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Marek says, "A friend of mine got punched in the face by a dominatrix stripper about two weeks ago and I thought of you."
Meh. She can kiss my ass.
I've gotta say, I'm getting mighty sick of every single girl thinking she's an 'unlikely stripper'. Wtf? What makes her so unlikely? I've never worked anywhere where there wasn't a low-earning, tatooed, smart-aleck who thought she was to good to be there.And she bristles at suggestions that anyone who strips could write a book.
"If that were the case, the legions of women that I worked with, who were desperate to get out of it, would have done the same. There's a reason that I did it and they didn't. And the reason is, that I'm a storyteller."
Bah.
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I am think she need more books sells. Or she is just a liar! On the david letterman show she claim she love dancing, she had so much fun. She must not be selling enought books.
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I like how she told the interviewer that her IQ was "over 140." Who does that?
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Okay, once again I have to jump into the ring to defend Diablo.It definitely seems like I'm in the minority here, but I can't help it, Ilove her writing style and humor, and have been reading her blog voraciously ever since I picked up "Candy Girl" (and bought multiple copies for friends). She addressed the article's IQ comment in her blog last week:
For the record, while I will attest to the skill and professionalism of this particular journalist, I was kind of duped into the obnoxious IQ comment. They spontaneously asked me "Is it true you have a genius IQ?" I had no idea where they'd heard that, so I was all, "Um, sure. But it's on the low end, like 140." I thought my tone was adequately dry, but apparently not. And now, of course, it comes off like "I am a FUCKING GENIUS!" Cody declares, apropos of nothing.
I think her label of 'unlikely stripper' is simply acknowledging her own feelings of utter dorkiness, and playing against the stereotype that all/most strippers are _______ (blonde, tan, with huge fake boobs, whatever your preconceived notions are). For whatever it's worth, after contemplating it for years (and getting great information here, to be sure) her book was one of the major factors in my decision to finally take the plunge. Hell, if a self-professed geek like Diablo can do it, maybe I won't look like a fool after all . . .
"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
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott
Hmmm i read the artical i want to get the book now so i can make a better judgement. I have to ask though who is a likely stripper i belive we are all unlikely strippers in some way or anthor.
Be forewarned, though - if snarkiness in the extreme isn't your style, her writing is likely to rub you the wrong way. This has become very clear every time the topic of this book/Diablo comes up in this forum . . . I don't know why I get all defensive about it. Maybe (besides the making-me-roll-on-the-floor-with-laughter thing) I just identify with her and her Awkward Misfit-ness so much that I think, Well, gosh, if the other girls here don't like HER, then maybe they wouldn't really like ME, either! (I tend to get very attached to and overidentify with such things.)
It helps that she actuallly wrote back to me on MySpace. Twice, even!Anyway. To each her own!
P.S. "Strip City" is still my favorite.
"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
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott
Well, we pretty much all think we are unlikely strippers, don't we? And she's right, in a way. I mean I would bristle if I had written a book and someone implied that ANYONE with my particular background could have done it. I mean ANY doctor or ANY lawyer did not become... whoever those doctors and lawyers are that started writing those books - you know the ones. In the Grisham style. I mean saying that anyone who strips can write the book is, frankly, a denigration of that accomplishment.
That said, I'm not particularly interested in the book. Memiors are only interesting to me if the person is interesting - in a greater way than "Oh, she might be cool." And running out and becoming a stripper in order to write a book about it is a little twee-meta for my tastes.
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How someone can write Memoirs after one f..year in the business?WTF!
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Everyone wants their 15 minutes.
I did read the first sentence of the book on amazon.com. Uh, I came to Minnesota SPECIFICALLY to take my clothes off. (Bear's Den, Shelley, MN.)




Originally Posted by RoseWhite
Everything about this chick rubs me the wrong way, there's playfull sarcasam and delicate innuendo and then there's blatent condecending arrogance - as we say where I am from..
" That girl is eat up with it. "
In other words shes full of herself. A year? Please. She's just a baby. Let her work for ten or perhaps even fifteen years. THEN she can write a book, there's tons of them out there. She just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Whoop-te-doo. I am waiting to be impressed. Note she dosent bring ANY of her co-workers around in these soul baring jaunts of her life. She's just a greedy little girl grabbing what she can get.



Originally Posted by red red red
People who are insecure about the real number of their IQ?![]()
I don't know mine nor do I care...
But my mommy once told me I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up, I guess that includes stripper or writer, or stripper writer....
I don't like the title... Anyone read it?
*** EDIT: Nevermind... I apparently not only have a low IQ, I didn't bother reading all the posts before I shot my mouth off...
I am a jerk. Next time I should read before I start typing bitchiness....I had no idea where they'd heard that, so I was all, "Um, sure. But it's on the low end, like 140." I thought my tone was adequately dry, but apparently not. And now, of course, it comes off like "I am a FUCKING GENIUS!" Cody declares, apropos of nothing.
Last edited by Classic'sMontana; 08-09-2006 at 08:57 AM. Reason: Apparently my IQ isn't over 140 *pbbt*
No matter what a dancer writes there will be a backlash. I wrote an article several years ago that appeared in a local magazine. I really thought I gave a fair portrayal of what dancing is like and it's effect on me, etc. People took it really personally, and I wasn't expecting that. I was only telling MY story, not trying to say that every stripper has the same experience.
I'm guessing that's what is going on with this girl and her book. I haven't read it, but I might check it out. Anything that ruffles people's feathers interests me.![]()
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Ummm, I guess I'm a likely stripper?? I feel like this is the perfect career for me and most of my life has been spent in some kind of stripper mode or another. I just needed to grow some balls and go for it.Originally Posted by krchab99
Maybe my memoir should be titled "Born to Bump and Grind"
And the comment about girls not being able to tell their stories, that probably is very arrogant of her, but there is some truth to it as well. Writing is long tedious and sometimes very frustrating. Not everyone can spin a tale in an interesting way. Then there is the aspect that the smart dancers want a life after stripping, and want to be able to leave their stripper selves behind them. Having a memoir on the shelves of Barnes and Noble isn't exactly "moving on".
Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!
You've never worked with girls like that? (Yes, I'm playing devil's advocate)Originally Posted by Crow
Of course that personality flaw isn't limited to strippers, as we all know.
Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!
I have thought about writing about some of my misadventures as a stripper, but not anytime soon...I'm waiting for some people to either pass away or totally obliterate their long-term memories with substance abuse so I don't have to secure releases to write about them!
But honestly, stripping is often grueling, disorienting and difficult. I always want to "leave it at the club."
I am annoyed at this Diablo Cody chick...one year in the Midwest qualifies her as an expert? Try a few more years & do the girls justice.



EXTACTLY!!!!!! I can't fucking stand it when girls like that point out that they're somehow an "unlikely stripper". Shit, I could call myself an unlikely stripper!! I used to teach english in mexico and worked in an office before, so umm, does that make me an unlikely stripper!!!??? A girl at my club got her law degree 3 years ago, so she's an "unlikely stripper" huh? Comments like that sound like she is just trying to prove that she is somehow "above" the rest of us strippers.Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver
Damn, that pisssed me off, I should've waited to post!LOL





apparently she wasn't even a top earner, which puts her writing about and attempting to milk her stripper-time in pretty amusing context.


I think she just needs attention.
She appears to be making money on writing a single book. I would guess her royalities on a daily basis would qualify her as a "top earner" now.Originally Posted by miabella
What do you think she is getting paid to speak at the Gentlemen's Club Expo? Most speakers eaarn a LOT! The year I went they had Larry Flynt as keynote speaker, and I'm positive his speaking fees aren't cheap.
Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!





She's always bugged me. Her writing style is terrible. She has a thing for writing the dumbest similies.
Look like a woman
Think like a man
Act like a lady
Work like a dog
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I am kind of intruiged about the book... but then again, I have no interest in the author whatsoever. I think she, judging from the article alone of course, is arrogant and full of it. I agree - how on EARTH can she write a book about being a stripper after only a year? Plus, an "unlikely" stripper? I don't know many - if any - 'likely' strippers.
But yeah, there will be a backlash if any girl gets her book published. We should all put together a collection of short stripping stories and publish our own book! xD
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