Stripper Mom breaks expectations and conventions. Unintentionally.
How many mothers do you know that wear makeup every day? Not me. Here's a photo of what I look like on your average day after having maybe four hours of sleep. Yes, I do have a five-month-old baby. Four hours of sleep is good.
When I was stripping most people would never guess what I did for a living. I only wore makeup when I performed. The rest of the time I was simply me.
The same goes today. I hardly ever wear makeup in “real” life. I guess I got that sweet bit of freedom from my mother, who never wore makeup.
I’m happy with who I am and what I look like. I thought most of the world was catching up with the attitude that women are most beautiful when they are just being themselves, but then I realize this isn’t so.
There are so many straightjackets of expectations I have dealt with in my life as a girl, as a woman. I imagine this is true for many women, but having been a stripper, a model and an actress, I’ve been exposed to truly confounding expectations from others.
I realize now though that I truly am fine with what others think of me. I know I can’t control how others perceive me. And I certainly don’t intend to try to figure out what others might expect from me. As long as I am happy with myself—that is all that’s important.
My greatest hope for my daughter is that she will always feel secure in herself just as she is. This is my dream. This is my goal.
you're so classy! or else I am immature because I still want to slap people that have expectations of me as a woman. I still want to slap men that whistle at women on the sidewalk - even when they aren't whistling at me.
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