The Happy Stripper

If the burlesque stripper, with her bawdy spirit and unruly insubordination, has emerged for many as a new ''empowering'' model for the sexually aware woman, then she also strikes horror in the heart of second wave feminism. Embodied by high profile artistes such as Dita von Teese and Catherine D''Lish, the explosive revival of striptease, burlesque and overt female sexual performance has proved n...