & Noble, so I’m going to take a little break to put all of these stories together and rearrange and edit things into one piece, so I can publish it. 

Today’s episode is about doing laundry.  

Recently, I had an awesome retreat called Stripcabin. As I was going through all of my stripper gear trying to decide what I was going to wear in front of all of these great ladies at Stripcabin, I started thinking about the stories and experiences that happened when I was wearing these rhinestones. 

Today, my friends. I’m going to go through a little bit of dirty laundry...  

You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl

If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

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