In this extra/bonus sitdown for the week, Viktor Devonne talks to the author of "Hustle: A Stripper's Guide to Winning at Life" -- Essence Revealed...

The e-book will be available on Amazon and on the book page on www.theessencerevealed.com in April 2018. There is a 7-Day e-course giveaway - sign the mailing list to be sent the Free class! The e-book comes with a package of bonuses: An Audio Book, Beginning Twerk class video & Two guided meditations...

In this conversation (recorded 3/21/18), we discuss a variety of matters from Essence's formative and unapologetic history as a stripper/exotic dancer, her transition to burlesque, and what it's all come to for her to reign as a major producer in Manhattan (Golden Lady Burlesque at Sid Gold's Request Room) and a newly published self-help author... We even get her answer to every performer's (least) favorite question, "What's the difference between a burlesque performer and a stripper?" ...

podcast topics: changing courses, club stripping after grad school, Caramel and Troy, the black girl at the white club, private dancer, make it rain culture, the independent contractor, gratifying moments, navigating people, asking for the bigger sale, get the woman on your side, MySpace to Facebook, sex work memoirs, misconceptions about strippers, heels, levels to everything, keeping your clothes as long as possible, The Question Everyone Asks Burlesque Performers, Gown Club, rock songs, burlesque styles, house moms, burlesque boot camp, The System That's Working As it's Set Up To Do, activism, building generational wealth, producing Golden Lady Burlesque, black shows and white shows, writing the book, the fear of no, being scared, saving for a sunny day, women saying what they need, outrage, making white people uncomfortable...

shoutouts: Lily Burana, Nina La Voix, Hypergender, Fem Appeal, Brown Girls Burlesque, Perle Noire, AuroraBOOBrealis, Dame Cuchi Frita, Southern Comfort, Grandma Fun, Calamity Chang, Lillian Bustle, Fancy Feast ...

Stay in touch: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest @essencerevealed & online all the time at www.theessencerevealed.com ...

music: intro/outro music: "On A 45" This Way to the Egress (http://www.thiswaytotheegress.com) ... used with permission ... download it at: https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO ... interlude music: "Cafe Bleu" "Vegas Glitz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ... Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ...

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