Rent Girl

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A graphic and uncompromising autobiographical bender, the story of Tea s years as a prostitute, with provocative illustrations by Laurenn McCubbin. New Read [ Rent Girl ] Author [ Michelle Tea ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Terrible, terrible, terrible Why did it happen What makes it possible This book has no point, it barely tells a story, and it is ridiculously aloof Like talking to a coked up drag queen, smearing mascara all over your sensible sweater and gushing out their life story, morbidly fascinating, but you just want it to be over Michelle Tea once again succeeds in convincing the world that yes, she is a vulnerable lesbian badass And yes, there are peopl...Rent Girl is an absorbing, but extremely depressing read made all thedepressing by its weird hipster cool tone It strikes me as a modern version of Women by Charles Bukwoski, but this time written by a drug using hip young lesbian prostitute instead of an aging, alcoholic rock star poet They are depressing books in very similar ways, because they center on a person who is clearly incredibly intelligent and talented who you get to watch kind of destroy themselves through sex and substance Rent Girl is an absorbing, but extremely depressing read made all thedepressing by its weird hipster cool tone It strikes me as a modern version of Women by Charles Bukwoski, but this time written by a drug using hip young lesbian prostitute instead of an aging, alcoholic rock star poet They are depressing books in very similar ways, because they center on a pers...people like to say things like all work is prostitution Most work is exploitation, but most work is not prostitution Prostitution is prostitution, a very specific sort of exploitation And while I am doing literal corrections to flippant turns of phrase, the earth doesn t get raped It gets mined and poisoned and blown up and depleted, it gets ruined, but it doesn t get raped This book is so powerful I couldn t help but cry and laugh out loud.Raunchy and bold Michelle Tea shows the l people like to say things like all work is prostitution Most work is exploitation, but most work is not prostitution Prostitution is prostitution, a very specific sort of exploitation And while I am doing literal corrections to flippant turns of phrase, the earth doesn t get raped It gets mined and poisoned and blown up and depleted, it gets ruined, but it doesn t ge...If you ve ever wondered what it is like to be a prostitute, this book offers a lot of insight One among many searing moments is when Michelle and her co worker are lost en route to a client s house They stop for directions She muses about how it feels when you walk into a 7 11 and the clerk looks at you as if you re a hooker and you are Another one Michelle gets increasinglytattoos as she goes thru her 20s At one point, she gets some down her arms to her hands, feeling satisfied b If you ve ever wondered what it is like to be a prostitute, this book offers a lot of insight One among many searing moments is when Michelle and her co worker are lost en route to a client s house They stop for directions She muses about how it feels when you walk into a 7 11 and the clerk looks at you as if you re a...I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book A lot of people have a lot of opinions about Michelle Tea and my opinion is that I like her writing in this book I like how she rarely uses contractions I like the way the dialogue interacts with the narrative I like her theories and considerations and anger I like the nonchalant way she introduces the occult and other alternative life choices I also like the illustrations, although they don t do the same thing illustrations do in comic boo I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book A lot of people have a lot of opinions about Michelle Tea and my opinion is that I like her writing in this book I like how she rarely uses contractions I like the way the dialogue interacts with the narrative I like her theories and considerations and anger I like the nonchalant way she introduces the occult and other alternative life choices I also like the illustrations, although they don t do...reading rent girl right on the heels of the passionate mistakes may have contributed to the super saturated feeling of grittiness i had when i finished this book while i remain a huge fan of tea s work, i found the graphic novel format a failure it s a strange hybrid of drawings and dense tiny type set text that does neither justice individual pages are lovely, but as a linear narrative, it falls short maybe i m just tired of the wobbly line draw...I interviewed Michelle in SF one Summer I absolutely loved this book It is funny and insightful and surprising The darkness is real but the spirit of the character so strong I was carried aloft Here is the interview Rent Girl is an illustrated memoir of Michelle s days when her girlfriend announced that she was a hooker and, Michelle, who was one broke baby dyke followed her into the world of paid sex Frankly, I ve never understood people s shock at I interviewed Michelle in SF one Summer I absolutely loved this book It is funny and insightful and surprising The darkness is real but the spirit of the character so strong I was carried aloft Here is the interview Rent Girl is an illustrated memoir of Michelle s days when her girlfriend announced that she was a hooker and, Michelle, who was one broke baby dyke followed her into the world of paid sex Frankly, I ve never understood people s shock at prostitutio...Tea s story of her cool, hipster, lesbian life and the central part of the story is that as a young lesbian, she and a group of friends worked for years as escort girls i.e., prostitutes The story is sort of distant, and not all that insightful, really, but it still is interesting and well told, and the illustrations, mostly black, white, red and pink, quite spare and stylized, are pretty gorgeous and help capture a life and time It s not a great work of art, maybe, but I actually liked it Tea s story of her cool, hipster, lesbian life and the central part of the story is that as a young...This book is awesome I enjoyed every minute of it The writing and illustrations are great Alas, it would be five stars were it not the most poorly copy edited book I VE EVER READ I m sure it s not the author s fault, but next book y all should tota...I had some trepidations about this book, b c a lot of my annoyance with Valencia was with its aloofish hipster tone romanticizing drugs and easy bad sex the only time I got caught on that tone in Rent Girl was about 3 4 ways through, when the author takes some time off from tales of sex work to focus on her short and not so successful dint with drug pushing.Other than this slight detour, the rest was so honest and relatable to me.I could hear Tea s voice walking the lin...

Rent Girl
  • English
  • 19 May 2017
  • Paperback
  • 239 pages
  • 0867196203
  • Michelle Tea
  • Rent Girl