Letters to the Editor
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No way
Forget it. You have students. Students talk to other students, and pretty soon your ratemyprofessor or Myspace evaluation will have lots of comments about your "other" profession. Facebook, anyone? Do you see the potential damage that this might cause when you go out on the job market? Despite its much-ballyhooed liberal credentials, academia is inherently conservative (I'm speaking as someone with a PhD in the humanities), and you better believe that if there is even a whisper of a rumor about your being a stripper, it will make the rounds and quite possibly cost you a potential job (assuming that you want to teach). In short, there's a big difference between an undergraduate stripper and a PhD candidate stripper--you have many more responsibilities now to your professors, peers, and especially to your students. You are graduate faculty now, and while you may make more money in the long run, the tarnishing of your image in academia is simply something you cannot afford.