A review by josienaron
Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power by Jennifer Worley

4.0

i enjoyed this a lot, with some caveats. both a good inside look at the power dynamics of (a segment of) the sex industry + also oddly one of the best accounts of the minutiae of union organizing I can think of? got lost a little when worley spends too much time on her own interiority and maybe hews a little close, whether intentionally or not, to the “exceptional” narrative of doctoral student-as-stripper. also, great narrative about queerness + sex + intimacy and navigating performing sex/performing desire in both work and home spheres, but literally no way that sf’s sex work scene was as cis as you might assume if taking her narrative at face value