Sarah Katherine Lewis, Indecent

[aparecida]

There are a number of books about stripping and other sex work, a small explosion of which were published in the past year or so. Most of these follow a certain formula: a third wave feminist or postfeminist college graduate straps on some platforms and spends one year dancing in an expensive gown club or taking calls from an elite escort agency.

Comments

[alchemi]

I love when you write reviews. Elegantly written.

[angelsmum]

Agreed. Your reviews are always better than what I read in magazines and such.

[themagdalen]

Hot damn.

Yes, what you said.

[aparecida]

Thank you very much!

[lever2000]

From Publisher's Weekly on amazon.com:

Her protests that her self-esteem isn't low ring false, and its doubtful readers will believe that a National Merit scholar and self-described feminist is actually happy peeing herself for the camera. This sad exercise in denial misses the mark as either titillating erotica or bold affirmation of personal autonomy.

Huh.

[aparecida]

See, they want it to be one or the other of those things. It's neither, so they don't know what to do with it because they can't put it in a box. If it was either titillating erotica or a bold affirmation, it'd sound fake to you and me, no?

(It's quite clear in the book that she's not "happy" doing porn -- she finds it uncomfortable, boring, and baffling.)

[lilacsmack]

I'm adding it to my Amazon cart. After I read it, I'll send it to my History of Sexuality professor (who I happen to have a friend crush on).

Thank you for the review. If you have any others to recommend in the sex work genre (if it can be considered a genre), I'd love to hear them.

not one thing or another

[lostcosmonaut]

you are a juggernaut.--mza.