Download or read book The Stripper Diaries written by Trisha Paytas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the brutally raw The Stripper Diaries, author Trisha Paytas reveals a collection of her real life diary entries written during her stint as a Los Angeles stripper. A follow up to her wildly popular memoir, The History of My Insanity, this deeply personal collection gives readers a shocking glimpse into the dark side of an often glamorized industry.
Download or read book The History of My Insanity written by Trisha Paytas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of a 24 year old aspiring actress who turned down many wrong paths that left with bitterness and heartbreak. The History of My Insanity takes a look back at a girls story who became insane through choices and people encountered. --Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Stiletto Diaries written by London Knight and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most that work with in the strip club industry, help comes far to late. Until now, the stripper code of silence has never been broken and the truth never told. Stiletto Diaries will take you off the stage, out of the bright neon lights, and straight into the truth behind the strip club industry, a world where drug overdoses and murder are a daily occurrence, a world run by the mob themselves. It is solely within the stories of those who have lost their lives due to the industry can the real story be told. So take my hand and come with me on a journey that few ever get to take.
Download or read book The Dancer Diaries written by Andy Norris and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dancer Diaries takes the Portland strip club scene and digs deeper, much deeper, into the tender, tearing, and heartfelt stories of those who make their living outside mainstream society.
Download or read book The Stripper Diaries written by N. Kathryn Howard and published by Tenth Street Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four strippers plot to take control over their men and their futures.
Download or read book Curvy and Loving it written by Trisha Paytas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her signature straightforward style, Paytas inspires young girls, preteens, and teenagers to embrace their plus-sized bodies and enter the world with confidence. In a world where the media, and women themselves, seem to hang the value of a female's self-worth on the size of her waist, Paytas provides a refreshing alternative to the incessant body bashing. Focusing on the need to love yourself first, she offers easy-to-follow tips on how to get to a place of total self-confidence.
Download or read book Sunshine written by Samantha C. Ross and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronting, confessional and wildly entertaining, Sunshine lays bare the business of stripping and what goes on in the backrooms of 'gentlemen's clubs'. Coming to TV in 2021! There are a lot of Ambers in the stripping world. And Aprils and Summers, and Skys and Rains. There are quite a few gems: Sapphires, Diamonds, Rubies and even an Amethyst. And exotic creatures: Tigers, Cheetahs, Phoenixes and Kitties. Plenty of weather conditions, like Misty, Stormy and Cloudy. There are, of course, a selection of fruits: Cherry, Berry, Peaches and Apple. And confectionery to go with it, like Candy, Lolly and Caramel. And then there are the generic hot-girl/sexy names: Lolita, Tiffany, Chanel, Lulu, Sasha and Brigitte. Meet Sunshine. That's her stage name. Follow her downstairs into the shadowy underworld of the so-called Gentlemen's Clubs, where men hide in dark corners and pay gorgeous women like Sunshine to take their clothes off. Follow her to the private rooms where the lap dances happen, the hustle plays out and the real money flows. Sit with her in the back room with the other dancers, her friends and colleagues, who laugh and cry and rake in the dollars and party as though a zombie apocalypse is on the horizon. Sunshine tells us in her own brutally honest and audacious words what it's like to work as a stripper, both in Australia and overseas. Confessional, confronting, revealing, wildly entertaining and often laugh-out-loud funny, Sunshine: The diary of a lap dancer will take you into a world that most of us can only imagine and that others know all too well. But only the dancers know what really goes on - and this book shows you their world stripped bare.
Download or read book The Ethical Stripper written by Stacey Clare and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘As educational as it is enlightening ... Read this’ SARA PASCOE ‘Passionately argued, meticulously researched and angry as hell ... leads the reader beyond the strip club and on to the battlefield where sex workers fight for their rights’ KATE LISTER ‘Deeply impressive ... An important book, sorely needed’ CAROL LEIGH 'An unflinching takedown of inadequate working conditions ... A must read’ JUNO MAC, co-author of Revolting Prostitutes Forget everything you think you know about strippers In this powerful book, Stacey Clare, a stripper with over a decade of experience, takes a detailed look at the sex industry – the reality of the work as well as the history of licensing and regulation, feminist themes surrounding sex work, and stigma. Bringing her personal knowledge of the industry to bear, she offers an unapologetic critique and searing indictment of exploitation, and raises the rights of sex workers to the top of the agenda. The Ethical Stripper rejects notions of victimhood, challenges stigma and shame, and unpacks decades of confusion and contradictions. It’s about the sex-work community’s fight for safety and self-determination, and it challenges you to think twice about every newspaper article, documentary and film you have seen about stripping and sex work.
Download or read book Tease written by Trisha Paytas and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Trisha Paytas, best known for her explosive memoirs The History of My Insanity and The Stripper Diaries, takes her first leap into erotic fiction with the shocking new novel, Tease.Nineteen-year-old Mary is a typical college student, working occasional shifts at a local diner to make ends meet. There she meets Preston, an older man who sweeps her off her feet almost immediately.But happiness quickly morphs into fear when Mary realizes that Preston's sexual desires are mingled inextricably with his violent ones. As Preston becomes more and more domineering, never taking "no" for an answer, Mary finds herself torn between her own blind desire and Preston's terrifying violence.As she begins to view her sexuality as the ultimate form of control, Mary finds herself enjoying even the most depraved encounters. Whether falsely accusing her roommate's boyfriend of rape or carrying on affairs with married men, Mary gleefully begins flexing her own violent tendencies.With Preston's brutality escalating, Mary descends into a world where she is teetering on the brink of insanity. Will she ever break free from the cycle of lust and power? Or will Mary go crazy in the process?
Download or read book Dior written by Keisha Floyd and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a heart wrenching childhood of family turmoil, pain and distrust in Central Miami, Keisha "Dior" Floyd invites us all into her very real world of little girls who grow up to become dancers. Not ballet, rodeo or salsa dancers, but professional strippers-women who dance for hardcore cash in late-night strip clubs. And in Keisha's international, model-haven home of Miami, Florida, the competition is always steep. So Keisha becomes Dior-a family nickname of sassiness and fast maturity-as she investigates the lifestyles of exotic entertainers with pretty faces and wicked bodies before she falls right into the fray of getting paid for fantasy and lust. But then the stripping becomes tricking, and customers become predators, and the dream of fast money becomes an addictive nightmare-all while Dior struggles to keep her leveled head above the shark waters. But enough said. Read it all for yourself. And find out how she survived to write about it.
Download or read book The Life of a Stripper written by Romana Van Lissum and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 17 years (and counting), Romana Van Lissum has been a cocktail waitress in a popular Vancouver strip club. In between slinging brews and burgers, Romana decided to get some answers to the questions we all want to know about exotic dancers. As a fixture in the industry, Van Lissum has the unique position to capture the stories of three generations of strippers both working and retired in a candid, confessional style. The stories range from drug addiction, sexual abuse, psycho boyfriends, crooked clubs, and prostitution to homelessness, porn and hustling. Van Lissum has collected 50 true stories from BC's top feature entertainers, from the heartbreaking to the glamorous; from the legendary to the comedic. "The Life of a Stripper" gives a vivid glimpse into the mystery of exotic dancers. Welcome to the inside view of the world of exotic dancing. Get ready to find out the secrets, mechanics and drive behind the beautiful women that take their clothes off for a living.
Download or read book The Puppy Diaries written by Jill Abramson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instructive and marvelously entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the executive editor of The New York Times One sparkling summer day, Jill Abramson brought home a nine-week-old golden retriever named Scout. Over the following year, as she and her husband raised their adorable new puppy, Abramson wrote a hugely popular column for The New York Times's website about the joys and challenges of training this rambunctious addition to their family. Dog-lovers from across the country inundated her with e-mails and letters, and the photos they sent in of their own dogs became the most visited photo album on the Times's site in 2009. Now Abramson has gone far beyond the material in her column and written a detailed and deeply personal account of Scout's first year. Part memoir, part manual, part investigative report, The Puppy Diaries continues Abramson's intrepid reporting on all things canine. Along the way, she weighs in on such issues as breeders or shelters, adoption or rescue, raw diet or vegan, pack-leader gurus like Cesar Millan or positive-reinforcement advocates like Karen Pryor. What should you expect when a new puppy enters your life? With utterly winning stories and a wealth of practical information, The Puppy Diaries provides an essential road map for navigating the first year of your dog's life.
Download or read book Trisha s 31 Nights of Fright written by Trisha Paytas and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carrie. The Exorcist. Scream. The Thing. These are the movies that chill the blood and leave viewers huddled under the blankets at night. Of course, not every horror flick can boast such prestige. Leprechaun in the Hood is more likely to generate groans and catcalls than screams, while the dialogue in a gem like Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Next Generation makes what's intended to be a screamfest into unintentional comedy. Join Trisha Paytas as she explores the wild, terrifying, and sometimes whacky world of slasher flicks and screamfests under the able guidance of horror movie writer Jeff Rendell. Together, the duo introduce thirty-one of the best and worst in horror-films so terrifying they haunt viewers for years, and those goofy flicks so bad they're good. Paytas watches well-known classics of the genre, as well as obscure works important for their influence or their connection to the broader world of cinema. Did you know before directing The Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson was best known for directing a New Zealand slasher flick called Dead Alive, widely considered one of the goriest movies ever made? Or that the flick includes an epic (and hilarious) man vs. zombie baby battle in a public park? Paytas shares one movie for every day in October. Each movie is rated by Fright Factor, Gore, and Body Count, with a wry synopsis so funny it's as entertaining as the movie itself. "Why It's Awesome" and "Why It Sucks" sections quickly bring you up to speed on a flick's best and worst features-with the caveat that it's sometimes the campiest of horror flicks that provide the most fun. After all, some days you want Piper Laurie's chilling portrayal of the religiously crazed mother in Carrie, and sometimes you want a heavily made-up Warrick Davis as a rapping Leprechaun. So lower the lights, grab your favorite movie snacks, and join Paytas and Rendell on their odyssey through abject terror, terrifyingly dark powers, chainsaws, leprechauns, and demons. Just remember, it's not their fault if you can't sleep when it's all over.
Download or read book Unconditionally Single written by Mary B. Morrison and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honey Thomas once made her living as a tough-talking prostitute and madam, but those days are long gone. Now, Honey runs a counseling center that helps women get off the streets. The best part is her new life is being bankrolled by money stolen from her ex-pimp, Valentino James. But Valentino wants his money back, and he's willing to kill Honey to get it. Now Honey has to figure out what's important, what she can do without, and who she needs in her life to discover the happiness she deserves. . . "Hot times in Atlanta keep Morrison's erotic Honey Diaries blazing." --Publishers Weekly "Mix dirty red drama, relationship scandals, suspense, love and you get my girl Mary B. Morrison." --Vickie Stringer
Download or read book The Dumont Diaries written by Alessandra Torre and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candace Tapers' life finally takes an upward swing when Nathan Dumont, shipping heir and notorious playboy, sweeps her away to a lifestyle of wealth and privilege. But that life comes with strings, and she is soon pulled in directions she never expected, discovering secrets and ulterior motives in the man who shares her bed.
Download or read book Super Sad True Love Story written by Gary Shteyngart and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon • Slate • Minneapolis Star Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City Star • Charlotte Observer • The Globe and Mail • Vancouver Sun • Montreal Gazette • Kirkus Reviews In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?
Download or read book The Mars Room written by Rachel Kushner and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TIME’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood—“gritty, empathic, finely rendered, no sugar toppings, and a lot of punches, none of them pulled”—and from Stephen King—“The Mars Room is the real deal, jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny.” It’s 2003 and Romy Hall, named after a German actress, is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: her young son, Jackson, and the San Francisco of her youth. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, portrayed with great humor and precision. Stunning and unsentimental, The Mars Room is “wholly authentic…profound…luminous” (The Wall Street Journal), “one of those books that enrage you even as they break your heart” (The New York Times Book Review, cover review)—a spectacularly compelling, heart-stopping novel about a life gone off the rails in contemporary America. It is audacious and tragic, propulsive and yet beautifully refined and “affirms Rachel Kushner as one of our best novelists” (Entertainment Weekly).
