This is mostly just for me to vent because I'm super pissed.
In the last month I have heard two burlesque dancers openly talk shit about strippers. Like, discussing the differences between us as things like "their eyes are dead and mine are alive!" and "they don't care what they do while we really do."
Honestly, I don't think that they're the same thing, at all, but I do think that they are very similar. We both take off our clothes, us for a living, them as a hobby, and we both do it to tease. I do think that burlesque is more theatrical and classy and that stripping is inherently sleazy but I really take offense to the whole "we are better than you because we don't do it for money!"
anyway, I was just talking to my friend about it and when his arguments came back full circle on him and he didn't really have anything else to say he eventually resorted to insulting me. As far as I can tell, he thought that me standing up against the flimsy arguments was wrong because we are morally inferior. We're not friends anymore.
anyway, that's it.



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It would be a huge step for my midwestern family but I'm glad to see people can come around.




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