STRIPTASTIC! is a coffee-table book of illustrations, interviews, and data collected from a survey conducted with nearly 300 strippers from around the world. If you're looking for a redemption narrative about a woman who feels ashamed about her body and the choices she's made, look elsewhere STRIPTASTIC! is a celebration of dope-ass c*nts who like money. It's a full-color, 150-page educational (and certainly entertaining) journey through the days and nights of life as a stripper.
It was funny, empowering, and realistic. Everything is from a great perspective. I love the sarcasm along with the "It's not all fun and games, look at what they had to deal with once...but they lived." Obviously be of age when reading this, I loved the illustrations! Highly recommend at least skimming, because you'll want to buy it.
After reading The Beaver Show, I expected a little more from this book. The illustrations were fun, but I’d r commend reading The Beaver Show and only getting this one if you want a coffee table conversation piece.
Striptastic! is fantastic! It’s a fairly quick read, and will have you rolling with laughter. She uses her humor, wit, and sarcasm to show you the idiotic ways customers treat strippers and their typical work interactions. This book in general celebrates the girls of the industry, and also gives a ton of information especially useful for new dancers. If you’re not in the industry, this is still an extremely funny and entertaining read. I highly recommend buying, or gifting to a Ho in your life you love dearly!
For some reason I've always been drawn to sex worker's memoirs, prostitutes, strippers, pin ups, burlesque dancers; you name it. Jacqueline Frances second book (the first being a hilarious memoir) is part graphic novel, part stories, part tips, part everything stripper. She draws hilarious comics to go along with her sections, whether it's about the different kinds of tippers, the tools of the trade, stories from strippers all over the world, surveys, advice, funny stories, etc. It's a fairly quick, funny, delightful read and is perfect for strippers, friends of strippers, or anyone just plain curious about the stripping lifestyle. I can't wait to see what magic Frances comes up with next!
A quick, enjoyable read about the world of strippers, as seen and narrated by strippers. I definitely recognized myself in some of the customer profiles. I am taking the advice to heart ;)