Burlesque dancer grew up idolizing pole dancers over Disney princesses
nypost.com“Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques” (Algonquin Books). She’s eaten cake naked for a Hieronymus Bosch-themed party, stripped for a biker convention in rural North Dakota, and accidentally electrocuted herself on stage.
But her interactions — both in burlesque and in other sex-related work — gave her a unique insight into human psychology and led her to a career in mental health.
By day, she’s a social worker. Why did you write this book?I had great stories! Initially, I was just excited about getting to represent my community and getting to recreate something more tangible or more lasting out of an art form that is inherently ephemeral.But it became clear that there was something else that this book was about — that it’s not merely fun, cool stories.
I’ve been in these segments of the industry in a way that has brought a lot of meaning to my life and has really allowed me to experience in this unique way how we think about sex and bodies and power and desire and performance and subjectivity.
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