Its my delight to be the final stop on this tour.
Lets strip down and say what this is all about: 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. The Ethical Stripper takes a comprehensive look at sex work, balancing the lived experience of the author with an examination of the different legal frameworks for sex work around the world.
Bobs and Books honest review:
I remember a few years ago when I went to Burlesque classes I got lots of comments on how slutty that was and why would I want to take my clothes off. I could only imagine that for stripping the stigma and perception must be x100 which is what drew me to this book.
This a read that isn't afraid to tell you how it is. Its detailed, its surprising, its packed with lived experiences and reactions to the industry.
This seems to be a complicated world and with the women's interviews featured, it achieves building a picture. There is a lot packed into this read and I recommend reading it in small chunks as there is a lot to absorb and take in,
Brave, bold, brilliant.
About the author: Stacey Clare is a stripper, performance artist, writer, activist and care worker. She grew up in northern England and began working as a stripper in Scotland aged twenty-two, while on a gap year from her Fine Art degree at Glasgow School of Art. She has worked all over the UK, Paris and Australia. Stacey cofounded the East London Strippers Collective as a concerted effort to unite dancers around common grievances about their own industry, including the poor representation of strippers in the media. She lives in London and Scotland and divides her time between running a life drawing class (with strippers as models), theatre projects, working part-time in care, activism and writing. Stacey is not only a prominent voice for sex workers' rights in the media, but she is also a comedian and performed Ask A Stripper, the sold-out at the Edinburgh Fringe. @ethicalstripper Stacey Clare's 2015 TedX Talk, 'The Ethical Stripper', has had 105k views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQkIw1MH3E
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