What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today's episode explores the secrets we keep locked behind the door we call a smile. Today's episode is about my ancestors, the women who came before me, and the legends we've built in their wake. Today's story—is about you, in all your complex multiplicity. There are a great many things about these women that we do not know. But in the end, the truth comes out. This is the final episode of Stripcast. I’ll sure miss you guys. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. There's only one more episode left after this one. Today’s episode is a letter to other strippers—dancers the world abroad, as well as certain special friends I've worked with. Today’s episode is dedicated to you, my sisters in heels. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. I have been on a break for a  month, touring Australia and New Zealand. Now I'm home, and ready to finish out this whole podcast series! Today’s episode is about performativity, complexity, and having two different universes going on in one life. Today’s episode intersperses diary entries from the ending of my stripping career with customer interactions taking place at the same time. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s episode is about falling in love with two very different men. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

I’ve talked a lot about stripping and falling in and out of love with sex work, but I haven’t talked a lot about my time falling in and out of love with professional intellectualism--so today, I want to talk about that. Today's episode is about the first time when I quit my life as a full-time stripper to commit myself to a "respectable" life, dove into scholarship, and brought my punk-rock, stargazer boyfriend along for a ride—a ride that may not have been the one he signed up for. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

Today’s episode takes a walk through my earliest days stripping when I was learning to harness the power of all of the evil epithets that have been slung at me my whole life. Whores get what whores deserve, so I’m about to show you just what a whore can get. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how this story ends--it’s really bigger than quitting stripping, isn't it. I was a stripper my whole life, and I’m not that anymore. Sometimes as you grow, on the one hand you’re excited, but on the other hand, you mourn the loss of who you used to be. This episode is about mourning that loss, and realizing: maybe not all is lost, after all. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. I have kept diaries since I was five years old. I have 30 years of content. I always thought someday I would be famous. Well, I don’t know how famous I am, but I thought you might want to hear some of the entries from my youth. So that is what I’m going to do today. As painful and embarrassing as it is. I am going to share from the diaries of my youth. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s episode is about a topic that people don’t often like to talk about. That topic is race.   Today’s episode is about a life long process that needs examination no matter how imperfect or incomplete. This episode is about times, when I guess…I’ve trespassed. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com    

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Stripcast has been my story. However, my story is a legacy, the culmination of an inheritance. So today, I'm going to share my mother's story—at least as small glimpse, anyway. I don’t know everything about her. Like she always told me when I was growing up, "I had a whole big life before you." However, I do know a few things..... You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today, I’m going to pick up where I left off in the last episode, and finish my story of how I became Lux Atl....Although, I don’t think the story is actually finished in real life. Nonetheless, let me tell ya how I went from a stripper, to a doctor, to a stripper again, and finally a feminist entrepreneur.  This episode is dedicated to all of those women who feel stuck in their situations, who believe in the myth that they have to select from the menu, who believe that they can’t have a better life that what has been presented to them. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today, I’m going to talk about a topic that I’m not sure I have gotten to the heart of yet, but I’m working on it. How exactly did I become Lux ATL? I was born Lindsay Burton. I became Dr. Lindsay Byron. Now, most people in the world know me as Lux Atl. Today, I’m going to explore how this identity came to be. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. The older I get and the more self aware I become, the more I realize how much my romantic and sexual relationships with other girls meant to me. Today’s episode delves into some adventures I’ve had with girls in my youth--or more accurately, today’s episode delves into some misadventures that I’ve had with other girls. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com      

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Happy New Year! I get a lot of questions about my relationship with my husband. Frankly, I keep this aspect of my life private, but today I’m going to let you in on some of the most private shit I've ever shared. Before we became a family, before we even became a couple, my husband and I were great friends who engaged in an illicit affair. We fell in love six weeks before we were slated to say good-bye forever. At the end of this six weeks, I was scheduled to go to Atlanta alone to get my PhD. He was on the docket to move up north to live with his real girlfriend. The last night we were to ever see each other, we were sobbing through this horrible forever-goodbye, and right before he walked out the door, I gave him an envelope full of love and shame and said: I wrote all of these beautiful things about you. Today I’m going to read to you some of the pieces that were in that envelope. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com    

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s episode is about some of the things that stripping has bought me. I keep wanting to come to some conclusion and come down on one side or the other. Was stripping a gift to me? Or was it a trauma? Did stripping give me everything I have, or did it take more than it gave? I’ve spent years trying to come to some conclusion on one side or the other. Somewhere, I can stand and say, “Listen, sex work is this.” But you know what? At the end of the day, it is all of those things. The traveling, the nice cars, the house full of beautiful furniture, the ability to leave a career I hated and pursue something different, stripping made all of that possible. But the sleepless nights, the deep-seated fear and distrust of men, the throwing up, the anxiety, the 5:00 am mornings with heart pounding staring at the ceiling, not being able to sleep and now knowing why, all of the messed up things going on in my brain, stripping gave me a lot of those too. But today, let’s talk about some material shit. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today's episode is a letter to my younger self.   Dear girl, I never forgot you. Every code I crack, every door I unlock, every success, the obsessive hustle: every one of these is a fulfillment of a wish I made in a dark bedroom on some lonely night in Danville, Virginia, halfway through puberty and already one foot in the grave, an insomniac child whispering requests to the future, sad and weird and alone.   If they ever ask me to whom do I dedicate my work, my art, this life, my answer will be this: myself, at age 13.    You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.  Today’s story is about the strange, perverse ways we desire the very things we hate. The ways we want the very things that destroy us.... The way that nothing is sexier than somebody who's gonna treat ya bad.    Today’s episode is about a one-night stand that I had, long ago. With a man that at once embodies everything I hate—and everything I desire.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.  When I started this podcast, I began with a goal of recording one of these a week for a year. We are now on episode 35, unbelievably.  If you’ve listened to all of them. Thanks! You are awesome! This means that I have less than 20 episodes left to write.  What am I going to do when I reach the full 52 episodes?  Well… I’m going to take a little break.   I love this format, and I love this medium. I love this podcast and storytelling.   Once again, I am so appreciative of you awesome friends for listening.  However, I have this lifelong dream of buying my own book at Barnes & Noble, so I’m going to take a little break to put all of these stories together and rearrange and edit things into one piece, so I can publish it.  Today’s episode is about doing laundry.   Recently, I had an awesome retreat called Stripcabin. As I was going through all of my stripper gear trying to decide what I was going to wear in front of all of these great ladies at Stripcabin, I started thinking about the stories and experiences that happened when I was wearing these rhinestones.  Today, my friends. I’m going to go through a little bit of dirty laundry...   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Last week, I went into the club as a customer. I was just hoping to see a few of my old friends and throw some money at some budding female entrepreneurs.   I ran old friend of mine. A woman who I wasn’t expecting to see that night. A woman whom I used to work with and share many heartfelt conversations over cigarettes and vodka sodas.   Sometimes when you hear somebody else’s story, it takes a lot of work to put yourself into their shoes and empathize. Other times, when you hear someone else’s story, man, that shit is easy.   Today, I am going to tell you a tale of stripper burnout and deals with the devil. What happens when you just can’t deal with it anymore, but still have bills to pay. I’m going to tell you my friends story, but in many ways, it is my story too.  You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com     

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today, I’m gonna do something I’ve never done before—today, I have a guest story teller!  Maybe you’ve heard of her. Her name is Jacqueline Francis, but you probably know her as Jacq the Stripper.   Me and her have been internet friends for years. I was a fan of her comics and social commentary on Twitter @JacqTheStripper. You should check out her book, “The Beaver Show”, and check out her art and musings at her website www.JacqTheStripper.com.   Me and Jacq got together last weekend when she travelled from NYC to ATL and then roadtripped with me to Tennessee to attend my women-only retreat, Stripcabin. We had 30 women, zero dudes, dancing, joy, celebration and friendship, along with 2 hot tubs, a bunch of food, way too much alcohol and a little bit of smoke. Let’s just say it was a beautiful feminist empowerment session, in which we laughed, cried, and talked politics.  Today, my home girl Jacq is going to tell you about dealing with the fuckboys she encountered in great northern Canada, lovely gentlemen who showed their appreciation for her stage show by throwing coins at her. Being a stripper is so glamourous! Enjoy!   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   A friend's father died recently, and again I find myself in an abyss of sadness, unable to focus on anything other than my own lost father. So I did the only thing I am capable of doing at this time: writing a letter to my dead Dad.   Dad, you are so much bigger than my sadness. You are so much bigger than what happened to you. Today, let me tell you all the things I loved about you.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about robbing a vicious asshole. He has it coming.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   In today’s episode, I’m going to talk about religion. It’s not something I talk about very much, as my atheism is the number one thing that pisses people off.  But you know what? Today’s episode isn’t about not believing in god. It’s quite the opposite. Today’s episode is about believing, very much, in god.  It’s about me trying to find some redemption as a young teenager. Looking to Jesus for acceptance and love. Being totally sold and drunk on these possibilities.   Yet, at the same time, wondering why I can’t stop wanting this boy and this love.    You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s episode is about a man that came to me a few years ago with a proposition to invest in my business. In a major way. At this point, I had a totally different game plan. I was actually planning on opening up a pole studio here in Atlanta. A venture that I am now thankful that I did not pursue. However, at the time it was my great dream. I was putting in so much work at the strip club and socking away money to invest in this business. I figured it was going to take me a year to save 15 grand, but I was willing to do it. Then one day, I met a man at the club, and he promised to change everything for me. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com  

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   I grew up in the South. Where I come from, confederate flags fly, and cotton and tobacco fields stretch into the horizon. My homeland is the home for former slaves and former criminals against humanity.   I grew up in the South. I stayed in the South. I stripped in the South. The sins of our fathers do not stop at the strip club door.    In Atlanta, there are two types of clubs. There are black clubs, such as Onyx and Magic City—there are the really famous clubs. Then there are "mixed" clubs like The Cheetah, Oasis, and Pink Pony—places I worked.    These “mixed” clubs are mixed in name alone. At almost any "mixed club," there is a "black girl quota," often unspoken but ever there—a finite number of brown-skinned women allowed to walk these floors. For these women of color, the expectations are higher, and the rewards often lower. Today's episode is about that dynamic.    You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about an incident that someone like me always worries about happening....your student from your English class discovers you naked on stage at the titty bar.    Has this ever happened to me? The answer is yes, on more than one occasion. Today, I’m going to talk to you about just one of those times.   People have certain expectations of stripper life and stripper consequences, and they are usually dire. Today, I'd like to play with some of these expectations, and compare them to my reality.   It’s complex.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   In this industry, aging is impossible to ignore.    All these new girls--girls who were 12 years-old, 8 years-old, 2 years-old when you were at the height of your stripper game.   You look at them--so bright and full and fresh. They have no stretch-marks, perfect tits, happy faces, and no wrinkles.    You think, that used to be me. The world has changed. You don’t know any of these girls. Then you go to the dressing room and look in the mirror and realize: it isn’t only the world that has changed, it is you, too.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   One of the things people often ask me is what’s the weirdest shit a customer has asked for. Ironically, I find that question as perversely voyeuristic as any act a customer has asked of me. Still, let me entertain you here with a few examples today.    This morning I sat out on my porch with a cup of hot tea reflecting back on my stripper life. Trying to think back to some of the weirdest and strangest requests that came my way. It didn’t take too long to think.    Today’s episode, my friends, is about the requests you don’t get everyday. Today’s episode is about the fetishists.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about men being nice to me. Ya’all like that shit? I’ve had a number of requests, lately, that I write about happier topics, so I sat down and made a concerted effort to do just that. Today, you are going to hear about some tales of some dudes warming my heart and shit. But, don’t worry, it’s all couched in the usual tales of despair and woe that keep you coming back for more.  Much love, friends. Enjoy!   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   After a long absence from stripping—nearly a year--I recently did my first stripping gig: a private bachelor party in a cabin in the woods. What could go wrong?     Turns out, it was a great fucking experience with a great fucking audience, an experience that reminded me of all the feelings that kept bringing me back—the pleasure that kept drawing me in—the shit that I loved about that life: all of the wonderful things about stripping.    The weekend this bachelor party occurred, I just so happened to have some of my oldest, bestest girlfriends in town visiting me. I had the great fortune to take my three home girls with me to this bachelor party. They're going to throw their two cents in at the end--so hang around for that.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about what they would say about me on the diss track.  You guys know what a diss track is, right? A diss track is when you are responding to what somebody has said--basically, just talking as much shit as you can about them.    All the bad shit that you could dredge up about me...I’m going to deliver it on a plate for ya.    Today’s episode... this is the content of what they could say about me on their diss track.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   The PhD gave me an intellectual sophistication that changed everything. I could never be who I am without that education.   However...the strip club taught me a thing or two, as well.    Drive. Ambition. Focus. Hustle.    The strip club made a business woman out of me. The strip club made an independent woman out of me. And so today’s episode--is an homage to that.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Recently, a friend asked me what I was doing on September, 11th 2001. You know what? I know exactly what I was doing.    This story is about that day, and the day that led up to it. But really, this story is about all of the hopes and dreams, the love and happiness that think will always be there—but that will,  in an untold instant, be gone.   But...isn’t that moment before the twist just the sweetest thing in life?   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s story is about a man being nice to me. Today’s story is about PTSD….The kind of PTSD you get from moving through life  as a woman. The kind of PTSD that sex workers like myself perhaps deal with more than other women.  That deep distrust... of any man... doing anything for you... the distrust that his kindness must always have ulterior motives. Thinking always, what does he want? What is he gonna do to me?  But, you know, sometimes...they don’t want to do anything but be nice to you.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about drugs: loving drugs. Admiring drugs. Looking to those doing drugs… getting drunk… getting fucked-up...and seeing rock stars. Idols. Who you wanted to be. Where I come from, loving drugs is my inheritance. It is my legacy.  ...And I wish I could say I was done.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com.

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Stripping: it's just a job, right? It's just about the money...right?      Today’s episode is about the lies we tell ourselves, the justifications we manufacture, in order to fill the insecurities we try so desperately to mask.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.   Today’s episode is about prestige...walking away from it and refusing to disappear.    After spending 12 years getting three degrees, I realized that my dream of becoming an intellectual artist and cultural influencer weren’t going to be realized teaching Freshman Composition.   That is when I walked away, and took the biggest risk I have ever taken on: becoming Lux ATL.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s story is about the weird ownerships that go on in stripclubs. The fight for regulars, the suspicion of other women, the constant competition that we are actually manufacturing ourselves. People often ask, “how much do you girls hate each other”? The answer is usually “not at all”, but sometimes “it’s quite a fuckin bit”... You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com          

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.  Today’s episode is drawing on my past. When I was a senior in high school, just a couple of weeks before my senior prom, I paid one of the worst prices that I’ve ever paid for “being a whore”. I was utterly brutalized by my boyfriend who was in his twenties, several years older than me. This is the story of the great beating I received due to my “whoreishness.”  This is also a story about another man, a kind man, someone who tried to heal me from these wounds, but he needed to first heal himself.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com  

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD. Today’s episode is about obsession. It’s about the bonds we form with customers. That for us are just about dollars and maybe friendship. This is a story about a man who was my first regular customer. A man I knew, but I soon discovered... he knew me more than I had ever imagined. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.  Today’s episode is about when I moved from Louisiana to Atlanta to start a new life. I was all alone moving to a big city to start my PhD…wiith no money, no boyfriend, and no one to help split the bills. I decided to go back to what I had always been doing...stripping.  You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com          

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper With a PhD.  Today’s episode is about trust and betrayal. It’s about losing love, losing money, and going broke. Betrayed by a lost lover, betrayed by a friend--who can you trust when you thought your bucket was full—but that bucket in fact it has had a hole in it all along?  You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What's up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories from a Stripper with a PhD. Today's episode is about the day I knew I was done with the academy. If you are not working at a University, you may not know about the exploitative, dead-end reality of the American academy. However, after twelve years in the field, I was acutely aware of the grim realities of adjuncting, temporary appointments, and moving state to state for insultingly low sums. In this episode, let me take you on a journey through my escape from the academy to my full-time reentry into sex work. Enjoy!   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLSpellBook.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning into Stripcast: True Stories from a Stripper with a PhD. Today’s episode answers the question: what really happens in a strip club, in those dark closets called VIP rooms, and from what well do we draw—sisters, strippers, fellow hoes—and how deep does it run?    You’ll never know, because a good stripper will never tell.     But—    I haven’t been a good stripper for a long time.     You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl, or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com

What’s up, dudes?  Thanks for tuning in yet again to Stripcast. Today’s episode has been the hardest one for me to write.  Today’s episode doesn’t take place in a strip club--today’s episode takes place inside of my teenage heart. Today’s episode tells the story of all the deep, terrible trouble I got into as a teenager for having sex, and the repercussions and scars that would follow me for the rest of my life. I talk about my adolescent experiences with sex, the unfair double standards imposed upon girls, and how my young life and that of so many other young women were stained with shame, while the boys are either congratulated or made out to be the victim in this world of sexual double standards.   This episode is about the truly life-and-death impact this had on my life, and how a single act of kindness made me feel human again.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.   If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Episode 6: I Fell in Love With a Stripper.  Today’s episode is about the first time that I ever had a real deal full-out lesbian sexual experience, and then just straight up fell in love with this chick. I was in my early 20’s, and still working at the first club I had ever worked at. There was another stripper there who went by the name of Crystal, who was constantly giving me the fuck me eyes, tempting me… until finally, one night, she invited me to spend the night. Glances, flirtations, hidden kisses, hot lovemaking, and finally a broken heart: this is the story of the first time I fell in love with a stripper.   You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.    If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com 

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast: True Stories From a Stripper with a PhD. Today’s episode is entitled “Top Shelf Stripper,” and it’s about me falling on my ass-- figuratively and literally. Today, let me tell you about the only time I have ever been fired in my life--from a honky-tonk titty bar on the outskirts of town—and then decided to pick up my dignity, and become a top shelf stripper at the classiest joint in our great city of Atlanta, the world famous Cheetah. Here is the story of what happened when I tried to pretend I was high class. You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com  

What’s up, dudes? Thanks for tuning in to Episode 4: Stripclub Love Stories Strip club love stories is about just that. The connections you make in this strange and unique environment that is at once totally false and yet totally real. People who are not part of the industry tend to think of stripclubs as sort of soulless faceless holes where no real feelings could ever occur. I’m here to tell you today that’s not true. Listen to my stories about the love, friendship, the ways we helped each other, and the ways we failed each other up in that trap house. Enjoy! Stripclub Love Stories: Johanna Beautiful in every way: porcelain skin, lean muscle, curves, shiny black hair A work of art: maneuvers around the stage like a serpent, fluid, hypnotizing I know why you do this: she made me feel unalone when I was alone Do you think anyone could ever love me? love someone like me... How could anyone not love you? Could anyone ever love you, my sweet friend... My heart breaks to see this beauty wasted, unnoticed in the mirrors of her soul Women watching, whispering fantasies, if only I could be like her You count now, today with no provisions. You count today! Stripclub Love Stories: Part 2 I’m a dancer too, he replies 8 years in the industry, jaded, hard, face aching from smiling, back aching from arching He asks me for a dance I would like for you to keep on your clothes, and hug me instead This hug was different, the kind you give your friend, your grandma, the kind that says I’m here with you, I feel you All bullshit disappeared Just two strippers hugging it out in the traphouse Stripclub Love Stories: Part 3 She was super trailer park; brassy blond edges Tatoos received from a kitchen table; rebel flags, chained pitbulls Success is misspelled across her shoulder blade She has a pimp; the girls whisper Everyone hated Misty; she was country, inelegant, low-down I loved Misty; When that Southern accent spilled out, I was hooked She felt like home, to me Breaking rules in VIP is a risk I let you take the risk for me I let you take the fall for me She looked right through me You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl. If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com.

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  You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.  If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com 

Hello friends! Thanks for tuning in to Stripcast, true stories from a stripper with a PhD. Today, I am going to tell you about my first night ever stripping. After totaling my car on the way to the club and earning my first “naughty stripper” fine on my very first night ever stripping, this much was obvious: I had no fucking clue what I was doing.  Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have an old pro give me some tips and introduce me to the fundamentals of strip club culture. I hope you get a laugh and perhaps some insight from this libertine tale of my first night ever stripping. Enjoy!    My first night ever stripping...    Truths and insights into my first night ever stripping:    In 1999, pantsuits and closed toe pumps were hot shit for club wear  Keep your eyes on the road, even when looking frantically for a stripper store at which to purchase these items   Zebra print pantsuit, silver pumps, “bitch” rhinestone earrings make for a dope-ass baby stripper get-up   A blur of electric nerves in the baseline emotion for a first-time professional naked lady  Some men want a friend; some get attached; some are powerful and secretive; some want to be called “bitch;” some are addicted to strippers; some fall in love; some become friends; some become stalkers.  Removing your top at the wrong time results in a hefty fine and an angry housemom  $187, a fortune, marks the beginning of a career    You can connect with Lux on Facebook at facebook.com/lux.atl or follow Lux on Instagram @lux_atl.    If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com 

Welcome to Stripcast, Episode One. My name is Lux ATL, although in a past life, most folks knew me as Dr. Lindsay Byron. I have been dancing in strip clubs since I was 18, but I am more than an accomplished exotic dancer. I am a wife, a mother, and a business owner. I have a PhD in English, and worked as a university instructor for years before abandoning the field entirely to pursue my passion for empowering women through sensual dance and mind-opening feminist talks. While I am now focused on my business as a motivational speaker and a pole dance instructor, the foundation of much of my knowledge comes from my many years spent in the trap house. I am a writer, a teacher, a punk rock philosopher, and a lifelong stripper--and I’d like to share my unusual story with you.    Today, I’m going to tell you about my last night ever stripping...     Here are a few truths and questions discovered during my final strip club shift:    Staying up all night and drinking can lose it’s appeal  Dancing for money under the critical eye of horny guys has it’s drawbacks  Chronic vomiting out of my car window at the end of my shift is never a good sign   Do I need to legitimize my work? To whom? For whom?  Is my post-baby body sexy—or shameful?  Why would anyone name their son Chad?  Am I done stripping—for real this time?    If you enjoyed these true stories from a stripper with a PhD, feel free to share or leave a review on iTunes. You can learn more about Lux ATL and subscribe to her newsletter at LuxATLPole.com