Comments on: whore stories.

By: Fifty-One-Fifty

Fifty-One-Fifty — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:00:52 +0000

I imagine it’s hard for some girls to write at all, and sending their stories to someone else’s blog helps take away part of that fear.

By: Nineveh

Nineveh — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:35:55 +0000

God, memoir fiction. With any luck I’ll never lose my mind enough to go that route.

Blog writing and sitting down to put careful effort into a fictive novel are very different things. As for ghost writers, the good lot of them tend to be formulaic. The only thing I would be arrogant enough to presume from one’s blog is their intelligence and basic style. If you think you have a book in you, you probably do. It will find its own way out.

I’m amazed at how many “sex workers” want to chronicle their experiences. From personal knowledge, this isn’t anywhere near as fascinating a trade as most presume. With a novel in process, I can say the experiences I have had in this trade do color the books tapestry, but no moreso than the experiences I’ve had outside the trade.

By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-18

Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-18 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:23:35 +0000

[...] whore stories. « debauchette “I can see a strong reason to publish outside of those spaces: reaching a mainstream audience might do well to soften those pre-existing stereotypes. Right now, the world seems to be basing its knowledge on television.” (tags: sexwork blogging writing stereotypes) [...]

By: debauchette

debauchette — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:34:38 +0000

Ha! No, not that one. I don’t even want to know who they’d compare me to.

And Sophia, you’ve just said very concisely what I’ve struggled to articulate for a while now. I think you’re right – it becomes a habit, or a way of life.

By: Melissa Gira

Melissa Gira — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:08:17 +0000

My tactic has been to go ahead and take my stories where they dare not go, breaking with this whole “pink ghetto” nonsense as a game — I want to see what happens when I refuse to believe that there’s a certain way to be authentic and there’s a certain “right” audience for my work. Being a whore has made me very, very comfortable with letting people think I’m everything they want me to be for them, even as I’m doing (mostly) what I please.

And I hope the online empire who called you 50 Cent isn’t the one I’m thinking of.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:46:48 +0000

Maybe we don’t have the capacity to tell these stories. Part of what permits these stories to happen in the first place is our singular ability to keep silent, and after a while silence becomes a habit, and then a way of life. It’s very hard to live the double-life and talk about it at the same time — one act, by its very nature, threatens the other. I think you’ve done an incredible job balancing the two.