A Black History of Stripper Culture (Patreon)

My exploration of sex history continues with A Black History of Stripper Culture. We talk about historic clubs like Magic City, how Atlanta got fully nude clubs, the black women who were/are strippers, the problems they face, labor history, depictions of black strippers, and how people's attitudes towards them have evolved over time. This video will relate to future content in more ways than one.

Sadly, This video is age-restricted on youtube-- If I had known it would be that way regardless of censoring, I would have gone wilder with b-roll.

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