2008 Woodie Awards
Dancing her way to a degree
Deborah Chessey
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: Opinion
If you attend the Idaho Falls Campus, you have noticed Jessie Lovejoy. It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, when she walked by your eyes followed her. Maybe you took note because she wears four inch tall heels and she walks through the halls as if she is listening to a sound track. Maybe you took note because she looks like she could be on the cover of Playboy.
Jessie is a non-traditional student who is paying for her college education through alternative means; she is an exotic dancer. She knows things about men that the relief society will never comprehend, and she has some insights that might just change the way you think about exotic dancers.
Don't call Jessie a stripper. She thinks that this is an ugly world with a vulgar connotation: "stripping is what you do in the privacy of your home for your husband or boyfriend, exotic dancing is an art form."
Every culture in the world has their version of exotic dancers; whether it is the geisha or the belly dancer. The female body was the subject of the most ancient sculptures as the fertility goddess will attest. A naked woman dancing skillfully is the sight that poets seek to describe and painters try to capture on canvas.
Unfortunately, some of Jessie's clients don't understand the artistry and they need to be given the rules in a rhyming pattern that should be easy to remember: "no fingers or toes in any of our holes."
She decided to become a dancer after going to a bachelor party and witnessing how much money the dancer had earned. She thought the dancer had done a fine job, but maybe she could have done better. She is an athletic woman who works out 7-8 hours a week and she can do back flips.
Jessie began dancing 5 ½ years ago, and you can be sure that she has some scintillating stores. She told me of the groom who had a bachelor party on Friday night. On Saturday the rehearsal dinner for the groom was at the restaurant where she was waiting tables, of course they were seated in her section. She described the night as awkward
Jessie is a non-traditional student who is paying for her college education through alternative means; she is an exotic dancer. She knows things about men that the relief society will never comprehend, and she has some insights that might just change the way you think about exotic dancers.
Don't call Jessie a stripper. She thinks that this is an ugly world with a vulgar connotation: "stripping is what you do in the privacy of your home for your husband or boyfriend, exotic dancing is an art form."
Every culture in the world has their version of exotic dancers; whether it is the geisha or the belly dancer. The female body was the subject of the most ancient sculptures as the fertility goddess will attest. A naked woman dancing skillfully is the sight that poets seek to describe and painters try to capture on canvas.
Unfortunately, some of Jessie's clients don't understand the artistry and they need to be given the rules in a rhyming pattern that should be easy to remember: "no fingers or toes in any of our holes."
She decided to become a dancer after going to a bachelor party and witnessing how much money the dancer had earned. She thought the dancer had done a fine job, but maybe she could have done better. She is an athletic woman who works out 7-8 hours a week and she can do back flips.
Jessie began dancing 5 ½ years ago, and you can be sure that she has some scintillating stores. She told me of the groom who had a bachelor party on Friday night. On Saturday the rehearsal dinner for the groom was at the restaurant where she was waiting tables, of course they were seated in her section. She described the night as awkward
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Tara
posted 10/19/07 @ 6:56 PM MST
I'd just like to take a moment to offer a quick correction. Bellydancing was never considered an erotic dance form until it Little Egypt danced in the United States for the first time near the turn of the century. (Continued…)
Chrystal
Chrystal Reece
posted 10/30/07 @ 8:00 AM MST
Yes, I second that comment. Middle Eastern Dance, commonly known as 'belly dance,' has dealt with the 'exotic dance' misconceptions forever. The term 'bellydance' is actually a mispronunciation of "baladi,' an Arabic word meaning "of the country" or, in other words, folk dancing. (Continued…)
fake degree
posted 10/16/08 @ 5:29 AM MST
I respect this girl for her options. It's obvious that she wouldn't be able to go to classes and earn enough money to survive with a usual job. When she chose to be an exotic dancer she made a sort of sacrifice, fighting to take her degree and fighting for a better future. (Continued…)
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