Feature writer Sheila McClear leaves the 'New York Post'
Sheila McClear.
10:45 am Sep. 19, 20121
The New York Post has lost another one of its features writers: Sheila McClear resigned from the paper this week, Capital has learned.
McClear, a Gawker alumna and former freelancer-about-town, joined the Post in April 2010.
The move created some buzz at the time as McClear had also recently inked a deal with Soft Skull Press for a memoir about her days working the old Times Square peep shows. The book, Last of the Live Nude Girls, was excerpted in the Post in July of 2011.
The Post's features desk has seen something of an exodus in recent months. Mandy Stadtmiller left the paper in February to write an exposé about her experiences working for News Corp. (She later took a job with Jane Pratt's new website, xojane.com.) In May, Stefanie Cohen made a rare move to sister News Corp. paper The Wall Street Journal, rankling Post brass in the process. Longtime music critic Dan Aquilante resigned in March.
The Post is facing heightened competition from the Daily News, which has been staffing up its features department this year and bringing back coverage of beats it had abandoned such as restaurants and fashion.
OMG, I recognize this girl from when I worked as a dancer at the Hot Lap Dance club.
She was a sour puss face that walked around like a zombie.
You could tell she was not into it at all.
She was not that hot to make up for her total lack of personality.
She never made much money and did not last long either.
I can't believe Sheila McClear stooped down so low to become a dildo girl at the Times Square jerk-off booths.
I don't know any girl from the Hot Lap Dance Club that worked at those sleazy joints.
After the Hot Lap Dance club closed down, many of the girls went to work at the upscale gentlemen's club like Rick's and Hustler's.
A lot of the dancers at the Hot Lap Dance club were also college graduates and dancing was just a temporary gig until they could get a job in their career.
I can't believe Sheila McClear lasted as long as she did at the NY Post.