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Strippers Union: Part 3

Part 3: The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar reopens as a union strip club, but the fight doesn’t end there. What happens after the victory? LAist Producer Emma Alabaster has the story.
Here are some resources that informed our reporting:

Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex (In particular, the essay "White Supremacy in Organizing" by Domino Rey)
Yes, A Stripper Podcast
Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry by Siobhan Brooks
Tits and Sass: Service Journalism by and for Sex Workers

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