Reese Piper

We talk with Reese Piper, a professional stripper, writer, and journalist reporting on sex work, labor rights, and autistic culture. We talk about Reese's life, her childhood and schooldays, her love of books and getting lost in her imagination. We talk about being different, about going off to college, and we talk about Reese's long path to realizing that she was autistic, and about how she came to terms with that while working as a dancer. We also talk about the labor politics of strip clubs and what we can do to show support for our fellow workers in the sex industry.    Additional links/info below... Reese's Twitter page and author page on Medium Reese Piper, Narratively, "Secret Life of an Autistic Stripper" Reese Piper, The Establishment, "Strip Club Raids and Closures Are Weapons of Gentrification"  Antonia Crane, Lenny Letter, "Stripped Bare" Antonia Crane, Mel Magazine, "The Most Realistic Sex-Worker Portrayals in Pop Culture, According to Sex Workers" Samuel Braslow, LA Magazine, "L.A.'s Exotic Dancers Are Launching a Labor Movement" Susan Elizabeth Shepard, Vox, "It's International Whores' Day. Let's Talk About Why Strippers Need Better Labor Laws" We Are Dancers (WAD) USA  Desiree Alliance  SWOP - USA    Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall" Traveling in Stereo, "What I Know" The Impossebulls, "HaveNots Mascot Revolution (SureShot Remix)"