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Whip smart
Book • 2010
Whip Smart is a powerful memoir that chronicles Melissa Febos's four years as a dominatrix in New York City while attending college.
The book explores themes of risk-taking, self-destruction, and recovery, offering a nuanced exploration of sex, power, and identity.
Febos's narrative is both deeply personal and universally relatable, capturing the complexities of human experience with honesty and insight.
The book explores themes of risk-taking, self-destruction, and recovery, offering a nuanced exploration of sex, power, and identity.
Febos's narrative is both deeply personal and universally relatable, capturing the complexities of human experience with honesty and insight.
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Mentioned in 2 episodes
Mentioned by Melissa Febos as her first book, which she started writing while in an MFA program studying fiction.
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#151: Melissa Febos — The Art of Memoir: Turn Life Into Art, Undoing Shame, and Choosing The Artist’s Life
