Loose: A Podcast About the History of Sex and Vice

A lil history of Rainbow Capitalism, corporate boycotts, badass coalition and the hokey pokey style of liberation with special guest Jenna Siegel @capitalismisgross

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Sources for this weeks episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn1JLv7zeNg&t=11s

The Queering of Corporate America: How Big Business Went from LGBTQ Adversary to Ally by Carlos A. Ball

Get ready for a brand new season of Loose. If you are feeling as rebellious as I am, get ready for a whole seasons of the history of rebellious sex radicals, queers, and everybody not quite willing to follow the rules.

Too Hot to Handle mixed with a quick history of St. Augustine, the spice trade, the colonization of India, and anti-sex feminism

What does a reality show about chastity in 2020 say about us and our past? Listen to a discussion about religion, Orientalism, and feminism’s history with chastity and intimacy though the context of a mess of a reality show. with special guest Ashley Charest.

Support for Loose comes from listeners like you through Patreon. You can support the show at patreon.com/loosepodcast.

Loose is an independent podcast produced by Quinn Laroux who you can find on Instagram @quinnlarouxdrag

Sources for this weeks episode include but were certainly not limited to:

I Don’t: A Contrarian History of Marriage by Susan Squire

Blessed by Kate Bowler

Her Own Hero by Wendy Rouse

Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India by Jessica Hinchy

Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World by John H Halpern

This week we continue our coverage of strip clubs and the law. This week I’ll be reporting on a longstanding historical strategy to get rid of strip clubs by creating the myth that they are more dangerous and bring to light one of the modern villains suppressing vice

Loose is an independent production by Quinn Laroux. If you would like to get in touch you can find her on Instagram @quinnlarouxdrag

Like the show? Support it on Patreon at patreon.com/loosepodcast

The Strip club in Oregon running while social distancing: https://www.insider.com/oregon-strip-club-drive-thru-show-and-takeout-food-coronavirus-2020-4

Sources and Resources used in this episode:

Behind the Burly Q by Leslie Zemeckis

https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/59v9x3/sex-scenes-times-square

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/nyregion/shuttered-clubs-scrambled-lives.html

https://www.ambushmag.com/rawhide-phoenix-an-investigation/

https://thelensnola.org/2019/02/01/the-case-for-cameras-a-smart-way-to-regulate-nuisance-bars-and-strip-clubs/

https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_43add0bc-e547-11e9-a8d5-fb61d5191f2f.html

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_33d94f3e-fb21-53e0-aa66-9b5ac85ad49e.html

https://www.projectq.us/atlanta/City_of_Atlanta_hires_anti-gay_attorney_to_fight_Tokyo_Valentino

City of Erie v. Pap's A.M. and the Future of Sexually Oriented Business Regulation, 41 Municipal Lawyer 6 (Sept/Oct 2000)

http://adultbusinesslaw.com/downloads/MLSeptOct02scancopy.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2UdyOLQAkQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2hnA0GtJk

The Small Business Association has denied pandemic relief to every strip club in the US, begging the question, why? The first of two episodes on strip clubs, we are covering stripper unions, bumping and grinding, and a recent discussion on the Lousiana State House of Representatives.

Loose is hosted and produced by Quinn Laroux who you can get in touch with on instagram or through email at @quinnlarouxdrag or [email protected]

Support for Loose comes from patrons at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Sources for this week’s episode include:

Behind the Burly Q by Leslie Haret Zemeckis

Make Love, Not War by David Allyn

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/lobbyists-strip-clubs-stimulus-loans/index.html

https://www.thebillfold.com/2016/09/why-an-exotic-dancer-is-financially-just-like-your-hairdresser/

For several reasons, Loose is taking a one week break. We'll be back next week with a brand spanking new format that tackles current news using the history we've been talking about.

Queerness and pro-wrestling have a long and fascinating history. Today we cover everyone from Dizzy Davis, to Gorgeous George, to Goldust. Learn about dick flips, Exoticos, and more with special guest, local drag queen and wrestling enthusiast Dolly Pardon? (@dragimprov and @dollypardondrag)

Be sure to also check out local New Orleans Drag Wrestling Chokehole @choke.hole

Loose is produced and hosted by Quinn Laroux (@quinnlarouxdrag)

Support for Loose comes from listeners like you through patreon at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Sources and further reading for this weeks episode include but are not limited to:

Wrestling’s Gay History and Fabulous Future by Christa Pagliei

https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/wrestlings-gay-history-and-fabulous-future/

Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men by Jane Ward

Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement by David K Johnson

Wrestlers Mentioned:

Dizzy Davis

Cassandro

Gorgeous George

Paul and Ron Dupree

Chris Colt

Pat Patterson

Goldust

The West Hollywood Blondes

Billy and Chuck

Joey Ryan

Sonny Kiss

Nyla Rose

Effy

XOXO Victoria Woodhull. The original Gossip Girl, notable spiritualist, free love advocate, and first woman to run for President, was also involved in blowing one of the biggest sex scandals in US History. Live, Laugh, Free Love.

Loose is an independent podcast by Quinn Laroux. Get in touch at @quinnlarouxdrag on instagram or through [email protected]

Support for Loose comes from listeners like you, if you like to support an gain access to more content. Loose is on patreon at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Sources for this weeks episode include but were not limited to:

Lust on Trail by Amy Beth Werbel

The Beecher-Tilton Affair by Robert Shaplen https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1954/06/12/the-beecher-tilton-case-ii

Most of Victoria Woodhull’s speeches are public domain and available online if you would like to understand why she thought the way she did

Epcot, but it’s brothels. Today we’re talking about sexual performances, “exotic” dance, “fancy foreign girls”, and the French Shows. We’re talking Orientalism oyster dancing, and creating all kinds of incriminating soundbites.

Loose: A History of Sex and Vice is produced and hosted by Quinn Laroux. If you would like to get in touch you can find her at @quinnlarouxdrag and at [email protected]

Support for Loose comes from listeners like you on patreon. If you would like to support Loose, you can at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Sources for this weeks episode include but are not limited to :

Storyville, New Orleans by Al Rose

Empire of Sin by Gary Krist

Guidebooks to Sin by Pamela Arseaneaux

Desiring Arabs by Joseph A Massad

Pleasure Bound by Deborah Lutz

Which came first the baby or the baby? A lengthy discussion about the Baby Dolls, a Mardi Gras tradition started by black sex workers in the Storyville Era with special guest Camille Roane, New Orleans based Comedian and woman about town (@camiloren).

You can get in touch with Quinn at @quinnlarouxdrag or through email at [email protected]

Support for Loose comes from listeners like you. You can support Loose on Patreon at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Music for this week’s episode was Taste of New Orleans by Golden Age Radio provided through Epidemic Sound.

Sources for this episode include but were not limited to:

The “Baby Dolls” Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition by Kim Marie Vaz

https://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172165237/the-baby-dolls-of-mardi-gras-a-fun-tradition-with-a-serious-side