If you don't know your Tempest Storm from your Blaze Starr (and we have to admit that even girlie show aficionados like us get them confused sometimes), head over to YesButNoButYes for a crash course on the top ten pioneers of the ecdysiastical arts: "Long before instant access to internet pornography, in a world where people still used the phrase 'stag film', a group of ladies pioneered the art of striptease on stages in clubs across the world." There are plenty of photos as well as a small but choice selection of video clips to help you in your studies; you'll be abel to tell your bump-and-grind from your va-va-va-voom in no time.

Ten Pioneers of Striptease (yesbutnobutyes.com)

Previously: "Strippers: The Untold History of the Girlie Show", Vintage Burlesque Films, Live! Nude! Girls!, "Lapdancer" Interview, The American Skin

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