Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow discuss the increasing trend of female celebrities using strip clubs (and in one case, escort prostitution). Is this a way to signal status? To bond over the objectification of other women like men do? What if the celebrity is an actress researching for a movie role or if the woman is an ex-dancer herself? What does it mean for the rest of us when the (American) elite declares the stripping world their social hub?

Sources:

Chappell Roan: https://www.reddit.com/r/chappellroan/comments/1rffeca/chappell_roan_celebrated_her_birthday_at_jumbos

Kim Kardashian: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a69120556/kim-kardashian-alls-fair-premiere-birthday-party-details/

Gabrielle Union: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/backwoodsaltar/gabrielle-union-loves-strip-clubs-most-cash-dropped-in-a-night

Dua Lipa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmN8bcdG2jA

Lizzo: https://www.them.us/story/former-dancers-accuse-lizzo-harassment

Kirsten Stewart: https://www.eonline.com/news/430554/kristen-stewart-poses-with-hooters-girls-enjoys-wings-and-beer-at-texas-breastaurant

4.22% of women have visited strip clubs during the last 12 months: https://bakadesuyo.com/2011/04/are-highly-educated-men-more-likely-to-go-to

"Bridesmaids" cast: https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/kristen-wiig-rose-byrne-bridesmaids-reunion-strip-club/ 

"Hustlers" cast: https://www.glamour.com/story/constance-wu-made-600-dollars-dancing-at-a-strip-club-while-preparing-for-hustlers

Shante Broadus aka "Boss Lady": https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-dogg-wife-the-players-club-strip-club-los-angeles-1234881787/

Cardi B: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26950832/cardi-b-drugging-robbing-men-response

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/01/how-cardi-b-went-from-stripper-to-star

https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-cardi-b-opens-up-about-past-abusive-relationship-offsets-cheating-more

Blac Chyna: https://hip-hopvibe.com/news/blac-chyna-stripping-past-king-cairo-interview/

https://www.wonderwall.com/news/blac-chyna-hosting-party-los-angeles-strip-club-10k-3008047-article

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/477987-blac-chyna-is-back-to-taking-strip-club-gigs-news

https://pagesix.com/2017/01/16/inside-rob-and-chynas-night-at-the-strip-club

Amber Rose: https://www.promiflash.de/news/2025/09/07/amber-rose-lobt-onlyfans-als-sichere-stripclub-alternative.html

https://www.thebeat925.ca/news/15699/amber-rose-buys-her-favorite-l-a-strip-club 

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/kanye-west-amber-rose-relationship-1023540

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/05/21/amber-rose-endorses-trump-heres-other-celebrities-who-have-switched-sides-or-wont-endorse-a-candidate

Lily Allen: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6137173/Lily-Allen-slept-female-prostitutes-instead-men-marriage-breakdown.html 

https://www.rollingstone.de/lily-allen-ich-bezahlte-escort-damen-fuer-sex-1553140/ 

https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/09/04/lily-allen-explains-sex-female-escorts/ 

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/lily-allen-not-attracted-to-women-despite-paying-for-female-sex-workers/a/115608577.html