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Bebe Bardeaux
Oct 27, 20234 min read
"Do Women Enjoy Watching Shake Dancers?" A Modern Shake Dancer Responds
Earlier this week, I transcribed the1956 Afro-American newspaper article called "Do Women Enjoy Watching Shake Dancers?" for my Patreon....
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Bebe Bardeaux
Jan 10, 20215 min read
Loving Burlesque & Pinup Culture as a Black Femme
Hello out there!! It's a not-so-shiny but totally-brand-new year, and I recently realized I'm slowly inching up on my four-year burlesque...
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Bebe Bardeaux
Mar 11, 20204 min read
A New Kind of Neo-Burlesque: Egypt, "Shakedown," and the History of Black Lesbian Strip Clubs
In the burlesque community, we typically use the term "neo-burlesque" to describe a historical movement that occurred during the late...
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Bebe Bardeaux
Nov 14, 20197 min read
Striptease & The Law, Part II: Legal Cases + State Regulations
Welcome to Part II of the Striptease & the Law series! In Part I, we discussed the constitutional foundations of striptease, including...
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Bebe Bardeaux
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Striptease and the Law, Part I: Basic Striptease Rights
Back in the early 1950s, Carnival magazine hired a fresh-faced beauty named Bettie Page to feature in an article called “Guide for...
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