The Happy Hooker?: Sex Work Is All The Rage
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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9:30AM, Wednesday August 20th 2008
Months after the Spitzer scandal broke and call girls became the new black, Radar offers up the strange tale of a wannabe working girl in “Secrets of a Hipster Hooker.” Written by Jessica Pilot, the feature is an awkward mix of personal narrative and words from the mouths of so-called “hipster hookers.” It begins with Pilot meeting her would-be, thirty-something, Gucci bag-toting madam at a vegan restaurant, a woman who, it turns out, is a “consultant for a major news media organization.”
Back at the madam’s apartment, Pilot strips to her underwear for her boss-to-be’s once-over and is informed her breasts are too small, a fact the madam is willing to overlook, ultimately. From there, Pilot recounts the tales of her peers in hipster hookerdom, an exclusive clutch of educated, professional young women who see prostitution as a way to sate their expensive tastes. They’re high-rent, professional, Carrie Bradshaw doppelgangers—who have a lot more sex and cash. Apparently, sex-for-money is the new, new thing. This summer, Showtime aired “Secret Diary of a Call Girl.” “Sex and the City” creator Darren Starr is producing “Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl” for HBO. This fall will see the release of The Price: My Life as Natalia, New York’s $2,000-an-Hour Escort by Natalie McLennan. At the end of her story, Pilot meets her first “date” in a hotel room—and balks. There’s no happy ending to her story. It’s become increasingly hip to trumpet the “empowering” virtues of sex work, but the fact of the matter is that the realities of sex work are far too hardcore for most aspiring “hipster hookers” to handle.
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sir jorge
wrote on August 20 2008 @ 10:26 am: [report]
this is the third time i’ve heard about this. Now this should fold into “hipster” porn.
gillybeans
wrote on August 20 2008 @ 12:26 pm: [report]
When I first heard Ashley Dupre made $4k an hour, I was like Jesus, maybe I’m in the wrong business. But then I realized she had to let that zitty dumbo Elliot Spitzer stick in her pooper. Oof. And there’s nothing hip about that. Nothing.
Diana
wrote on August 20 2008 @ 02:54 pm: [report]
I loved the Radar piece. I don’t think she wanted to be a call-girl, she simply took the story further, which was risky, but quite fascinating. The magazine glorified hooking, but the writer should come forth and explain why she went on the call.
Alexa
wrote on August 20 2008 @ 07:53 pm: [report]
But then I realized she had to let that zitty dumbo Elliot Spitzer stick in her pooper.
A lot of women let someone do it for free. I don’t see why there’d be a proble charging someone $4K to do it.
rebecca m
wrote on August 20 2008 @ 11:02 pm: [report]
All of us WOMEN here, have you NO SHAME?
The writer is not trying to glorify prostitution. You should read the interview in Salon!
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/08/20/hooking/
Jenny Demilo
wrote on August 23 2008 @ 10:50 pm: [report]
“the fact of the matter is that the realities of sex work are far too hardcore for most aspiring “hipster hookers” to handle. “
Amen to that one!!
charlieo
wrote on August 26 2008 @ 09:55 pm: [report]
I bet the magician is David Blaine—he’s been known to score on a whore and I’m sorry to be vulgar!
jacobwrangler
wrote on February 4 2009 @ 01:22 pm: [report]
There’s nothing wrong with paying for sex or being paid for it and those who don’t agree should stay out of other peoples business. Lots of sites exist nowadays for guys to search for the best escorts in their area like this one:
<a >Escort Review Guide</a>
Good luck stopping sex for money!