January 3, 2009

Non-fiction

A reader comment that I would like to respond to:

I have to tell you the line "I also do this job for the stories" bothers me A LOT.

Seriously, are you living your life or constructing an image?

I read an interview you did where you said something along the lines of your work as a stripper not affecting your personal life or sex life at all, that you found no separation between the 2, yet you repeatedly imply that you DO, in this blog. So, which is it?

You're obviously talented as a writer, but I can't figure you out beyond that Lux. And the post you wrote about stripper stereotypes also bothers me a lot. It doesn't sound like anything any stripper I know would ever say. It sounds like something an outsider would say...

Please know I'm not judging, but just trying to understand you. The stripper/blogger community (for lack of a better word) is a delicate one and authenticity is vital if outsiders are ever going to comprehend the reality of this unique and special work.

Personally I would take great offense if anyone claiming to be one of us were to jeopardize that by superficiality or inauthenticity.





Ladies and gentlemen, I am not a fake.

And in regards to stripper stereotypes, you've just met one who would say those things.

Me. Which is why I said them. Just stating what I observe, and what I think. The point of this blog.

Let's face it, stereotypes are funny. Why are they funny? Because sometimes they're real. And sometimes it's okay to be aware of them.

I'm probably an outsider in that I'm not much like those stereotypes I speak of. But in the end, I'm taking my top off and grinding on strange men for cash. So I'm not much of an outsider at all.

In regards to the interview you speak of, I have never done an interview. My work affects my personal and sex life completely. My work has affected me and everything around me completely. I don't recall this interview, or ever saying that.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am not a fake. And it bums me out that you think that, because I've chosen to pour my heart out on here and get it all out, for all to see. And it's completely true and real. Sadly.

And anyway, who the fuck would fake a story about Mike Tyson? That shit is real. Real funny.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am not a fake.