Blogs about alternative lifestyles
December 29, 2009 4:36 PM Subscribe
Can you recommend any blogs that highlight an unconventional lifestyle, such as Mistress Matisse?
I'm specifically looking for blogs that describe alternative lifestyles and professions that aren't provided with much attention in mainstream media, or that are frequently misunderstood/misrepresented. Examples might include sex work, arms trading, mafia, bounty hunting, communal living, non-traditional living situations. It doesn't matter whether the author is still posting, just that the archives are available online.
I'm specifically looking for blogs that describe alternative lifestyles and professions that aren't provided with much attention in mainstream media, or that are frequently misunderstood/misrepresented. Examples might include sex work, arms trading, mafia, bounty hunting, communal living, non-traditional living situations. It doesn't matter whether the author is still posting, just that the archives are available online.
I find Raw Mom -- Raw Love fascinating in a way that probably says nothing good about me.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:22 PM on December 29, 2009
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:22 PM on December 29, 2009
There's Belle de Jour, who recently got a lot of press when she revealed her identity after years of anonymity (check the blue for a recent FPP on her). I got quite fascinated with the story and started reading her blog; she's a lovely writer and very thoughtful about the sex trade and her particular role in it.
posted by pised at 6:56 PM on December 29, 2009
posted by pised at 6:56 PM on December 29, 2009
I really loved reading freedomvan.
It's written by a woman who made some shitty financial mistakes and ran up a crapload of debt that was going to take her years to pay off, so to save money, she terminated her lease, purged most of her belongings, and moved into a big van to save on rent. She even brought her cat with her.
She describes the whole thing in lots of detail and pictures and, to my surprise, she made it look almost cozy and fun. After she paid off her five-figure debt within six months, she quit the van and moved to Hawaii just because she could.
posted by anderjen at 7:29 PM on December 29, 2009
It's written by a woman who made some shitty financial mistakes and ran up a crapload of debt that was going to take her years to pay off, so to save money, she terminated her lease, purged most of her belongings, and moved into a big van to save on rent. She even brought her cat with her.
She describes the whole thing in lots of detail and pictures and, to my surprise, she made it look almost cozy and fun. After she paid off her five-figure debt within six months, she quit the van and moved to Hawaii just because she could.
posted by anderjen at 7:29 PM on December 29, 2009
The Motor Home Diaries. I particularly recommend the entries where they get arrested.
posted by decathecting at 8:04 PM on December 29, 2009
posted by decathecting at 8:04 PM on December 29, 2009
Happyendingz: Confessions of an Erotic Masseuse.
posted by tapesonthefloor at 6:16 AM on December 30, 2009
posted by tapesonthefloor at 6:16 AM on December 30, 2009
In between the more art-centric posts, Rima's The Hermitage gives some insight into life in a 'gypsy' wagon in Britain.
(I'm unsure as to whether this is true Romany so perhaps think of it as nomadic wagonning).
posted by peacay at 6:25 AM on December 30, 2009
(I'm unsure as to whether this is true Romany so perhaps think of it as nomadic wagonning).
posted by peacay at 6:25 AM on December 30, 2009
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