Comments on: HelenKay Dimon and Strippers

by: K. Z. Snow

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:22:38 +0000

Oh, lord, that “freaky look of the heroine’s nipples” statement had me hooting again over something I once overheard in–yes–the produce department of a local supermarket. A rural supermarket, no less.

Two twenty-something buddies were strolling along doing some haphazard shopping. Just as I came within earshot I heard one of them say to the other, “Seriously, man, you don’t wanna look too close at a nipple. Uh-uh. It’ll freak you right out.”

Shit…the images that came into my mind! I thought I’d pee my pants, I swear. Made me wonder what kind of editorial comment he would make on female genitalia.

Damned good thing I’m secure in my self-loathing.

by: HelenKay Dimon

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:45:18 +0000

Romblogreader & Lucie - I totally agree.

Yeah, Shiloh, I worried about that title too.

Fedora - This is the fun part of research. The “ask questions” part of guy magazine is a revelation. I bet Sasha agrees.

Ms. Try Anything and Lorelie - I’m thinking I need to hag out with you two!

Jackie - I would like an ARC of that book…and to be in the room when you propose it to the folks at Kensington.

Bam - Thanks for letting me hang out here and chat.

by: Shiloh Walker

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:23:02 +0000

Well dang…that headline will catch attention.

I thought Miz HelenKay might be sharing some interesting research material with us. *G*

How can I tell if a stripper is really interested in me?

Yeah, I think I would have gone with the you’re an idiot approach. But I’ve been told I lack subtly.

by: Lorelie

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:21:29 +0000

Only a guy could jump to that conclusion

Well I dunno. A friend and I went to a male revue a couple weeks ago. You should have seen the looks the skinny cowboy dude sent in my direction. And the way he wiggled his ass on my lap? He was hot for me.

Or he was desperate ’cause he wasn’t making any money.

Coulda been either one.

by: Ms try anything once

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:26:03 +0000

Umm.. I actually stripped in a club up in Alaska once for two weeks cause I had this whole fantasy… yeah, I know, some fantasies are better left in the head. But my point in saying this is you wouldn’t believe how many men payed me to just sit with them and talk. They didn’t try and touch me or push me to go out with them. They weren’t skuzzy sleaze bags, they were just really nice guys who wanted some real company. It was fine with me since I clearly wasn’t cut out to strip and was totally pathetic at procuring table dances.

Most of the girls up there had boyfriends and were total scammers. So any guy who thinks that a stripper who looks at them nicely is into them, is, well, an idiot as you say.

by: Fedora

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:40:41 +0000

Hilarious, HelenKay! It does boggle my mind what the male mind sometimes comes up with. Yeesh! What you do in the name of research, eh? (Sorry, not feeling terribly coherent at the moment!)

by: Lucie Simone

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:40:44 +0000

Men really do come up with some idiotic stuff sometimes. However, I know several men who would never even step foot in a stripper bar. It’s just too sleazy for them (even when I know perfectly well that their fantasies are ripe with strippers throwing themselves at them). It takes all kinds to make this big, beautiful world spin around…

by: Sasha

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:08:07 +0000

LOL Too funny. I defintiely think Jackie should put it in a book. *grin*

I find it highly amusing to see the way men think at times. Like you, I read men’s magazines sometimes,and even better, when I go to work at the pub I often ask my male co-workers/customers if they really think about these things (Hey, i have no hubby to ask..and this way I get to watch the guys get into an actual discussion that normally a woman would never be privvy to)

by: Jackie

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:54:55 +0000

This is so fucking brilliant that I’m going to have to use it in the next HELL book.

COMPLETELY SMITTEN GUY: I know you love me. You’ve been giving me the signals.
JESSE: What signals?
CSG: You’ve been grinding on me more tenderly than the other guys at the club.
JESSE: Um.
CSG: I love you. You’re the kind of girl I’d want to take bowling.
JESSE: Um.
CSG: DAMN IT, you should want me! I read all about this in ESQUIRE!

by: romblogreader

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:53:44 +0000

What always cracks me up about such stripper questions is that guys seem to forget that - above and beyond being flexible, hot, wiggly and willing to take their clothes off - a stripper’s #1 job is to convincingly feign being “into you”. That’s the *deal*. You pay her, and during the time you pay for, she pretends to be attracted to you and interested in what you have to say. And for a limited time, you get the fantasy that a super hot, half-naked chick is into you. It’s a (well) compensated acting job and any guy who forgets that… *eyeroll*