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How has dating in America changed over time? How has the quest for companionship been shaped by technology, capitalism, and trends? From personal ads to astrology to singles bars to dating apps to artificial intelligence... is the future of dating ugly? Also...is "having a boyfriend embarrassing now"?
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How has dating in America changed over time? How has the quest for companionship been shaped by technology, capitalism, and trends? From personal ads to astrology to singles bars to dating apps to artificial intelligence... is the future of dating ugly? Also...is "having a boyfriend embarrassing now"?
[Personal ads, Asa Mercer, mail order brides, Arizona, Western frontier, classified ads, charity girls, gold diggers, Operation Match, Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan, sex history, Caspar Weinberger, Ronald Reagan, love horoscopes, which signs are compatible, Great Expectations VHS dating service, dating apps, Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, OkCupid, Zoosk, match.com, AI, artificial intelligence relationships, Hitch, Her, Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, TGI Fridays, singles bars, fern bars, dating reality shows, Love Island, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Will Smith, Chante Joseph, Vogue, Is Having a Boyfriend Embarassing Now, single women, pop the balloon, dating preferences, why are black women single, heterofatalism, male loneliness epidemic, StoryModeBae, You've Got Mail, online dating, history of online dating, blind dates, how to get a date, dating for love, how to date, how to get married, why am i still single, why are some women single, love languages, what are the five love languages]
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![Using Computers To Date In the 1960s
[Operation Match, dating apps, dating online, Doug Ginsburg, Ronald Reagan, Harvard]
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![A Black History of Stripper Culture
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0:00-1:56 Intro
1:57- Playboy Clubs and Early Strip Joints
5:23- How Atlanta Got Naked
6:21- Blue Flame and Magic City
8:15- 90s Atlanta Strip Club Culture
9:20- Stigma
12:18- Arson and Danger
13:36- Strip Clubs and The Economy
16:07- Magic City Wings
17:31- Controlling Strip Club Money
20:13- Strip Clubs in Recession
21:01- The Rise of KOD and Blac Chyna
22:24- Celebrity Stripper Era
24:26- Stripping As WORK
26:08- P Valley and Stripper Reputations
27:49- Rihanna and Changing Perceptions
30:23- Post Stripping Careers
31:30- Nene Leakes
32:53- Siobhan Brooks and The Lusty Lady
34:10- Labor Organizing, Racism, and Lawsuits
36:27- COVID Impact and Club Onyx
37:47- Portland Oregon Racism & Haymarket Pole Collective
39:14- Conclusion
My exploration of sex history continues with A Black History of Stripper Culture. We talk about historic clubs like Magic City, how Atlanta got fully nude clubs, the black women who were/are strippers, the problems they face, labor history, depictions of black strippers, and how peoples attitudes towards them have evolved over time. [Eve, Zola, P Valley, Nene Leakes, Former Strippers, Stripping Industry, Labor Organizing, Siobhan Brooks, Players Club, Blue Flame, lemon pepper wings, Lou Will, Jeezy, DJ Nando]
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