Carnival Strippers Update
Filed under: Book Slut - May 23, 2007 @ 7:29 am
A while back I posted something about a book called Carnival Strippers.
I’ve continued to pore over it. Not only is it full of fascinating fodder for discussion on gender differences, class, and exploitation, but it was only when I got to the end of the book that I realized it came with a CD. The CD allows you to hear some of the interviews in their own voices, which breathes even more life and humanity into the stories. Like this one, told by Mitzi the stripper:
This bitch - she had bleached hair, war paint, and needed a touch-up more than any of us - said we strippers shouldn’t be located next to a kiddie merry-go-round. She said, “I’m a mother,” and I grabbed the mike and I said, “I’m a mother myself.”
These people make you seem like you’re a cheap whore. I hate to go out with a guy, the first thing he does is try to get into your pants. That turns me off. I mean at least take me out for a few drinks, get me drunk or something so you can say you took advantage.
This guy I went out with last night, we’re sittin’ at the drive-through two shows before he even put his arm around me. I said, “My God, what’s wrong.” If they don’t try something, you feel bad.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:29 am
First!
Carnival strippers…man oh man it must be a sloooooow news day on blog-land…
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:41 am
I’m trying to bore you, dear, so you’ll seek your entertainment elsewhere. Surely there are many more fascinating blogs and websites out there better suited for you!
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Yes, you are prob right about that. But there are surely no other bloggers as beautiful as you TBK.
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 am
OK I’ve had two people point out to me my typo regarding the word “pore.” They think it should be “pour.”
Here is what “pore” means: “to read or study with steady attention or application, example: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.”
Here is what “pour” means: “To send forth, produce, express, or utter copiously, as if in a stream or flood, example: poured out my inner thoughts.”
Poor me. But hey if you see any other typos let me know - I sure don’t want to look stoopid. Especially since I think I’m so damn smart.