Stripping
Photos of strippers which celebrate female sexuality
Money game — Photographer Elizabeth Waterman discusses her project documenting strip clubs across the US and Mexico, and how she managed to create an authentic portrayal of sex workers.
Written by: Daisy Schofield
The sex workers fighting Bristol‘s strip club ban
‘It‘s slut shaming‘ — As Bristol prepares to become the biggest city in the country to ban lap-dancing clubs, adult entertainers are calling out the move’s blatant whorephobia and the threats it’ll pose to their safety and livelihoods.
Written by: Sophie K Rosa
The lost freedom of East London’s strip pubs
The disappearing city — Strip pubs are an integral part of East London’s past – but shifting attitudes and rising rents are eating away at their freedoms, and casting doubt over their future.
Written by: Jessica Furseth
Glasgow’s strippers are fighting to save their jobs
‘We just want the stigma to end’ — As the council puts forward a consultation to shut down the city’s lap dancing clubs, dancers are doing what they can to educate the public: ‘Feminism is having the ability to choose. It’s not a time when you should tell women what to do.’
Written by: Iris Pase
Body language: the films of Bronwen Parker-Rhodes
Intimate docs — Bronwen Parker-Rhodes’ films and photography are loaded with physicality. Drawing from her experience as an erotic dancer, she believes that nothing communicates with more power than our unspoken connections.
Written by: Katie Goh