A friend of mine from high school who writes the following blog
WHICH IS NOT IN ANY WAY SAFE FOR WORK
: [link] is a burlesque dancer in SF. She is fantastic. Here is her Betsy Ross/James Brown tribute: [link]
She has a show coming up this weekend. Pirate burlesque.
I have, in my youth at times, seriously thought, "If I had a better body, I would try to be a stripper right now
I've always thought prostitution looks great on paper. What are the two things I tend to pursue most? Money and sex, that's what. I don't know if I'd have considered it more thoroughly if I had a more marketable figure.
A friend of mine was being hit on by a really cute dude who then offered him cash. He turned him down but we've spent endless hours pondering, "If you take cash for sex you would have had
anyway
is it really prostitution?
Yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong with prostitution; I think the way it's viewed now makes it unpalatable.
People barter everything; why not sex, if that's your CHOICE. Nothing wrong with it.
That said, I think, with my socialization, it wouldn't be a first choice, but if I had to do it, I'd try to be a damned good courtesan type. I think I would have a hard time not making emotional connections.
Trudy, can you resend your email? I didn't get it, or more likely destroyed it in one of my feverish spam-killing sweeps.
Sure! To your profile addy?
Where are my backers?
Oh Hello!
Wasn't there a Star Trek corset on Etsy?
Dude! That is HOT! But does it have to be Red? We all know the Red Shirts die. If I had a g/f wearing that, she would *not* be expendable! She'd be a keeper.
OK, I should leave work and get home.
They come in many colors, Omnis. Or you could just think of it as subverting the dominant Star Trek paradigm.
In the fantasy world of having a big pool to pick palatable clients from, prostitution seems less skeevy. But, frankly, I'm not kicking men out of bed. I can't imagine charging any to stay in. It just doesn't work that way.
I would hire myself out as a professional date, but even then, it would probably only be for a guy that could get his own date, and where does that leave you?