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Naked Chicks:
who gives a damn?

Last November, some kid from the Daily Texan took a bunch of pictures of me for a project he was working on. He wanted to document a day in the life of a stripper. When he showed up at my house that Saturday, I was fixing migas and he said, "Oh, wow, you're cooking. I should get some shots of that." Then he took pictures of me putting my pants on one leg at a time, too.

Well, a few months after that, a young features writer called to tell me she was writing an article about students who stripped and wanted to interview me. Leah, the writer, used to work as a door girl at a titty bar in Austin, so I figured she wouldn't write anything too off base. I talked to her, and a week later, the article was published.

So, the story is published in which I and my friend Shea are quoted talking about the many positive aspects of dancing. I said that I always wanted to be a stripper, ever since I was a little girl, and Shea said that dancing was a great way to study human nature. And basically, we both said we liked our jobs and wanted to keep them as long as possible. The Texan utilized a ton of those photos that had been taken of me — so there I was, everywhere I went on campus that day, splashed all over the damn front and back of the paper. It was kind of cool, but I'll tell you this: it didn't even help me get laid!

The best part about this was the ensuing shitstorm of letters to the editor which came in the following week. I'd like to reproduce those letters here, since this is my fucking forum and I can respond. I never cease to be amazed at how uptight and condescending folks can be about my profession, and in kind, I never cease to be glad that most of the folks I know personally are enlightened enough not to have some of these reactions to my work. Some people, though . . . Here's a few of my favorite letters to the editor that ran about the "Student Body" story.

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