Strippers for Congress

[kalm]

This a good thing, right? Self reliant, highly educated, wise in the ways of the world…

For Alexandra Hunt, growing up as the daughter of two teachers in Rochester, N.Y., meant that education was paramount. It was education that brought her from Rochester to Richmond for college, then from Richmond to Philadelphia for graduate school, where the 28-year-old is making a liberal activism-fueled run to represent PA-03 in Congress.

It was also education — or rather, the cost of education — that could also soon make Hunt the first openly former stripper to hold a federal public office in the United States. The district, which covers most of Philadelphia, is the most consistently Democratic district in the entire country. She’s recently begun actively campaigning, and is seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Dwight Evans, who has served in the House since 2016, in the Democratic primary in May.

For Hunt, the pandemic has made her run all the more urgent. Hunt holds a master’s of science and a master’s of public health from Philly-area universities, and although she currently works as a data manager at a biopharmaceutical company, her engagement with public health research and advocacy has been nonstop since she moved to Philadelphia in 2014. Congress still has only a handful of public health professionals among its ranks

https://www.thelily.com/she-was-a-strip ... orde8tjR0w

[GannonFan]

This a good thing, right? Self reliant, highly educated, wise in the ways of the world…

For Alexandra Hunt, growing up as the daughter of two teachers in Rochester, N.Y., meant that education was paramount. It was education that brought her from Rochester to Richmond for college, then from Richmond to Philadelphia for graduate school, where the 28-year-old is making a liberal activism-fueled run to represent PA-03 in Congress.

It was also education — or rather, the cost of education — that could also soon make Hunt the first openly former stripper to hold a federal public office in the United States. The district, which covers most of Philadelphia, is the most consistently Democratic district in the entire country. She’s recently begun actively campaigning, and is seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Dwight Evans, who has served in the House since 2016, in the Democratic primary in May.

For Hunt, the pandemic has made her run all the more urgent. Hunt holds a master’s of science and a master’s of public health from Philly-area universities, and although she currently works as a data manager at a biopharmaceutical company, her engagement with public health research and advocacy has been nonstop since she moved to Philadelphia in 2014. Congress still has only a handful of public health professionals among its ranks

https://www.thelily.com/she-was-a-strip ... orde8tjR0w

Cool story, I hadn't heard her about here. Probably has little chance to win - the guy she's running against, Dwight Evans, is a political institution in Philly, has lived his whole life in Philly, and is black - no way a white girl originally from New York (Rochester) is going to unseat him. Interestingly, that district is the most Democratic district in the state, something like a +41 rating.

As for the story, I thought this line stood out:

There’s a story Hunt tells about sitting down with her arms crossed on the stage, refusing to dance for a group of men who’d spent hours watching her co-workers strip without tipping them.

Really? For hours, and no tips during that time? Hours? Is that a millennial thing? Granted, I haven't been to a house of ill repute in decades now, but I don't think a minute went by back then without some guy offering up a dollar bill or more. Millennials are so cheap.

[andy7171]

I'm betting she's got a nice ass.

[93henfan]

Yeah, if you don't stop by an actual bank for a hundred stack of ones before you hit the s-club, you're a fucking deadbeat. WTH.

Style points for throwing five at the teller if she's hot.

[93henfan]

PS. This is just going off what Andy told me.

[andy7171]

PS. This is just going off what Andy told me.

The teller was hot and she swallowed in the parking lot after 5:30 close.

[AZGrizFan]

Yeah, if you don't stop by an actual bank for a hundred stack of ones before you hit the s-club, you're a fucking deadbeat. WTH.

Style points for throwing five at the teller if she's hot.

Ones. That's hilarious.

[Ivytalk]

PS. This is just going off what Andy told me.

The teller was hot and she swallowed in the parking lot after 5:30 close.

That’s DISGUSTING, andy!

And

[93henfan]

The teller was hot and she swallowed in the parking lot after 5:30 close.

That’s DISGUSTING, andy!

And

Damn, you made me actually open Kalm's link out of curiosity. Andy has bigger tits than that poor Hunt chick. No wonder the tips sucked.

[Ivytalk]

That’s DISGUSTING, andy!

And

Damn, you made me actually open Kalm's link out of curiosity. Andy has bigger tits than that poor Hunt chick. No wonder the tips sucked.

Occasional Cortex need not fear another rival in the quest for progtard prom queen.

And she’s a Richmond Spider! Ask any Richmond grad to show you the “spider cheer,” especially after a few drinks.

[AZGrizFan]

That’s DISGUSTING, andy!

And

Damn, you made me actually open Kalm's link out of curiosity. Andy has bigger tits than that poor Hunt chick. No wonder the tips sucked.

[Winterborn]

Damn, you made me actually open Kalm's link out of curiosity. Andy has bigger tits than that poor Hunt chick. No wonder the tips sucked.

Occasional Cortex need not fear another rival in the quest for progtard prom queen.

And she’s a Richmond Spider! Ask any Richmond grad to show you the “spider cheer,” especially after a few drinks.

I will make sure I am behind the cheerleaders next time the Spiders come to town to ask them.