106. Is Sex Work Feminist? with Grey Renee

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There is so much discrimination in sex work –– from “pretty privilege” to body shaming to racism and misogyny, sex workers are often facing roadblocks both in their work and in trying to manage their finances. To better understand the finances of sex work, we sat down with Grey Renee, a professional stripper and educator, to talk about her time working in clubs across the US. We get into why it’s so hard to find a good accountant (like, the real accountants), how she’s navigated pricing her services, what a good and bad night looks like financially, and dive into a question that’s been long debated –– is sex work feminist? Read transcripts, learn more about our guests and sponsors, and get more resources at https://herfirst100k.com/start-here-financial-feminist-podcast Not sure where to start on your financial journey? Take our FREE money personality quiz! https://herfirst100k.com/quiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For me, you know, if I'm at a club and I'm taking my top off and dancing for men of 500 to a thousand dollars is like
0:06.9	I'm gonna leave happy because in the system of things like as long as I didn't have in a particularly abusive experience
0:13.3	Which does happen like I'm happy with that a thousand dollars in one shift for maybe four to six hours. That's great money
0:22.2	Hi financial feminist welcome back to the show so excited to see you back
0:25.9	You know the drill subscribe rate review helps us support the show
0:28.9	Okay, let's talk about it
0:30.9	Today's episode some content warnings this episode discusses sex work and stories from that industry
0:37.3	So it is not a listen on the sonos in your entire office kind of episode
0:43.6	Unless your office is the kind of place where that would be totally allowed in which case great
0:47.6	But also maybe not one to listen to around your children. I think this whole show is maybe not as much as we try
0:55.0	Like I curse all the time so maybe just in general, but especially this episode or could lead to a very interesting conversation
1:01.3	If you wanted about about the world's oldest industry, so I will leave it up to you to decide
1:08.1	Okay, we are sitting down with a former coaching client of mine
1:11.7	Gray Renee who is a stripper entrepreneur and coach who sat down with us to talk about the ins and outs of the strip club and sex work industry
1:19.1	Including how and when dancers get paid the surprising client stories and how laws and regulations vary across state lines
1:28.0	The sex work industry is incredibly vast and it's important to understand the differences between legal and responsible sex work and
1:35.4	exploitation which we dive into in this episode
1:38.0	This is a great episode if you've ever wondered how the industry works if
1:42.2	Someone can become financially independent when working in an industry built around not only inconsistent income
1:48.7	But also in many ways the patriarchy and the challenges many sex workers face financially from club owners and managers
1:56.0	Who take more than their fair share to discrimination both at work and in finding resources like accountants
2:01.8	literal actual accountants who are willing to work for them
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