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I’m a burlesque dancer, and I’m often told that I’m “brave” because I get naked onstage. I always smile and say, “thank you,” and I agree that it takes a certain amount of bravery to expose oneself in any way, but I don’t always feel brave. Vulnerability is different for everyone, and as a society that is prudish and scared of sex, we’re told that bare nudity is the most vulnerable you can get. For me personally, nudity is only skin deep. I’m trying to identify the things that make me feel like crawling into my shell, because my sex is not that.
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