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Author<\/h2>\nErin Louis<\/p>\n
I am for all intents and purposes a stay at home mom. I take care of 9 year old and a 40 year old (I’m married to the latter). I am also a classically trained pastry chef, first time author, and part time stripper.<\/p>\n
I enjoy cooking, writing, and occasionally showing my genitalia to the adult public.<\/p>\n
Having spent 17 years in the exotic dancing industry, I have grown tired of the typical ill adjusted, drug addicted stripper story. Contrary to the reigning stereotype, I offer a candid look at my own adventures in the industry and how it has affected my life. I present my memoirs as a rebuttal to the talk show depiction of exotic dancers as chemically challenged, poorly disguised prostitutes with severe daddy and body image issues.<\/p>\n
Starting with my childhood, I recount the experiences I had and what led to my choice to become a stripper. I recall the funny, sad, and sometimes gross moments in my career. I try to answer all the questions most people ask me once they’ve had a few too many drinks and finally give in to their curiosity about my naughty job.<\/p>\n
I hear people talk about strippers not having any self-respect. I happen to disagree with that blanket statement. I did respect myself. I realized that it took an incredible amount of courage to get up on stage completely exposed. It took a huge effort on my part. No one made me do it. I didn\u2019t do it to prove anything to anyone, but myself. I was really proud of myself.<\/p>\n
Also, didn\u2019t feel disrespected by anyone else. I had made the choice to be there. I put myself in a position to be judged aesthetically and I understood what that might entail. I was there to be objectified, and I was damned happy that I was attractive enough to be in that position. I didn\u2019t feel demeaned or put down. Quite the opposite, I felt liberated. I finally felt good enough, and I had the freedom to walk away should anyone try to piss on my parade.<\/p>\n
I was smart enough to know that I was a little minnow swimming in a pool of sharks. I knew that there were predators that preyed on the weak. That was one of the reasons I didn\u2019t drink or smoke pot before I worked. I knew it was important for me to be in control at all times. I also believed that if I needed to be drunk or high to get naked on stage, then I shouldn\u2019t be doing it at all. I knew that I had to be able to do this sober if I wanted to be successful.<\/p>\n
Having spent 17 years in the exotic dancing industry, I have grown tired of the typical ill adjusted, drug addicted stripper story. Contrary to the reigning stereotype,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-listing","category-non-fiction"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/memoirsofastsmall.jpg?fit=947%2C617&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8852,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions\/8852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}