The name isn't real, either

Former stripper Jessica Conrad has written a book called Dance Naked: A Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Hottie (New York: Harmony Books, 2004). Conrad believes that one way to improve your love life — assuming you're a woman whose love life needs improving — is to follow some of the tips used by, yes, professional strippers. I'm not part of Conrad's target audience, and I surely have no inner hottie to unleash, but I did read the book, and being the analytical type, I found some interesting, or at least marginally bloggable, data.

For example, the top twenty-five stripper names, in alphabetical order:

1. Alexis
   
2. Amber
   
3. Ashley
   
4. Bailey
   
5. Brittany/Britney
   
6. Chantal
   
7. Christi
   
8. Cindy
   
9. Dylan
   
10. Heather
    
11. Jaime
    
12. Jasmine
    
13. Jennifer/Jenny
    
14. Jessica
    
15. Jordan
    
16. Kate/Katie
    
17. Madison
    
18. Melissa
    
19. Michelle
    
20. Ryan
    
21. Sienna/Sierra
    
22. Taylor
    
23. Tiffany
    
24. Tyler
    
25. Xena
    

Each of these has a general connotation: Cindy is "superfriendly but young," while Heather is "the ultimate popular-girl name." Conrad herself opted not to use her name Jessica — "Jennifer's friend who also wants to be friends with Heather but isn't" — and after some flirtation with "Melody" and "Petra," she became "Kayla." Interestingly, some of these names apparently have waiting lists: presumably a strip club (a place I have never actually been) doesn't want duplicates.

"Xena," by the way, is "funny and strong." Of course.