03: When I Came Back for the Last Time

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Episode 3: When I Came

Back for the Last Time.   

Stripping always comes in seasons--quitting and going back,

quitting and going back. Today’s episode is about the beginning of

my last season of stripping.  

I was 30 years old, a wife, mom, and panicking graduate student.

I had my dissertation to complete, the job market wasn’t looking

good, and I had started to lose faith in the academy. No to mention

the frightening looming student loan debt. In this episode, I walk

you through my re-entry into the trap house as an ABD PhD student

with a family at home.  

This episode goes out to all the academics out there, who are

freaked out about the field and wondering what to do.

Enjoy! 

Truths and insights from my last reentry into

stripping: 

A long year alone with a baby can make you forget who you

are 

A Groupon special on pole dancing can reawaken some shit

You partner might not find your job so easy to accept

Pole tricks and dance ability don’t mean shit at The Oasis

Goodtime Emporium 

Thousands of dollars are made in tiny dark closets

Once you realize you can make $1000 in a night, that knowledge

dogs you, changes you, makes you reconsider everything 

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