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CJ The foundation of a successful trip to the strip club is the DJ. They set the mood and the overall tone of the entire experience. DJ's...

Eric Of all the staff members at strip clubs, managers are only second to the owners when it's comes to negative stereotypes. And to be...

Mark I stripped on and off for over twenty years. And in all that time, I think I met maybe four of the owners of the strip clubs I...

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Previously published in Free Inquiry Magazine *Editor in Chief Paul Fidalgo It was a dark and stormy night. Well, I can’t actually...

This article was originally published in Freethought today. ffrf.org Warm, safe, snuggled in my bed and listening to my one of my...