- diaryofanangrystripper.com
Sarah Tressler led the kind of double life that reads like the premise of a graphic novel. By day she reported on high society for the Houston Chronicle, rubbing shoulders with the city's elite. By night she ripped off her reporter's garb to explore the darker, sexier side of Houston's social scene as her alter ego, "The Angry Stripper."
Tressler's double life was exposed when a rival newspaper outed her as the anonymous author of the popular blog, "Diary of an Angry Stripper." Tressler was subsequently fired from the conservative Houston Chronicle, but she quickly twisted this turn of fortune to her advantage. She acquired women’s rights advocate, Gloria Allred, to represent her in a wrongful termination lawsuit. She also converted her blog into a memoir detailing the life of an exotic dancer and journalist struggling to make her mark in a world where adult websites attract more readers than hardcore news sites. I caught up with Tressler as she kicked off her feature dancing tour to promote Diary of an Angry Stripper, which will be released July 15.
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.