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I was a stripper librarian, from cardigans to g-strings, by Kristy Cooper

eng

Includes bibliography (pages 248-251)

no index present

non fiction

I was a stripper librarian

bibliography

1265407199

by Kristy Cooper

from cardigans to g-strings

"No one at the library she worked at knew about Kristy Cooper's other job. On the surface, it seemed that being a librarian and a stripper are polar opposite jobs, but in practice, Kristy found that they were not nearly as different as most people would think. Strip customers and library patrons both produce wild stories, and you have to be good at working with people in both professions (whether your clothes are off or not). In this first-hand account, Kristy describes her decision to get into stripping to make her student loan debt more manageable, overcome her introversion to learn how to hustle customers, learn about sex worker advocacy, and finally transition into full-time library work. For year, Kristy hid her stripping history to fit into the mold of a respectable librarian, but as time went on, she realized this wasn't something she should feel ashamed about. Telling these kinds of stories helps destigmatize sex work, which makes it safer for current sex workers. Librarianship is changing, especially as the profession begins to evaluate itself through a greater anti-oppression lens. Through her unique experiences, Kristy learned that librarians can gain a lot of insight about class struggle and privacy advocacy from sex workers."--back cover