Ivy League Stripper : A Memoir

Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Prologue -- Foxy Lady: Every Man's Fantasy; Title; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. My Education Begins; 2. Where There's a Will. . .; 3. ... There's a Way; 4. The Rabbi; 5. Choosing My Degradation; 6. Initiation: Amateur Night at the Foxy Lady; 7. Learning the Ropes; 8. Struggles with the Downside; 9. The Upside; 10. The Fringe; 11. Sex as a Weapon, Sex as a Tool; 12. Lust for Bust. . .; 13. ... And Bigger Bucks; 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Beautiful; 15. The Bottom Line: Call Me a Capitalist.;Heidi Mattson successfully united sex and scholarship to realize a '90s version of the American Dream by becoming a smart, sassy, self-confident stripper while attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Intelligent and ambitious, she grew up. Heidi Mattson was raised in small-town New England, third in a family of four daughters. She was smart, ambitious, and ready for the world when the letter of acceptance came from Brown University, one of the most coveted and prestigious Ivy League schools. It was her dream come true, and yet without substantial monetary assistance the dream might never be realized. Working every part-time job she could until school began, Heidi scrimped and saved, budgeted every penny, and pulled together enough - with the Brown financial aid package - to pay her tuition, room, and board for the first year. But despite jobs waitressing and cleaning during her hours away from class, the money just wouldn't hold out. There seemed no way to keep up with the mounting tuition, book costs, and other bills, and working and studying full time was beginning to take its toll. A chance advertisement for the Foxy Lady - a local Providence nightclub - caught Heidi's attention, and, wary but open-minded, she decided to check it out. She promised herself, however, that the moment she felt compromised in any way she would be out the door. After a reassuring tour of the place, which catered to a wide range of customers and offered multiple nightly events, Heidi felt that this just might be the way to solve her problems