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    Well, my other job. The retail one. Heh. Let me elaborate....

    I work at Blockbuster. Yippyfrigginskippy. Right in front of my register is the small magazine rack we have. We usually get some music mags, some video game mags, car mags... and stuff like Maxim and King. Nothing really major. Well one of the more regular customers we get on my shift comes in, yadda yadda. Nice girl. She usually comes in with a group of friends. They're probably in their early 20s.

    They've known me from working there for a while now. We get along just groovy.

    So she's waiting for her friends to pick out movies, and she's flipping through the new Rolling Stone. Said friends arrive with movies and she comments about the article on the Duke Rape Case.

    "GOD! Why are they freaking out? It's only a stripper!" she says to her pals.

    I twitched.

    "Yeah, we arent really... PEOPLE or anything. We actually like being raped. It's good, old fashioned fun for us Less Then People." I mutter. My manager arches a brow.

    Most folks in my store know I'm a stripper.

    The girl and her friends damn near got whiplash from looking up at me so damn fast. They were shocked.

    "Y-yer a stripper?" she asks.

    "Yeah. I work down the street. I've been dancing for a lot longer than I've been slinging around DVDs..."

    She blinks.

    But I was too pissed. So off I went.

    "You know... we really are JUST as real of people as you and yer friends here. So many different kinds of women dance. Moms, daughters, college students, retired people. All kinds of backgrounds, all kinds of lives. Why the HELL is it ok to rape us?"

    She really didnt have anything to say. The stunned stare continued, and so did I....

    "Why the SHIT is it ok for some pansy ass Lacrosse playing morons to just run around stabbing random women with their sad little penises? I mean, for some odd reason, that girly boy sport makes them Gods on their campus, so the lack of stationary pussy is NOT the reason. But that is neither here nor there. What I wanna know is why you THINK its ok to rape a stripper?"

    She stammered, "W-well... I mean.. I..."

    I tried helping her out.


    "What? We dont mind being half or completely naked at work so we're whores? Sluts? Skanks? Is that it? Should I tattoo GO AHEAD on my vagina? Do women who pose for Playboy or those who you see in nude art in museums be raped for not minding being nude? What about all those happy fun perky pop idol girls who wear dental floss in their music videos? Shall we have a great big gang bang on those chicks too? Like it or not? Who cares if we say no? When did nudity equal lack of rights and/or feelings? Its the human body. We all have one. Its nothing new. Why is using it positively for money so bad that it warrants something as amazingly horrid as rape? What's next? Will it be ok for high school football players to randomly set us on fire? Come ON now. If you had never known I was a dancer, and I was raped... you'd be shocked, right? I see you three... four times a week. We get along all groovy right? It'd be BAD if someone raped the Blockbuster employee... but not the stripper?"

    By now, my manager had rushed the friends through the checkout line. It was later in the evening and no one else was in the store. The girl, who I've chatted with and laughed at jokes with just stared some more. After her brain actually rebooted she said,

    "Look... I didnt know. I really dont know shit about strippers. I'm sorry. H-how about I come see you sometime? Maybe I should research strippers. I really am sorry..."

    She gave me a very... regretfull look before she left with her friends.

    I felt 200 times better.

    Heh.

    But if it had been any other manager then the one that was on shift, I woulda been SO fired. LMAO.
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    GO PAIGE!!! Yeah. You rock, as always.

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    You ROCK. Thank you on all of our behalfs. (Behalves? Whatever. You know what I mean.)
    "Before I conceived you, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of life." -- Maureen Hawkins

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    WOOHOO! Power to the people! Shit that's awesome.

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    Wow, that is intense. It's a good thing you have such a great manager. Thanks for standing up for strippers everywhere.

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    I have read many a rant, and written a few as well, but that was as good as any I've seen--positively brilliant, in fact.

    I was ready to quote something from it, but there's too many good parts. I'm sure glad you didn't lose your job, though.
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    Kudos!!!

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    The extra-sad thing is that the customer's original comment is far from unusual - and I'm talking about WOMEN'S reactions. In fact, that Rolling Stone article focuses on the response from FEMALE Duke students. And they are overwhelmingly supportive of 'Their Team". (Naturally, they don't want to be seen as "feminists", God forbid; they won't get the hot guys.) A female student is even quoted as saying something very similar to the customer. Along the lines of "Well, she's a stripper. So what?"

    It's a scary article. Talks a LOT about the extremely 'liberal' sexual environment on campus, which is portrayed as Woohoo, everybody loves to fuck constantly, male and female alike, but there is a none-too-subtle pressure on all the girls to put out as frequently as possible, otherwise they won't be perceived as fun, or even worse, won't be validated as fuckworthy. So twisted. Hate and vocally condemn the stripper, yet make sure you behave like a whore* yourself. Definitely worth a read, ladies - but make sure you're prepared to get righteously PISSED OFF.

    *For the record, I certainly don't think that enjoying sex makes one a whore (and for that matter, I don't have a problem with choosing to be an actual whore either), and am forever grateful to feminism for helping to remove labels like "whore" or "slut" from any woman who dares enjoy her unencumbered sexuality. I'm just underscoring the tragic irony at work here.
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    I _do_ have cool coworkers and managers at my store. They're all coming to the club to throw money at me this Friday. Rock on.

    But yes, I can get rather rabid and long winded when people piss me off. I should have been some sort of activist cause I can bitch up a storm.

    Well, I kinda used to be one. For the civil rights of children in the mental health system. But yeah....
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    That was a really, really great rant. Thank you so much on behalf of strippers, women, and humanity. Like Djoser said, I was going to quote some things, but there were too many fantastic lines. I think speaking up in situations like that and saying what you said means that you ARE an activist. Activism takes a number of different forms. Thank you again.

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    Paige, you are in the wrong line of work (B-Buster). You should be writing empowerment literature or something. Hat's off!
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    Oh, and nope, rubbing titties isn't air dancing.
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    The cut-off age for stripping is when customers stop paying you.

    The end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoseWhite
    *For the record, I certainly don't think that enjoying sex makes one a whore (and for that matter, I don't have a problem with choosing to be an actual whore either), and am forever grateful to feminism for helping to remove labels like "whore" or "slut" from any woman who dares enjoy her unencumbered sexuality. I'm just underscoring the tragic irony at work here.

    IMO, a whore is someone who is paid for sex.

    But I was talking to my friend and this guy walked up and was all "Hey ladies, wanna do stuff with me?" ...and I just kept talking to her. He yelled "SLUTS!!!" and ran away.

    Dumbass, here's a dictionary.

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    You know...a person is always confronted when they are given a choice...of playing the easy route and maintaining life as they know it...or risking losing an aspect in order to defend...thank you Paige for being strong and awesome and choosing the risky side

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    Hell yeah! Way to score 10 points for Team Stripper

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    That was a great thing you did, Paige. People like that need to have their faces stuffed into the ignorance they spout off on.

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    that would have been well worth getting fired over

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    Thats great! Thank you! She is probably going to try and be a stripper now haha.

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    You tell em' girl.......

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    ::toasts Paige::

    You f-ing ROCK!!!! Good for you for standing up for strippers around the world and putting that ignorant girl in her place!
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    Standing Ovation! Stripper Power!
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    Blessed Be

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    Im so pleased we've got girls like Paige on our side for situations like this. Too many other girls would have sat there and just kept their mouth shut for fear of embarrassment or hassle from their management. You go girl, im proud of ya!

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    Good job, Paige.

    Sounds like you have an awesome work environment, too! Except for the random ignorant customer, of course. But your boss sounds great.

    Feature costumes for sale!

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    Awesome, Paige! I only wish Rolling Stone had been there to hear THAT side of the story!


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    Some peoples kids..ugh! I tell ya, So quick to stereotype. What a maroon! Thanks for puttin her in her place Paige.
    Yeah and I agree with everybody else, go write a book or somethin!

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    Brilliant as usual!! Beautifully done.

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