Rent Girl

by Michelle Tea, Lauren McCubbin

Overview

Rent Girl is the illustrated saga of one broke baby dyke trying to make a buck in the surreal world of the sex industry. Avoiding the stereotypes of prostitute as victim or superhero, Tea instead explores the complicated occupation in all its nuances - absurd, somber, hilarious, disturbing. When Michelle, a young Boston baby dyke, needs money, her adventuresome girlfriend suggests taking up a secretive career in the world of escort services. Her misadventures through her years in the sex trade are at times, humorous, tantalizing, and heartbreaking. Constantly struggling between the worlds of poverty and prostitution, Michelle must make the eventual decision to stay in the business with its financial freedoms or quit for spiritual serenity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780867196207
Publisher:	Last Gasp of San Francisco
Publication date:	08/01/2004
Edition description:	Perennial and 1-Simul and ed.
Pages:	242
Sales rank:	638,955
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

MICHELLE TEA is the author of ten books, the founder of literary non-profit RADAR Productions, the co-creator of Sister Spit, and the curator of Amethyst Editions, a collaboration with the Feminist Press.

Editorial Reviews

A gifted writer, Tea keeps the prose bright despite her gritty topic. Laurenn McCubbin's provocative, confrontational drawings -- done in vivid hues of black and red, the women often staring out at the reader -- make for a disarming combination with Tea's laid-back writing. Painful at times, silly at others, Rent Girl presents prostitution simply as a paycheck job, one whose crazy coworkers and clients will feel familiar to anyone who's had a day job.
— The Washington Post

Jessa Crispin