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Soft Core
by Brittany Newell
Fvck this is good. Wow.
When I'd joke in college that I should just strip, THIS is what I'd meant (well aspired for, no telling if I'd be any good lol)
Brittany Newell makes it abundantly clear that dancing isn't "easy money". It's taking control of, monetizing, and extricating from yourself what the world wants from you (i.e., women) anyway. In this way she's able to give a glimpse of what puts the "club" in "strip club" for its dancers. She humanizes the club to a point of mundanity. In the relationships we
The authenticity of her writing leaves no choice but to let go of any taboos on the topic. This is what I was hoping for from the movie Hustlers, and then some (tbh the movie doesn't even deserve this comparison, but I don't have much else to go on) THIS is empowering. THIS is true to life (trusting Brittany here, and idt she'd steer us wrong). THIS is the kind of lit I need more of.
Since finishing, I went down a rabbit hole and discovered Chapter 1 was initially published as a short story, Baby. Thanks to Baby, she was awarded a grant that helped give her the ability to write Soft Core in full. Now with FSG is publishing, I have my fingers crossed we'll get a lot more from Brittany, grant or not.
It should go without saying that Christine Lakin did this novel justice in her narration, she doesn't miss.
How a novel can be simultaneously THIS gritty and THIS stunningly beautiful is beyond me.
I can't wait to watch Soft Core blow up, the attention it's already receiving is unquestionably deserved and will just compound after pub day.
{Thank you bunches to NetGalley, the incredibly intelligent & down to Earth Brittany Newell, Christine Lakin, FSG and Macmillan Audio for the ALC in exchange for my honest review! FSG, I forgive you for denying my initial NG request <3 hehe)
When I'd joke in college that I should just strip, THIS is what I'd meant (well aspired for, no telling if I'd be any good lol)
Brittany Newell makes it abundantly clear that dancing isn't "easy money". It's taking control of, monetizing, and extricating from yourself what the world wants from you (i.e., women) anyway. In this way she's able to give a glimpse of what puts the "club" in "strip club" for its dancers. She humanizes the club to a point of mundanity. In the relationships we
The authenticity of her writing leaves no choice but to let go of any taboos on the topic. This is what I was hoping for from the movie Hustlers, and then some (tbh the movie doesn't even deserve this comparison, but I don't have much else to go on) THIS is empowering. THIS is true to life (trusting Brittany here, and idt she'd steer us wrong). THIS is the kind of lit I need more of.
Since finishing, I went down a rabbit hole and discovered Chapter 1 was initially published as a short story, Baby. Thanks to Baby, she was awarded a grant that helped give her the ability to write Soft Core in full. Now with FSG is publishing, I have my fingers crossed we'll get a lot more from Brittany, grant or not.
It should go without saying that Christine Lakin did this novel justice in her narration, she doesn't miss.
How a novel can be simultaneously THIS gritty and THIS stunningly beautiful is beyond me.
I can't wait to watch Soft Core blow up, the attention it's already receiving is unquestionably deserved and will just compound after pub day.
{Thank you bunches to NetGalley, the incredibly intelligent & down to Earth Brittany Newell, Christine Lakin, FSG and Macmillan Audio for the ALC in exchange for my honest review! FSG, I forgive you for denying my initial NG request <3 hehe)