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I started my instagram account in 2014 after years of living out of one suitcase while galavanting around the globe. What began as a...
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Valerie Stunning
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Because, capitalism.
I went back to the club in May. Why? Because, capitalism. Though before I get into my revelations on the stark reality of starting,...
Valerie Stunning
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Jersey grit...
When you grow up in the part of New Jersey I grew up in, the NYC skyline is inescapable. Brimming with all it’s hyperbolized promise,...
Valerie Stunning
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
8 things I’ve found to be true on my Entrepreneurial journey thus far.
Entrepreneurship is insanely gratifying and fucking hard. Luckily before starting Paradise City Creamery I had already been my own boss...
Valerie Stunning
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
A Creamier, Dreamier Las Vegas...
Taken at the very first Paradise City Creamery pOp up. May 2019. video: Angie Ortaliza , music: Valley Latini I started Paradise City...
Valerie Stunning
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Dear 26 year old Val,
Happy Birthday and welcome to Australia! In a few weeks you’ll land a job that will change the trajectory of your life. Lean in. 8 months...
Valerie Stunning
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
A Complete Twerk Around the Globe.
As the Universe would have it, exactly 9 years and 3 weeks after my very first shift, in Sydney Australia, I entertained my last clients...
Valerie Stunning
- Jul 24, 2019
- 2 min
Lap Dance Diatribe
A smug arms dealer in town for a trade show (balls deep in single malts & bad cocaine) once mansplained his theory on success as I dry...
Valerie Stunning
- Jun 29, 2019
- 2 min
The Best Revenge
Beyonce once said, the best revenge is your paper. I disagree. The best revenge is how you redistribute your paper AFTER you’ve invested...
Valerie Stunning
- Jun 13, 2019
- 1 min
A Celebration Of Indulgence, Paradise City Creamery
When I decided to turn my hobby of making plant-based ice cream into a business- I always knew the magic I’d bring to this industry was...
Valerie Stunning
- Jun 2, 2019
- 2 min
International Whores Day 2019
For every time I was forced to psychologically & physically out maneuver a predatory Club owner/ investor/employee/client- Sometimes...
Valerie Stunning
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
Plagiarism And That Secret Sauce
Art is what you can get away with. Andy Warhol said that. But where does that leave plagiarism? We’re all influenced by something. And...
Valerie Stunning
- Feb 12, 2019
- 2 min
From Fakin It To Makin It. (Birthday Musings)
Today your favorite Creamstress celebrates another twerk around the sun. And in honor of my favorite day of the year, I wrote myself this...
Valerie Stunning
- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
You Are A Political Action
111.. One Hundred Eleven is the number of days in 2018 that I strapped on my Pleasers and shook my ass for money. Money I used to live,...
Valerie Stunning
- Jan 30, 2019
- 1 min
How To Spot Captain-Save-A-Ho
Stripping has taught me many things, And understanding the nuances of capitalism, patriarchy and pro quo situations is one of them. Yes,...
Valerie Stunning
- Jan 25, 2019
- 1 min
Paradise City Creamery
Sitting here reminiscing about my pre-Stripper years and how the decade I spent in the restaurant & bar industry was an illuminating...
Valerie Stunning
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
Self Activism
Shout out to everyone who repped inclusivity and intersectionality at Womens’ Marches/Rallies around the world today. I did not...
Valerie Stunning
- Jan 1, 2019
- 1 min
Fuck A New Year’s Resolution.
Because lets be real, If there’s ever a day to reflect/honor all we’ve learned & accomplished in a year and then set intentions for how...
Valerie Stunning
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
THINGS I’M SO FUCKING OVER
Discovering self proclaimed allies are really only interested in the “philanthropic” or “edgy” street cred they receive from their...
Valerie Stunning
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
Using Your Stripper Skills In Your New Business. *Part 1
Lately I’ve been cracking myself up over all the things (big and small) that starting this new business is teaching me. Though let's be...