Part 3: The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar reopens as a union strip club, but the fight doesn’t end there. What happens after the victory? LAist Producer Emma Alabaster has the story.

Here are some resources that informed our reporting:
Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex  (In particular, the essay "White Supremacy in Organizing" by Domino Rey)
Yes, A Stripper Podcast
Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry by Siobhan Brooks
Tits and Sass: Service Journalism by and for Sex Workers

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Part 3: The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar reopens as a union strip club, but the fight doesn’t end there. What happens after the victory? LAist Producer Emma Alabaster has the story.
Here are some resources that informed our reporting:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1323">Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex</a>  (In particular, the essay "White Supremacy in Organizing" by Domino Rey)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@YesAStripperPodcast">Yes, A Stripper Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sunypress.edu/Books/U/Unequal-Desires">Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry</a> by Siobhan Brooks</li>
<li><a href="https://titsandsass.com/">Tits and Sass: Service Journalism by and for Sex Workers</a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://laist.com/news/shows/imperfectparadise/star-garden-unionization-effort-origins">Click here for more resources</a> 
Grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at <a href="http://shopify.com/paradise">SHOPIFY.COM/paradise</a> Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.

Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts on LAist 89.3 the following Sundays.

Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.

Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts on LAist 89.3 the following Sundays.
Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.