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(An excerpt fromCamgirlis available exclusively onthe Cut.)
Theres a huge vulnerability in that, for sure.
Did writingCamandCamgirlallow you to bridge that gap?Yeah, absolutely.Camwas fiction.
I think theprocesscan be different.
Neither of them would exist without the other.
It was important to us that the story felt authentic to me.
I wanted to see to it that other sex workers felt seen and respected by the movie.
Shes playing a camgirl, and camgirls sometimes not always, but mostly get nude.
She knew Alice, and we asked her when Alice would be naked and when she wouldnt be.
Sometimes she pushed for more nudity; sometimes she pushed for less.
And she was always right, because she was approaching it from a place of character.
I wonder if there was a similar dynamic at play in writing the memoir.
But it was important that I wrote from the voice of who I was then.
I would often find myself hedging, or hiding for lack of a better word.
Her fiery resignation speech seemed to resonate with your call for honesty.Yes!
Something I address in the book is these simultaneous pressures.
I had been called a slut, and shamed for wanting to take my clothes off at parties.
Owning that now as a working writer is also important.
Sex work takes a lot of work!
And more than that, sex workers are talented in a variety of skills, fields, and professions.
