A Queer Memoir About Sex Work That Interrogates Power, Gender, and Heteronormativity

Chris Belcher’s searing memoir about her work as a professional dominatrix isn’t exactly a comfortable read. Not because of the subject, but because Pretty Baby asks more of the reader than many memoirs. Like the best art does, this book invites introspection and interrogation of both our own lives and society at large. Belcher grew […] The post A Queer Memoir About Sex Work That Interrogates Power, Gender, and Heteronormativity appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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