A recent article in the Toronto Star covered the closure of Filmores Hotel and Gentleman’s Club, a strip club located in downtown Toronto. The club had been in business for 45 years and closed its doors on Jan. 31. The article features quotes from several of the club’s longstanding dancers who reflect positively on several aspects of the club and its management, including flexible hours, a sense of control and community, and the diversity of its employees. Also quoted was Tuulia Law, an associate professor in the Department of Social Science, sharing her academic expertise on sex work and sex industry management. Law discusses the repercussions of the club’s closure on the dancers’ lives and the community at large.
Tuulia Law holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Criminology from the University of Ottawa. She works with community partners in the sex industry to research topics like labour relations, working conditions, management and the performance of gender, class and race. Her additional research interests include intersectional gendered violence, sexual assault on campus and criminalized masculinities.
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