Exotic Magazine: We Love Exotic: April 2003

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003

From: "Chad Jackson"<chadj88@yahoo.com>

To: xmag@qwest.net

Subject: Reader Writes...The Rub

So the rub is you can't quit right? I moved to Oregon right after college 5 years ago now. When T&A Times was still around. From a small town with one broken down gentlemen's club to the gentlemen's club mecca that is Portland. First time, I saw Jenna Jamison at Stars in Beaverton. That was the end of it for me. 5 years and Lord knows (or cares) how much money later I still find myself drawn to these places like a crackhead is drawn to a $5 rock. It's really not about sex, what it is about I still can't figure out, nor can I 'get it' any place else. I've seen so many dancers come and go and come back only to leave again I can't keep track. You can tell the ones that will make it, the ones that are going to burn out and the ones that are strung out. It's like a great human circus of the soul, we go to chase something, something real something we can't get any place else. But, we know once your ID is checked and you push up to the rack nothing is real. And yet I keep going back because I need that 'real' fix.

Chad J.

"College Stripper Tuition Fund, making dreams come true $1 at a time"

Thanks Chad. Not sure what your letter was about, but thanks anyway...--Ed

Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 03:42:27 EST

From: Koli80@aol.com

To: xmag@uswest.net

Subject: (no subject)

This message is mainly for Weevil Shrimpsteen. I do not appreciate what you had to say about lesbians. If you don't like them then that's fine but you don't have to exploit yourself like that. What you said is disrespectful. I'm sure you could have explained your opinion in a more decent manner. I feel it was very inappropriate that you had to say all that about lesbians and nothing to say about gay guys.

It was actually fine until you started about all the Lesbian Coffeehouse crap and how we need to destroy all lesbians that was blown totally out of proportion. People make their own decisions; you have no right to criticize them.

This paragraph really disturbed me:

"C'mon, fellas, let's wield the powerful force of SHAME. Let's make them feel ashamed about being lezzies. Let them feel as if there's something lacking in their reproductive desirability. Let them feel as if their DNA is misfiring. Treat them like freaks of nature. Evolutionary mistakes. Act like the daddy you were born to be and scold your little girl. The day will come when they wish they'd kept their panties on and their tongues in their mouths."

There was honestly no point in that paragraph. If guys can be gay why can't girls be lesbians? I don't know what crawled up your ass that morning or why you thought you had any right to write that article. I don't know your reasoning and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the reason either. For all you know your daughters might grow up to be lesbian. Are you not going to love them because of that?? If so you are a small minded person. I'm telling you, you're going to meet a lot of people you disagree with but you need to suck it in and learn to bite your tongue once in a while. People are entitled to their own opinion to everything including their sexuality, including you, but in this case your opinion sucks ass. I have nothing more to say to you because I am totally disgusted with you. You are going to rot in HELL, unless you can change your attitude fast.

~Laura Saucedo

February 28, 2003

Ahh, there's nothing quite like the internet to just keep a good thing going...--Ed

From: "C.C. Aurelia" <moony@cmc.net>

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003To: xmag@qwest.net

Subject: 3 Things...

Hi, I am an exotic dancewear designer checking out the Portland scene and I have been searching for a booklet that I saw around 2 years ago that was a complete list of the many clubs in the area, with ratings and maps. A friend had mentioned that it came out once a year but I haven't seen it recently. Can you tell me where to find it?

I really enjoyed the interview with the penis puppeteers but was disappointed that I didn't hear about the show before hand. Do you know of a way to find out their touring info? Website or such?

And finally I love the "Don't kill the kittens" ad you run, it is so hilarious . Is there anyway I can get a larger copy of it?

Thanks, C.C.

The only booklet we know with that kind of information is in your sodden little hands... www.puppetryofthepenis.com... We like the "Please Think Of The Kittens" ad as well.--Ed

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