Not only does Antonia Crane know her way around a movie set, she also knows her way around a stripper pole. Crane, 41, started dancing at age 3. The daughter of a lawyer and a paralegal, she grew up in Humboldt County, playing in the redwood forest, skiing, camping, horseback riding and cheerleading. She earned a spot in an honors program at College of the Redwoods before transferring to Mills College, where she began reading postmodern feminist theory.
The sex-positive feminism of Kathy Acker, Judith Butler and others — combined with a need for cash — inspired her to launch her unconventional career as an exotic dancer, which she saw as a form of performance art.
And so you can really have a life for yourself outside the strip club. I would tell them: uncross your arms, chest up, chin out and catch the eye of a client across the room. Sexual healing : Some sex workers sell sex; others inhabit grayer areas ranging from exotic dancing to fetish photography. McKenna was a healer, and kind of an innocent healer.
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