title: The Life of a Stripper: 50 Exotic Dancers Confess Their Personal Experiences in the Adult Entertainment Industry
author:  Romana Van Lissum 
description: Romana Van Lissum, a native of Karvina, Czechoslovakia, has been a fixture of the exotic dance industry and community in Western Canada for over 17 years. She plans to continue in her current position as a server in a popular Greater Vancouver strip club for as long as possible. As an accomplished horsewoman and long-time animal lover, Van Lissum competes in 25 and 50 mile endurance rides and loves to spend as much time as possible training her horse on the trails near her home. Van Lissum is an advocate of treating all animals with kindness and respect. She also enjoys yoga, meditation, reading, travelling and spending time with her wonderful friends, her incredible husband of 21 years and her beautiful daughter, Kelsey. Van Lissum's first book is, "How To Be a Waitress and Make Big Tips."
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  Bitten
  
  
  Published by Anya W. Vossand at
  
  
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  Copyright 2019 Anya W. Vossand
  
  
    
  
  
  # Chapter 1: Hunted
  
  
  This club is unlike anything else. I've
  
  
  danced at goth clubs, raver clubs, even a strip club once (I
  
  
  wouldn't recommend it – too many creeps in sweatpants for me). But
  
  
  this? I've never danced in a place like this.
  
  
  Nestled into the heart of New York City,
  
  
  Obscurity is a club that's beyond exclusive. Membership is by
  
  
  invitation only, and getting to know any of the members is really
  
  
  difficult. That crowd, well... they live a very reclusive
  
  
  lifestyle. And they're patient, so no amount of begging will
  
  
  convince them that you're anything more than a nuisance.
  
  
  Of course, there's another way in.
  
  
  A club like this requires a very particular
  
  
  kind of entertainment. The performers need to be very fit, very
  
  
  beautiful, and very open-minded. You never really know who's going
  
  
  to take an interest in you or why. Maybe they just want 