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veecaswell's review against another edition
5.0
Strip is the memoir of Ladd’s time working in strip bars, bars that are at the forefront of the male gaze and her perspective in this book makes for food for thought throughout.
How Catlyn delivers this book is brilliant. Her voice is distinctive and makes this book, even in uncomfortable situations, such an easy and incredible read from the start.. How she talks about the people she works with and meets, challenges what you anticipate might be the situation and challenges the stereotypes that are perpetuated by media on who these women are and the men who visit them.
The frankness of the writing and the delivery of this book is incredible and it makes me want to read so much more of her work, Ladd’s way with words shines in this short but honest book.
(I received an ARC from Netgalley for review).
How Catlyn delivers this book is brilliant. Her voice is distinctive and makes this book, even in uncomfortable situations, such an easy and incredible read from the start.. How she talks about the people she works with and meets, challenges what you anticipate might be the situation and challenges the stereotypes that are perpetuated by media on who these women are and the men who visit them.
The frankness of the writing and the delivery of this book is incredible and it makes me want to read so much more of her work, Ladd’s way with words shines in this short but honest book.
(I received an ARC from Netgalley for review).
ijustkindalikebooks's review against another edition
5.0
Strip is the memoir of Ladd’s time working in strip bars, bars that are at the forefront of the male gaze and her perspective in this book makes for food for thought throughout.
How Catlyn delivers this book is brilliant. Her voice is distinctive and makes this book, even in uncomfortable situations, such an easy and incredible read from the start.. How she talks about the people she works with and meets, challenges what you anticipate might be the situation and challenges the stereotypes that are perpetuated by media on who these women are and the men who visit them.
The frankness of the writing and the delivery of this book is incredible and it makes me want to read so much more of her work, Ladd’s way with words shines in this short but honest book.
(I received an ARC from Netgalley for review).
How Catlyn delivers this book is brilliant. Her voice is distinctive and makes this book, even in uncomfortable situations, such an easy and incredible read from the start.. How she talks about the people she works with and meets, challenges what you anticipate might be the situation and challenges the stereotypes that are perpetuated by media on who these women are and the men who visit them.
The frankness of the writing and the delivery of this book is incredible and it makes me want to read so much more of her work, Ladd’s way with words shines in this short but honest book.
(I received an ARC from Netgalley for review).
chocolate3cake's review against another edition
3.0
Whilst being an interesting insight into the mind of the author and the mind of a strip club worker, which was simultaneously engaging, exciting and definitely unusual, this book definitely lacked for me. Not only did I find the narrator occasionally insufferable, but this book didn't really go into the feminist aspect of stripping enough for me. It's a concept I loved, but I felt like it could have been better executed on occasion.
dunneniamh's review against another edition
3.0
I very kindly received an e-ARC of this book through Netgalley and Changemakers Books in exchange for an honest review.
There's no real structure to this book. It flits between two different ideas, an academic paper and a diary entry about the inner workings of a strip club. There's no journey. There's not even really that much about being a feminist. For a book even this short, it feels like it's too long. It's alright, but not as insightful as I thought it was going to be.
There's no real structure to this book. It flits between two different ideas, an academic paper and a diary entry about the inner workings of a strip club. There's no journey. There's not even really that much about being a feminist. For a book even this short, it feels like it's too long. It's alright, but not as insightful as I thought it was going to be.
toria's review
3.0
Source Netgalley in hope of an honest review
Strip by Catlyn Ladd outlines the author's experiences of being a stripper. It looks at her reasons for her choice of occupation and the positive benefits she gained from her choice, saying that it made her more positive about her body and sexuality. In addition, it looks at the abuses faced by the author and her colleagues. She compares her experiences with the narratives of her colleagues, before contrasting them with the myths surrounding, both; sex work, and the people who work in that sector.
Strip by Catlyn Ladd outlines the author's experiences of being a stripper. It looks at her reasons for her choice of occupation and the positive benefits she gained from her choice, saying that it made her more positive about her body and sexuality. In addition, it looks at the abuses faced by the author and her colleagues. She compares her experiences with the narratives of her colleagues, before contrasting them with the myths surrounding, both; sex work, and the people who work in that sector.
martha_is_reading's review
4.0
This was such an interesting book! Catlyn Ladd was an exotic dancer for five years while studying for her masters degree, and here she offers fascinating insight into the industry from both a personal and an academic perspective. This is an intersectional, sex-positive book that acknowledges the grey areas - is exotic dancing empowering or demeaning? Can it be both?
There were moments where I wished for more depth, but Ladd herself admits that while she is writing this retrospectively based on journals written at the time, it wasn't intentional ethnographic investigation. Regardless, it's an excellent book, and I'd highly recommend it.
Thank you to Changemakers & Netgalley for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
There were moments where I wished for more depth, but Ladd herself admits that while she is writing this retrospectively based on journals written at the time, it wasn't intentional ethnographic investigation. Regardless, it's an excellent book, and I'd highly recommend it.
Thank you to Changemakers & Netgalley for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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