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Famed Feminist Strip Club The Lusty Lady Is Cash-Strapped

The Lusty Lady in North Beach made national headlines in the 90s when the strippers there organized an exotic dancers union, and ultimately formed a cooperative to buy out the club owners. Now the club has fallen on hard times, and they’re appealing to the city, or anyone, for some help to keep the club open. C.W. Nevius gets characteristically curmudgeonly about it all, noting the “the tattered and stained rug in the back room” and the sad, dollar-operated, window-booth structure they have now for watching the dancers. Also, he says, “This is truly a San Francisco place, but I can’t say there is a compelling reason to keep it open.” [Chron]

Famed Feminist Strip Club The Lusty Lady Is Cash-Strapped