Journalism professor Craig Seymour owes his career to male strippers.
The 39-year old academic wrote his master's thesis on the cultural economics of the profession – it was called "Desire and Dollar Bills: An Ethnography of a Gay Male Striptease Club in Washington, D.C." – and later went on to pay for his Ph.D. by gyrating himself.
Though the money definitely helped matters, Seymour insists he didn't do it simply for the dough: "It was about feeling insecure about myself." Apparently Seymour feels secure about himself enough to tell all – he's releasing a memoir on his experience, All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.
Now that he's wrapped a stint in Dartmouth's English department, Seymour's headed to Northern Illinois University, where he hopes to get tenure. At least he has a backup plan if it doesn't work out.
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he taught at the university of massachusetts in Dartmouth, Mass. NOT at Dartmouth College. fact check people, fact check. simple googling.
The second poster is right. I taught at UMASS Dartmouth. The first poster is totally buggin' because I have not created a personal profile at whatever that site is nor am I seeking "young and hot girls." Just fyi – Craig
Well, as for his backup plan, he could back that thing up on me anytime.
lol
I know you've since posted, Craig, (which makes that line all the more awkward to post) but I still wanted to use it.
He's so cute.
Craig if you're reading this, could you tell me a little bit about the process of getting your PhD? I mean with such an eccentric subject matter.
I am planning on getting a PhD, involving queer theory. Email me: suboh2@gmail.com
oh thank GOD someone said something about the dartmouth thing… That fact changes the story entirely.
Craig, did Bob Bauman ever stuff a buck in your ass crack at the Chesapeake House???
Haha. Thanks for all the cute comments, and no, Bob Bauman (and the Chesapeake House, for that matter) were a little before my time. I talk about it in the book, though…
I just finished reading "All I Could Bear" and I was very surprised. I thought this would be some mindless soft porn story with and we all live happily ever after at the end, but I was pleasantly surprised. Having lived with someone for 13 years with just such a drive, not a stripper, but might as well have been, I was able to id with a lot of what was going on and why. Thanks for a thought provoking book and best of luck. Bob Hall San Jose California