Stripping My Way through College
kumasdaisy
Some strip clubs that I know of lead their clientele to believe that they are full of bright, young college girls trying to make student loan and tuition payments. But obviously, this is just false. As a student at a 4-year private college, I am in the minority. I used to have a coworker who was in the same boat, but she left the club to focus on school.<br />
<br />
This was surprising to me at first. It seems like the perfect arrangement: working at a strip club won't interfere with classes as it's primarily a nights and weekends sort of gig. Go to class all day, grind dick for cash all night. Also, as people who don't yet have degrees in any field, a job as a stripper is probably the highest paying opportunity presenting itself to us. Plus, we're (apparently) in high demand. 18-22 year old ladies who are supposedly "exploring" and "experimenting" all over each other? Hot.<br />
<br />
Yes, there are obvious benefits, and I would encourage any female in my position to sign the fuck up for amateur night. But if you think it's "just for funsies," or if mommy and daddy can support you until graduation, then stay in and study this Thursday.<br />
<br />
I've assembled a list of pros and cons of stripping your way through college based on my own experience. This isn't a cautionary tale, but if any too-hot-for-internet XXX female coeds are viewing this, I hope it will help with the decision-making process.<br />
<br />
Pro: Tuition, room and board, loan payments? No problem. I dance in a rural, blue-collar club and still make plenty of money. I have the option of work study as a part of my financial aid package, but why bother?<br />
<br />
Con: It's an investment. You need start-up capital for outfits, shoes, and makeup. Lipgloss prices are high nowadays, and a lot of your money goes back into keeping up appearances.<br />
<br />
Pro: You're different once you become a stripper, and you have some great stories to tell the many open-minded students on campus, and if you take a women's studies class, everyone wants to hear what you have to say about 3rd-wave feminism's compatibility with "sex work." You can also get away with calling people classist for assuming that strip clubs are degrading.<br />
<br />
Con: You're now the campus stripper. Even if you keep tight-lipped, everyone finds out eventually. Inevitably, someone you know will show up to the club and see you. In my case, a professor of mine showed up, but prior to that, my shitty friends told everyone about my new job. Whatever identity you had before is erased. Now, you are known as Stripper.<br />
<br />
Pro: This job rarely interferes with classes. Unless you were planning on taking a class at night, there are few scheduling conflicts.<br />
<br />
Con: Forget about social engagements, because your weekends are booked up. Also, you will be inevitably exhausted for morning classes. You wake up with a work hangover regardless of what day it is. You will have to drive to classes because pole tricks kick the shit out of your body.<br />
<br />
Pro: You get to be in the campus burlesque show.<br />
<br />
Con: You back out at the last minute because your manager needs you to work that night.<br />
<br />
Pro: Customers occasionally take you shopping.<br />
<br />
Con: Customers occasionally follow you home, and you have to make a very awkward call to campus safety at 5am.<br />
<br />
Reader's Digest version: if you can manage your time, function on little to no sleep, and live as a hermit for four years, stripping through college is a great choice. If not, enjoy washing my dishes in the dining hall, suckas.</p>
Want 4 weeks free VIP to tuscl?
Write an article
20 comments
BTW, thanks for bringing some dancer perspective to TUSCL.
I had a female graduate student who went to a small college in PA as an undergraduate, and she told me that she had a beautiful friend who made a great living as a stripper while she was a student. The right girl(s) with the right stuff should be able to make a comfortable and convenient living stripping. As Kuma says, the schedule is perfect, and in the right town, the money has got to be good, especially if the girl is a tad bit naughty..
Those who have money can fund the education of those who don't and everyone's getting laid. What could be better than that?
I used to be just me. Now friends, even ones that have known me for awhile, are weirded out. And people that are new in my life, forget it. It doesn't matter who I used to be, that I have a college degree, that I live a fairly normal home life, I am the stripper.
"To you ladies that ARE here, please stick around and keep posting"
I don't think you were around here when chandler was a regular poster. He once posted the "life cycle" of dancers who post on this site. Pure genius. I tried to find it in the archives but didn't have any luck. Perhaps others may remember. It was spot on true.
I found what I was looking for:
The life cycle of strippers posting actually follows a very predictable 10 Stage course:
Stage 1 - Toe-Dipping: Tentative initial posts. Nothing earthshaking. Only indirectly identifies herself as a stripper.
Stage 2 - Gaining Traction: Posts something that sounds "refreshing" from stripper perspective, gets positive feedback and begins to gain confidence.
Stage 3 - Basking in the Attention: PLs trip over each other to enter into dialog with a real, live online stripper. (Ooh!) Pepper her with questions, sing her praises for deigning to answer.
Stage 4 - Payoff: Discloses where she works. PLs on pilgramage report back how she's every bit as wonderful in person.
Stage 5 - Holding Court: Now a board celebrity, she attains full princess status. Threads are titled after her. Every word receives gushing praise.
Stage 6 - Backlash: Some cynics get sick of all the fawning, and the princess gets bored with both the cynics and the ass-kissers. Big ugly turmoil ensues.
Stage 7 - Rehab: Every life cycle should have this stage. Not sure what happens here.
Stage 8 - Diminishing Returns: Begins to realize the first wave of pilgrims are as good a payoff as she's ever gonna see for all her slumming with the boys.
Stage 9 - Fade Out: Only posts you see for a while are occasional "I'm still here" reminders, then nothing.
Stage 10 - Beatification: After some time, we notice she's not around anymore. Then, it's, "Remember Princess? She was wonderful. How come we never get dancers like her to post here anymore?"
I haven't seen anything past Stage 5 on this board, but I've seen 6-10 enough times on other boards to know they are bound to follow.
---
I can't claim credit for this. Credit goes to a poster named chandler who at one time was one of the most prolific posters on TUSCL. But now he seems to have disappeared. Last sign in was 2009. I always enjoyed his dry sense of humor. I miss his posts.
it only seems good. get caught and you're reputation goes down the toilet fast. there's a couple of discussion threads about a woman who was a lawyer, now, she's facing charges she was a prostitute. evidently the local cops are looking into the possibility that she might have worked her way through law school turning tricks. now, even if she can get herself found innocent, her career is shot because of all the negative publicity. doesn't sound like a good trade to me.
EXACTLY !!! I'm reminded of a black dancer who is dancing at a club in the hood that I frequent, and she's always there on dayshift. And she somehow has also been taking classes towards her degree to become some kind of physician (or is it a nurse). Not sure what kind cuz as soon as she starts talking about that I tune out, assuming it's some standard stripper nonsense. And for the last couple of years she's "just about to graduate". I suppose I could ask for an invite to her graduation, but I don't want to embarass her...
BoDaniels - I work at a juice bar and I still get that hangover!
Thanks for all the positive feedback, and for those of you who are skeptical about whether or not I'm in college, I'll show you my degree when I get it next year. :p
kumasdaisy, just wanted to join in the chorus of thanks for sharing your insights and personal experience and also to ask what you're studying. In college I studied a subject I love but then went back to school for an advanced degree in something more useful.
Sounds like this Chandler guy is at Stage 10. Guess it doesn't just apply to dancers. :)